This is Angie! Angie always greets me with a huge smile and a kiss. She always jokes around with the other residents and brings a lot of energy to the home.
This is Antonio and I with two of our decorations for the Mother's Day party.
This is Daniel. He has been giving me Spanish lessons almost every day. He is actually really strict and won't let me move on until I can say each word correctly. He is a really good teacher :)
Brittney- My placement at Los Patitos gets better everyday. I have become much better at planning activities and improvising projects or learning activities with few supplies. The kids are so awesome and I am pretty attached to them; I cannot let myself think about leaving. Now having spent three weeks in Flory’s house I am beginning to feel like family. Flory took me on a walk, just the two of us, and ever since our relationship has been much closer. When we went on our walk I thought she asked me if she could try on my shoe, which was sort of weird but I gave it too her. She then proceeded to ask for the other one and give me hers. I was extremely confused, she speaks no English, and thought she wanted to trade shoes and was going to keep mine. After walking for a half an hour in Dona Flory’s shoes, literally, I had big blisters and realized why she wanted to switch (Flory is a smart lady). As the day went on I became increasingly worried that she was going to keep them but when my ride came she ran from the kitchen and gave me my shoes back along with a bracelet to show her appreciation. The bracelet is simple, but for people who have very little it was an incredibly kind gesture and made me feel silly for thinking she was going to take my shoes. Anyways enough about shoes…On Thursday I began working at a school with the English teacher, which I will continue doing 2 days a week. The school is in a drug infested area and the teacher told me she lives a few blocks away but cannot walk to school because it is unsafe. The kids are wilddd but so freaking cute it is not even fair. It is nice to see another side of education in Costa Rica as well as work with slightly older kids. Pictures will come soon.
When I brought my camera to Patitos two of the girls ran to their house next door and got dressed up.Below is a video of my Dona dancing. Everyone is obsessed with Michael Jackson here and after I showed her my moon walking skills she decided to show me hers:)
Our weekend was spent in the beautiful Manuel Antonio which is a place on the Pacific side of Costa Rica where the Rainforest meets the Ocean. It was absolutely gorgeous. We spent Saturday in the National Park exploring the area and seeing all sorts of animals including, monkeys, sloths, deer, iguana, toucans, and raccoons (one of which stole the food out of our bag while we were swimming). We went hiking and ran into a family of monkeys, and relaxed for a while on the beach. We snorkeled on Sunday and spent the rest of the day trying to get back to Cartago. Our bus ride took six hours and we were standing almost the entire time. Every time we would get to a stop we would think there was no possible way another person could fit in the bus and somehow the bus driver would cram in 5 more people. The Costa Rican attitude has gotten to us though and we spent most of the bus ride laughing at how ridiculous the situation was and how incredibly swollen our feet were. 
Smiling on the crowded bus, Brittney snorkeling, and the two of us climbing to a cool tree in Manuel Antonio.
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