Home in Monte Cristi!

So the past week has just been spent catching up on some work that I didn't finish in the fall and doing some clinic stuff to get ready for this spring.

It has been a lot of fun catching up with the kids. I have gotten to spend a lot of time with them and they are still as crazy and wild as before!

Monday night we had movie night with the kids and Heather and Julie baked them cookies. After eating a cookie, Ari who was sitting with me needed some water. There were about 4 other little girls that wanted water so I walked with them back over to their side to get water. When we came back Arianni was walking with me and wanted to sit with me. However, Ari made it known that she had been sitting with me. She screamed out, I was with her, I was with her, as the movie was playing. It was cute and I quickly had to resolve it by putting Arianni in a chair next to me and Ari in my lap!

Tuesday night Luis Alberto fell asleep in my lap outside and drooled all over my pant leg! Lovely, but he is so cute I guess I'll allow it!

The twins and Luis Alberto started school for the first time this week. I haven't gotten to see them yet in their uniforms but Arianni brought her backpacks to show me last night. They are so proud of their uniforms, shoes, and backpacks. They even pointed out their uniforms and shirts that were hanging up drying so I could see their very own uniform!

We have spent some time coloring, reading the new 5 Little Monkey books that I brought back, and playing in the park.

Yesterday I took one of the health focused volunteers around to the hospital and rehab center. We were up in the maternity area and a lady had an itty bitty baby. I asked how old and she said she was born yesterday but it wasn't hers. It was a Haitian lady that was laying in her bed in the room. Apparently this lady had the baby sitting there without clothes, diapers, and was crying. So the Dominican lady came and dressed her and was holding her. She was so small and so cute! Of course I wanted to take her home with me! The Haitian lady didn't speak Spanish so we couldn't communicate with her. She just laid in her bed as we held her baby and swadled it in a blanket that was lying there. The crib had nothing but a thin mattress so instead of laying the only blanket down as a sheet and the baby having no sheet to stay warm, we swadled her and laid her back in the crib, content! Oh how I'd love to "steal" her baby! P.S. There are no ankle bracelets here to detect that! ;)

Today is Dia de Altagracia, a national holiday of some sort so there is no school. We are having activities with the kids today here at the orphanage. I'll try to take some pictures so I'll have some to post!