My Beautiful Children

Today, to the delight of most of the kids, was the last day of school!!! Nicaragua school schedule goes from February through November, so other than graduation, they are done with school stuff for the next two months :) In El Crucero the weather has begun to turn "cold" at least according to their standards, meaning in the morning and evenings it gets down to mid to lower 70s, but is still in the 80s when the sun is out during the day. To someone from the midwest, its gorgeous early fall weather. 

I am currently here sitting in the dentist office waiting on one of our girls who is getting work done on her teeth. Because her teeth were in such bad shape, they put her to sleep so that they could get everything done they need too. So I'm just praying she's not in too much pain when she gets up!

Here are some pictures of the babies playing outside!

Frankie and Leito relaxing on top of a pile of towels on the trampoline

 Yelka and Ofelia just enjoying outside

Emily yelling at me because I stopped following her to take a picture :)

And some others just for fun.

 Leito is learning to give some pretty great besos,

 especially when they are followed by "I wuv woo mama!"

 Yelka is still not so sure about cameras, Ofelia on the other hand would have you take her picture all day long!

And we can't leave out Luviana, who also LOVES having her picture taken, then holding the camera right up close against her eye so that she can see that the picture was actually taken, and that she is in it!

Here are Debonney and Joely, the oldest two girls in the home, Debonney on the left is 12, and Joely is 15. Both are amazing with their help in caring for all the little ones!