Hola norteamericanos!

Wow! So I hadn’t really realized how long it has been since I had last updated! Let’s see if I can catch you up to speed:

Well school has been a bit crazy, but seems to be settling down a bit. As for my 4 year olds, they seem to be picking up pretty quickly on the things that we have been learning. We have been working with different letters and letter recognitions, counting and learning numbers, working on shapes, and learning the names to the different parts of our bodies. Most of them have been participating and following along well, and even starting to use more English! There are a few I am still working on. But overall, I have already seen them grow so much!

We began taking Spanish classes two weeks ago. We really like our teacher and are moving right on schedule with the curriculum. I know that it has made me more confident when I try to speak Spanish and that I can definitely recognize and say more than I used to be able to. We are also having help from others as we learn Spanish. Some of the teachers at school are helping us and helping us practice what we know as well as introducing us to new vocabulary. One person that comes by and visits our house mom a few nights a week helps us learn Spanish while we teach him English. It has been fun trying to figure each other out – with the help of a dictionary and sometimes an online translator we are able to communicate pretty well I’d like to say.

We did finally happen to make it to the beach! We went to Sosua, which is about an hour away. Last Sunday we got to go with Katie, Fritz, and their little girl. It was a beautiful drive! Lots of mountains and green all over! We got to the beach and it was raining. We sat under a big umbrella and ate lunch and waited out the rain for a bit. It stopped but was still cloudy most of the day. We went in the water a few times – it was pretty clear as far as we went out. The beach itself is beautiful. There were lots of trees around and mountains in the background. No worries, pictures will be up soon.

So that’s pretty much it from around here! I’ll put up some pictures hopefully sometime this week! Just know things are going well! Hope all is well out there! Have a great day!