Clowns and Paper Airplanes

So yesterday at school we had a brigade come out to the ranch for a visit. On this brigade was a lady that is a clown that teaches children about living for Jesus. Well we have this one kid who thinks she is the most amazing person ever. He is one of our 4th graders named Kevin. Today at school we were in art class and he decided to paint his face like the clown only he didn't have a mirror and was just smearing chalk on his face. Well I convinced him to let me take his picture so here he is.

Also I teach an industrial arts class to 2nd-4th grades. Now you may be wondering what that means. Basically I do any projects that little boys would think were totally awesome. If anyone has any suggestions just let me know. I have a lot more classes to teach and I am running out of ideas. Anyway well today I let them make paper airplanes and fly them outside. It was like a little boys best dream come true. They loved that we actually made them and got to fly them. They did a great job so we will probably be doing that more often. Here are some pictures of our airplane project. The first picture is of all the boys folding their airplanes. The second one is Favio and his mini plane. The third one is the boys flying their planes outside. The last one is David about to throw his plane. Enjoy!

New Semester

Well we are back in school. After being out for six weeks I am glad to be back. This semester I have three of my same boys and one new boy. My new child's name is Jose and his parents joined WGO as house parents. He is a very sweet little boy and seems to be adjusting well. One of my boys, Favio broke his right arm 3 days before school started back. He is right handed so he has been milking that for all it is worth. Today he was going to zip up is backpack with is mouth and got his lip caught in the zipper. You may be thinking ouch but after a few seconds he joined in laughing with us. I will have to say there is never a dull moment with that child.

As most of you may know, I have committed to another year of teaching with WGO. I am very excited to be spending another year teaching here. Also I will be going to Language School in the summer to work on my Spanish. I am super excited about that.

Here are some pictures. The first one is of Favio with his broken arm and the second is of Jose my newest student.