We've had a few hot days this week, and the evenings haven't been as cool. I'm sure the temperature isn't much over 21, but because of the altitude, it feels closer to 30. I love it!
On Monday I arrived at the Casa just before 9. I must have just missed Daniel having a seizure. When I arrived, he was laying on the blanket spread out outside, listless and a bit out of it. After some leche, and coaxing, he came back to his contented self, and we went to feed the chickens and the cows and lambs with Faby, Cathy and Fabricio. It reminded me of growing up on the farm, and how much fun it was for our city cousins to collect eggs with us when they'd come to visit.
There are bunnies, guinea pigs, chickens, a cow and a couple of sheep at the orphanage, and the kids delight in helping with the feeding chores, though it's not part of their daily routine.
There's also an orange striped cat that never lets the kids close enough to pet him. But, they love to try!
I got to hold and play with baby Zoe, feed her and put her to bed, while the other kids splashed around in the blow-up pool on another hot day this week. She and Luis were born in about the same month and year, but as a premie babie, is still so tiny in comparison. She had her first surgery only a few months ago to repair her severe cleft lip. It looks so amazing now. There will likely be two or more necessarary surgeries in the future.
Little Luis is getting really close to walking. It's so fun seeing his little face light up as he gets more and more confident standing on his own. I imagine that within a couple of weeks he'll be walking. It's neat to get to see, and be a part of!
I switched my hours up a couple of days this week, to get to spend some time with the older school kids, who are usually in school in the mornings until I leave around 2. One of the school boys and his little brother left this week to be placed back with their biological mother, who has been diligently improving her lifestyle in order to get her boys back. So, there are only two school-aged girls now, and they both enjoyed reading books with me on Friday afternoon after their nap-time. I read a Dora book to them- all in Espanol- all the while wondering if my pronunciation was actually clear and making sense. They had me read it twice- so I'm not 100% sure if that meant they needed it read a second time for understanding, or if I read well enough in Spanish, that they wanted it read again.
When I brought my camera out, they wanted me to take a picture of them holding their books up...each page at a time. After about 5 pages of each book, I told them, Okay, that's enough photos of the books!
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