It seems like we just started teaching at San Ambrosio, but we actually just have a couple days left. For the past week, the students have been taking exams at the beginning of the day. The fifth and sixth graders had their English exams on Monday and Tuesday. All of the students seemed to take the exams very seriously. They all seemed to say they were going home every night to study.
At the end of last week, Torrey and I took inventory of the books in the library. San Ambrosio has a wonderful library. The library has a wide range of children's picture books and novels in it. There are even Spanish books in there. We ran across books that have both English and Spanish written in the book. There are a lot of Caldecott Honor and Winner books. After taking inventory, Torrey and I took the chance to bring some of the books in to the classroom and read them to the students. The fifth and sixth graders seemed to really enjoy it. Even though they couldn't understand all of the material, they still tried to and enjoyed looking at them.
A couple weeks ago, one of the student's mom came in to measure Karla. Karla told use that she was an incredible dressmaker and she was going to make Karla a couple dresses. Last week, Karla's dresses were done and they were beautiful. After seeing them, Torrey and I went to the fabric store to get one made, too. Within a couple days, our dresses were complete. They are beautiful.
This past weekend, Karla took us on a beach tour. She borrowed her uncle's car and we drove to some beaches that are northwest of Nicoya. We went to Playa Junquilla and Avellana. They were beautiful beaches with very few people on them! We went to a restaurant at Playa Avellana that was called Lola's. Well, Lola's has a pet that is the "second most famous pig in the world." The pig is gigantic! On Sunday, I rode bikes to Carrillo with Torrey and her mom. It only took us about two hours to ride up and down 36k of hills . When we got there, we met the rest of Torrey's family and Kendall and Karla. We had a nice and relaxing day on the beach!
Me and Mariá José
All of us with Brian. His mom is the dressmaker.
This is the gigantic pig! Lola.