Just another day

Today was just another day at the center, but it was full of the typical things that I love so much about the center. This morning Olivia announced that we would be finger painting with the younger group ofnDucks and Squirrels. Well, I was already laughing because I knew that hilarity was about to ensue. Much to my surprise, our little ones (the older guys were at school) did very well and only a few had to be really scrubbed down. Later we went outside and I found a dead beetle. You know, the kind that is the cool blue/green shiney color. Well, the kids loved checking it out and Erasmo especially was curious about it. He took it from me and showed everyone the Ron-Ron. Well then had a little burial for it and Erasmo declared the beetle to be sleeping, and happy with his family. Isn't he just the sweetest? When it was time to come inside for snack, our little ones Stumbled upon a giant fan in the entry way. They giggled as their hair was blown and their voices sounded funny as they shouted into it. Discovery is so much fun and they love investigating anything that comes into their path. Another memorable point of the day was just as naptime was coming to a close and Alejandra discovered William With a head full of Vaseline. Not only William, but Danilo who was fast asleep had the goo in his hair. I guess William wanted to do a little styling? The monkey that he is scaled the shelf to get the Vaseline and made quite a mess. It took Alejandra about five shampoos to get most of it out of Williams hair. He still had a shine to it! Poor Danilo doesn't like to be woken up from nap anyway, especially when he ha to take a bath right after. What a harmless bystander who was caught in Williams mischief. Finally, I just had to laugh right before dinner. I ended up alone on the playground with more kids than i bargained for after the dinner bell rang. When they know they need to be somewhere and that you want them to go someplace the kids get this look on their face that says "no." and then a handful of them actually look you in the face and tell you, "no." well, William again, I have a soft spot for that one, had an accident on the playground. When youre having fun why take the time to use the bathroom?! He was covered- pants down to shoes. It was bad. Luckily, suzy came out and rounded up the Squirrels who were still having fun despite the dinner announcement. When I finally got William to the bathroom we found Gerson hanging out with the bunnies (wet pants) and Danilo who didn't make it to the bathroom either. daphine hung in there with me and I literally prayed out loud at this point. Patience was thing. Then I realized- its ok. Who cares if these three are late for dinner- their food can wait on them. It's ok that the kids wanted to play on the playground a little longer- they are growing and strong and becoming healthy. (I still don't like that William loves to tell people no- cant get around that one!) we made it to the Comedor and pizza was on the menu- a crowd pleaser! We had lots of help for the bed time routine and at the end of the day we all survived. Makes me wonder: how do people get through the day without the holy spirit to show them it's ok, to let them see the humor in such situations, and to find the joy in the small things. We've got one more week here- I intend to soak it all up.