Lost Teeth and Ice Cream

Tadeo lost a tooth!

And Mani lost his first tooth! The new tooth was already growing in behind.

A cat has joined our family. His name is "manchitas" or "chimuelo." I'm not sure which because it has changed several times. He is a good sport and usually snuggly, until 10 PM when he goes crazy and tries to hunt anything that moves.

I was thankful to have Matt visit on the Peoria team July 2nd-8th.

He caught frogs.

And tarantulas.

And worked very hard.

 Tadeo and I visiting the work sites.

Mudding.

Landscaping.

Post hole digging.

Then we went to his first horse class of this Expo season. He'll be participating in horses again if all goes well.

With Perla waiting for our horse class meeting to start. 

Three boys in a tree waiting for the meeting to start.

Cool boys on the couch.

Cool boys wearing sun glasses.

Cool boy eating ice cream..."You caught me!" :)

Luisa eating her cherry snack at one of our tutoring sessions.

 

A beautiful rainbow on Thursday night.

And a beautiful sunset.

Cheap Saturday morning fun.

Thankful for a fun first few weeks of summer, for boys, and for cats.

Please pray that I would have a safe trip to Colorado and Illinois, starting tomorrow. Please pray that all will go well for Marce and the boys here at CVE.

Last Days of School

Jesus and Alexis making patterns.

Selfies at recess.

School Pictures

Jackie and her three graduates

Me and my three

Last Day of School: Animal Party

Preparation Day

On Thursday, Jackie and I made a photo booth and cleaned up the classroom. Friday morning all our little animals arrived for the party. They each got a picture with their mom.

Alisha, Juana, and America the bird                                 Raquel and Chui the whale

              Bere and Luisa the butterfly                                     Marce and Mani the dragon   

Jenna and Mili the cat                                                  Hilda and Alexis the rabbit 

Maestra Jackie, the cow and Maestra Laura, the zebra

Me and the butterfly with the food she brought, juice (or nectar) with the pitcher decorated like a flower. Sadly, I didn't get pictures of the other food the kids brought. They each brought something related to their animal.

Getting ready to talk about the animals.

Jesus showing off his waterspout. (spray bottle)

Me and my students. The whale has Jonah in his stomach. :)

The party was a success. We missed Santiago and Corina though as they had come down with the chicken pox. :(

Tadi also had the chicken pox, but by last week was recovering.

I put Tadi back on his bike last week and was very excited to see that his strength seems to be returning. :)

Thursday morning practicing numbers with Luisa. I'm working with her a few mornings this summer to practice the numbers since she hasn't mastered them yet.

Thursday night was graduation for kindergarteners, 6th graders, and middle school graduates.

Mani receiving his certificate from Todd, our school director.

Checking out the paper while waiting for Mili to receive hers.

Each class passed to the front for pictures. 

And the year is complete!

Some of the summer staff posing after the graduation ceremony.

Thankful for a year of teaching, for all of your prayers, for the summer to look forward to, and all of these amazing young people who've come to help.

Please pray that our focus would always be on Christ and that we can bring glory to Him throughout the coming months.