January

We've now finished two full weeks of school since being back from break. It feels long but both david and I have had some exciting teaching moments this week. Nothing big but just lessons that were fun and that went well. Next week is finals week and then we are done with the second quarter. We are halfway through this adventure now. It seems crazy that it has already been that long but we are excited.

The weather here has been interesting. In the morning it is really cold. By really cold I mean it is in the 50s with a thick fog. It lasts all morning and we are freezing at school. In the states when it is that temperature you wear a jacket and then walk inside and the heat is nice and warm. Well here we wear jackets but the windows don't close, they are just screened. So we teach in our classrooms with our girls wearing skirts and everyone's fingers freezing. Then around 12 it burns off and the sun comes out and it is really warm. In the afternoon it is perfect...sunny with a nice breeze.

The internet is pretty fast right now so I'll take advantage of it and post some past pictures and maybe a video too..This is a video from our room in Montezuma, Costa Rica. We were pretty excited to enjoy monkey friends ouside our room.
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These are most of my 5th grade girls. We're only missing one in this picture.
These are some of my boys. This is the best picture I have of them so it looks like I need to take some more pictures.These are some of our fellow teachers. Megan (left) is our director and Michelle (middle) teaches 1st and Kathy teaches 2nd grade.
Here is a picture from the Christmas program. The set was pretty amazing and this picture does not do it justice. This is the combined 5th grade classes when they sang "Oh Come all Ye Faithful."