Hey,
I know it’s a little late but better that than never eh?
The 1st of March was a really busy day. It was our Directors birthday so a lot of the staff were busy making preparations for the big party in the evening. The kids were in the bakery making bread and biscuits and the Tias were cooking enormous pots of food for the meal. During the day I went to the doctors with baby Andrea as she had a triple whammy, tummy, ear and throat infection and understandably wasn’t eating. When I got back there was another new baby in casa 5! He was literally left on the doorsteps of the aldea for someone to find. He had no name, apparently no family and nothing with him but the clothes he was wearing. However he was absolutely gorgeous! Always smiling and wanting attention. As it was the director’s birthday it was decided that he would be called baby Angel after the boss. We were told that he would only be here until they figured out a little more about him and where else they could put him and as expected, by the next evening he was gone. He was sent to another aldea about an hour away from Piura. I’m not sure why but I have a feeling it’s so no one can turn up and just decide they want him back even though they already abandoned him. Anyway, the director’s birthday party was a great night. It was the least Aldea-ish party we’ve ever had! The night started with cocktails and dinner, followed by speeches and more cocktails, and then there was the all-important dancing along with shots of vodka (!), a jester and lots of conga lines. As the night wore on the vodka was put away and the beer came out! It was an amazing (all staff as I should probably add here) night. Lou and I got plenty of compliments on our perfectly in time Macarena (we were the only ones doing it)! It was good to see that the people we work with like to party ;)
A little someone I haven’t written about in a while is the one and only Jessie! She’s come on leaps and bounds in the past few weeks, especially in terms of her posture and speech. She can say loads of new words and make new sounds. She’s recently started sorting like a pig which before she couldn’t do, it’s unbelievably cute (like most of the things she does). It doesn’t sound that impressive but for Jessie and her Tia, Paquita; it’s a huge step and shows how much she’s learning and developing. Another thing that’s improved a lot is her posture and strength. Paquita recently pulled us aside the other day to watch Jessie haul herself around on the stage in the auditorium. It was hilariously funny but again is a perfect example of how much stronger she’s got. She can also pull herself up from a lying down position onto her knees and kneel in an upright position as well as crawl a little. I know I say it a lot but it’s amazing what her therapy has done for her and obviously the help of Paquita. Something I haven’t mentioned yet is the fact that Jessie no longer lives with us. During our Christmas break Paquita moved out to a different casa with Jessie as she was needed elsewhere. We still visit her every day to play and catch up with Paquita. However being in a new casa has meant there’s more than triple the attention for Jessie and she’s turned into a little madam! She gets jealous when people hug each other when she’s around and she gets stroppy when she’s not the centre of attention and yells “bad, bad!” at everyone. It’s very funny and Paquita often winds her up by getting either myself, Louise or one of the other children to sit on her knee.
So that was just a short blog this time. There hasn’t been a lot more to tell. The kids are back at school and we’re enjoying being able to just hang out and help in the classes until our final timetables are out. A lot of the summer projects have continued for the kids who enjoy doing them in the evenings and for the kids who don’t go to school which is good as they are still learning more practical skills. 12 of the older kids were given scholarships to a learning academy where they will learn more of these skills, earn a diploma and hopefully when they leave here, get into university or get a job. That’s the idea of the program anyway which is great as it means that some of these kids will be able to fend for themselves once they’re out of here.
Right I’ll stop now.
Chau x
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