Today it just clicked....

I know I owe an update on my trip to Peru and I swear I am working on it! It has just been kind of a busy week, but it's coming. In the mean time, here's a quick update on what's going on at the hogar because there have been some pretty great moments lately....

It's summertime here meaning the girls are out of school so a lot of days are really crazy because it's hot as anything and they get bored very easily. So we've been doing a lot of activities lately and a lot of summer reading, but there are a few moments that I really feel like I will always remember from this week....

1. Yesterday, the girls were in the dining room preparing a dance for a big visitor this week. They decided to sing "I can show you the world" (from Aladin) and create a dance to it. So I walk in and they are all singing it (in spanish) and so I join in and we're all spinning and dancing and singing at the top of our lungs. It was just one of those moments that felt so right and so fun. It was perfect.

2. Today one of the older girls (16 years old) was just off today and yesterday actually. She is normally just funny and playful and the past 2 days she's been kind of sad. So I have asked her what's going on and she kept saying she was fine, but I finally got it out of her this afternoon. She  was upset about a boy! So that led in to a 30 minute conversation about her boy issues ( a boy is not calling her back and giving her mixed signals). So we sat and talked about this boy, and a few others, for a while and it was so great! I always want to relate to the older girls and be there for them too, but a lot of the time the language barrier just gets to be too much. They speak so much slang it's hard to understand sometimes, but today it just clicked! We were just chatting like old pals about boys. I understood everything and she understood me too!

I hope the good moments continue this week! We're off to the pool tomorrow from 9:30am - 7pm. Suuuuppppper long day! Oye!