Birthdays and Kites

At the end of each month, we celebrate birthdays of all the kids who had their birthday in that month.


The past week was filled with birthdays. Peruvian tradition says that the person whose birthday it is, gets eggs cracked on their head on their birthday and also get their face smashed into their birthday cake.

• Monday was birthday for Kindergarten "Innicial" kids


• Tuesday was another volunteer's birthday - poor Patrick got about 20 eggs cracked on his head


• Thursday was birthdays for all the August born kids of our school. We buy presents for the kids on their birthday and all the volunteers make an exotic friut salad for the kids (as they normally don't get a large variety of fruits). Birthdays are special for our kids, as they dont get too many presents during the year. One little girl, Biancia from Grade 4, was so chuffed to get a backpack and pencil case for school - she couldnt take that smile off her face!
  
  this is a picture, after the kids got their face smashed into the cake...

and this is a picture of the kids opening their presents...At the end of the week, the school teachers decided that we would spend the Friday morning allowing our kids to fly kites. They were each to make a kite at home and bring it in on Friday. On Friday, we walked down to the paddocks/ fields in front of the school and watched the kids fly kites for 1.5 hours. Thats me and big Ivan, reeling his kite in...

It was amazing to see the materials the kids used to make their kites - most simply used plastic bags and bits of wood to make the kites. No fancy crepe paper here! And it was amazing to see the kites soar. We awarded prizes to those that flew the highest and were the most innovative with their kites. This is Magdalena, putting finishing touches on her kite...

Also, today marked the end of an era. One of our most talented volunteers left today, the kids were very sad at Victor Maldonado. They hosted a farewell dance and fiesta for him. Hasta Luego, Marcos!

Lizelle