We did a campaign for healthy eating ... each class was to present a food group and why it was important. i was put in charge of making the sign of chatarra (junk food) that we put OUTSIDE the school because "we don't want that stuff in here!" i picked up a bunch of trash off the streets to make this sign, and bummer, i just HAD to go eat a big mac so i could put up trash from mcdonalds :-) so here is the final result that i was kind of proud of:
just your average day at school: playing with shaving cream
every monday one class is in charge of honores a la bandera (honors to the flag) and they put on a mini show, some classes dance, some recite historical information, etc. "my" class (the one i spend most time with, kinder II) chose to sing a song they had learned from the "maestra de ingles" (that's me!) so in front of the whole school and their mothers, we sang their favorite song "look at my eyes, eyes, eyes!" (and other body parts)...here they are singing:
just playing with the little tikes (i love legos):
this past month i was in charge of the rincon of doctors...some kids were doctors and others were parents of sick baby dolls so they had to take their kids to the doctors and figure out what was wrong and fix them! oh good times:
in november we had a fundraising fair with all kinds of your typical fair things: food, fishing plastic fish for prizes, marbles, bingo, face painting, etc. etc....
except for something i had never seen before at a fair: fake weddings!:
seriously one of the cutest pictures ever:
I spent the last week in novemeber-beginning of december at an MCC Mexico Reunion in Mexico City. It was actually quite a delight. I was very grateful to be with people to celebrate Thanksgiving. And i whipped up some famous schmucker's pumpkin pie for the occasion of course:
salad, mashed potatoes, veggies, stuffing, turkey...the usual! (except i was missing mom's homemade rolls and grandma's fluff!)
nonetheless, i stuffed myself silly as you may note, and it was worth it!:
the last few months i was blessed with the friendship of some delightful estadounidenses that were studying at Universal where I studied spanish at the beginning of my time here. we spent hours at our favorite spot the italian coffe company overlooking the zocalo, and lots of hours "people watching" (which we decided was more of people watching US) in the zocalo. needless to say, all good things must come to an end and as of this past saturday they have all now returned to their homes in the states. it is sad to see them go, and i feel somewhat friendless now...but it was a delight while it lasted :) here we are at our spot:
Anyways, that's a brief glimpse into the past month. Nothing too exciting or out of the ordinary. i am VERY MUCH looking forward to the next couple of weeks...i have tons going on! my last day of school is thursday (the next two days are basically just party hardy), then we have our teachers' party thingy friday. saturday i am heading into mexico city and will be out of cuernavaca from then until the new year! plans for those few weeks include the following: seeing the nutcracker (yay!), trying to make it feel like christmas amidst serious heat and general lack of being at home (to do: ice skating, baking cookies, decorating the office, watching christmas movies, etc...all with the accompaniment of mcc friends), christmas eve dinner with other mccers at the rep's house, going to playa del carmen (south of cancun) for 4 days to see jes (YAYAYAYAYAY), then back to d.f. for new years. i am really seriously looking forward to all this fun, although it is definitely very strange to be away from home during this time. luckily i have a lot to look forward to that will hopefully help me get through my first christmas away from home (i don't like being grown up...)
I hope this blog finds you all happy and well and full of the joy of the christmas season! for those of you lucky enough to experience the joy of grandma alice throwing a snowball at you inside, or get to taste the delight of my mother's cinnamon rolls with christmas colored frosting, or get to experience the genuine joy of hanging out at 504 short buehrer rd. with the fam, don't take that for granted! i am seriously going to miss so much and you all know i am a SERIOUS sucker for tradition...so extra enjoy those things for me this year! take care, and seriously, embrace the beauty of christmas!
lots of love and hugs i send your way
