100th day of school

Today was the 100th day of school and the kids had a little celebration in their classes. They also had to do a project where they needed to bring a collection of 100 things. Titi did a collection of 100 paper hearts and Carlos did the number 100 with happy faces' stickers. I did most of the work but it was ok, it was supposed to be a family project :-)

Both are doing very well in school. Carlos brough his first school report with grades and he had all A's. He doesn't really care about grades yet but we think he will be more interested once Titi gets grades too. Hers doesn't have grades, only if she is meeting grade level expectations. She is meeting them in all areas so we are very happy about that. She is reading and writing more everyday. Carlos is supposed to write a paragraph with more than 8 sentences for homework tomorrow. He can do it but he still needs a little help.

Carlos has a cold and has been coughing a lot. I hope he will sleep well so he can go to school tomorrow.

January events

I am still very behind in everything so I haven't had time to use the computer much. At the beginning of the month, we celebrated uncle David's 80th birthday at Morton's. It was good seeing everybody and we feel so lucky to be able to celebrate events like this with family.

The next day we invited Don's parents and brothers to our house. It was fun seeing everybody again.



My father was visiting so we spent some time with him. He came to see the garden and Carlos was happy to give him a tour. We also went to Butterfly World and we all liked it. The kids had a guide with pictures of birds and butterflies and they loved searching for them.



We also celebrated the 50th wedding anniversary of Jennie's parents, Chuck and Sheila. It was a beautiful party and we danced and ate a lot. Larry was a little wild!!

Hanley Denning

I am so sad. I just heard that Hanley Denning from Safe Passage died yesterday in a car accident on the way to Antigua. I can't believe it, she was so young. I never met her in person but I corresponded with her a couple of times and it makes me so sad to think that such a good person is gone.

She started Safe Passage in Guatemala when she was only 29 years old, after she travelled there and saw the needs of the children at the Guatemala City's garbage dump. She worked for them every single moment she was awake. She had done a lot but she was looking forward to doing more. She will be greatly missed.

http://www.safepassage.org/welcome-to-safe-passage/welcome-to-safe-passage

http://news.mainetoday.com/denning/