Today has been busy and exhausting. We were off bright and early to take a lesson at Manuel C. Figueroa school and the numbers had gone up again. We had a good lesson and I gave them all a piece of fruit. We finished early so that we could grab a bite to eat and then set off to Holanda school. The school has very little land and so we used the grounds of the local church to perform our play about Snow White. I played Snow White's mother and I had FIVE lines, all in Spanish. It went really well. The children know us really well now and they call out our names all of the time. They are really affectionate, even the boys and I am really fond of them all - even the naughty ones.
After the play we played games with them and the flip-flop game once again went down a treat. When the games ended there was an earth tremour. I wouldn't call it an earthquake but I felt the ground move. Really exciting for those of us not used to such things. Our driver, Ivan, said it's natural for Guatemala and that he doesn't notice them.
When the games were over we went straight to the 'circus on ice'. Over 300 children from all three schools arrived and we put them into groups and gave them a hat so that we could recognise them easily. Things went really well considering that practically everyone of them needed the toilet at some time. The show was really good and the children really enjoyed themselves.
After the show we were taken to the nicest restaurant in Xela and we had a really nice meal. I'm hoping that tomorrow isn't as hectice but we've been told that breakfast is at 6.30am.
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