and school starts.....

Jump Roping.....how many can we get in here?
In Dennis's goodie bag he got a monkey that he loved!
Kids enjoying there lunch!
Fabiola and Maria Carmen passing out the goodie bags for the kiddos.
The little one getting her turn at the girls pinata.....too cute.
The boys and there turn at the pinata........candy!
Our buddy Carlos, he was headed in the wrong direction when he moved to Santa Ana but he is coming around.
The four of us (me, Fabiola, Maria Carmen, and Jen)
The kiddos eating their lunch.
Daisy and Lucy along with their kiddos sitting around visiting. Not too sure what kind of pose Lucy is striking?
More kiddos waiting on their food!
Fabiola, me, and Maria Carmen trying to get food on plates for everyone. The all anxiously wait for there plate.
So it is time for school to start. Here in Honduras the schedule they are on for school is different from there in the states. They have been off school since Nov. and they are starting back to school now. So all summer long they go to school because they have had time off the from Nov-Feb. Around here latley there has been a lot of hustle and bustle of getting things ready for school and getting their uniforms and supplies for school. Althouhgh the sad thing is they have to buy a uniform in order to go to school and lots of the kids do not have the means to buy a uniform so that means that they are unable to go to school. So sad. I wish I could help them all. Actually the Kluges along with Joe have set up a program in Los Pinos to help the kids go to school. They have received help from others to help make is possible for the kids to get to go to school.

So today we had a back to school kick off in Santa Ana. For the older kids school started last week but for the younger ones tomorrow is the BIG day. Yesterday I was visiting one of the houses there in Santa Ana and the kids in excitement had out there backpacks showing me all of there goodies for school. It was too cute to see the excitment in their faces! So back to today, me and Jen along with Maria Carmen(the lawyer), and Fabiloa had a back to school kick off. We had bought some hot dogs, chips, and drinks for lunch. Maria Carmen had bought two pinatas and had some goodies to pass out to the kiddos that live there in the houses on the property at Santa Ana. I think we fed about 75 people today, mostly kiddos. The had such a good time. There is a little park there on the front of the property where we had the fiesta. The kids mostly played soccer and jump roped. It was a good afternoon and a fun way to get the kids excited about school. Hope that you enjoy the pictures from today!