Feliz Día del Niño!

Buenos Días!

So, today was 'El Día del Niño' here in Honduras, and as I know by now these people don't need any excuse to have a party or miss school!

This morning, with the younger kids, Robbie and I played party games - like musical chairs, egg and spoons races (with the spoon in my mouth?) and sack races. The kids all watched as all the teachers played these games. It was great fun and just made me realise how much I miss my childhood! In fact, spending time with the kids here in general has made me want to be a kid again. Some advice to any little ones reading this - make the most of your childhood, when you're older you WILL want to be a kid again!

Happy Children's Day!

Then, we headed with third grade to eat and drink! Third grade are definitely my favourite morning class, they're so lovely and always want me to play with them! So we had rice and chicken, as well as an amazing potato and egg salad. Of course, we drank loads of 'fresco' (basically fizzy drinks!) and ate some amazing cake - wow I have missed cake since I got here!

Happy Children's Day!

The kids here are always so cheery!

We then headed down to Mary Lou's for lunch, already absolutely stuffed from the food this morning. Fair to say I didn't eat much, even though the fish was amazing!

Then this afternoon we headed down to the sea here in Punta Gorda with the older kids from school. We just chilled for a bit to start with, then got some more free food - amazing barbecued chicken and baleadas and of course more fresco! Then I decided to take a dip in the sea with some of the kids, which they seemed to enjoy - splashing and soaking me! 

Later on in the day, we went back in to the sea, and whilst we were there there was a massive rain storm. About 50 kids and teachers, in the sea off a Caribbean island, in a massive rainstorm - what more could you ask for? It was so much fun, and something that I can safely say would never happen in England! Some of the older boys kept running out of the sea to grab people to throw in (including some teachers!), it was a great laugh! Also I had kids on my shoulders 'fighting' other kids on other people's shoulder and then just falling off and in to the sea. 

So overall it was a great day, but I do wonder why England doesn't celebrate days like they do here in Honduras, they definitely should do!

We're off to Tela this weekend to meet up with some other volunteers, very excited to see them again!

Adios!


Sam