I have just returned from the school Lindsay will be working at for the next two weeks. My school was closed today, so we both worked at hers today. It is a little after 3pm. Once we got home, Bertha took us out for ice cream at Western Dairy. Western Dairy is the company which makes all of Spanish Lookout's milk products (and they are all so good). Lindsay and I have already been here once before with the whole group and their ice cream is amazing. When we arrived I noticed a little development, they had a freakin' drive thru. In Spanish lookout... a Mennonite community. It was hilarious. Well anyways this time we got an vanilla Oreo milkshake for $4 Belize. Twas sweet.
I guess I should have started with the beginning. Well we began with the day by eating breakfast with Frank and Bertha. We had eggs with bacon bits, toast, orange juice (fresh), corn flakes and real milk!! Up till then I had had powdered milk. It tasted so good. Well after breakfast we were picked up by Alvina who is the principal of Lindsay's school. Once we arrived at the school we went to devos in the high school classroom. Following that we were given stacks of paper to sort into different booklets. Then for most of the day we laminated books. Fun stuff. Closer to the end of the day after lunch we drilled the grade one and two class with flashcards.
Then we were sent to a little older classroom and the teacher left us in charge. They have the craziest system with the kids. They have flags that they put up when they need something from the teacher. So they were like dead silent, working hard. So Linds and I turned around and went back to what we were doing. Periodically I would look back at the kids to check if they were working. Well after doing this a few times, I finally realized why they were all staring at us. Every flag was up, but none of them dared to speak up. It was so cute. Well after that I leaped up and helped out every kid. They have the craziest system set up there. Kids get their work books and once they finish a page, there is a little box at the bottom that says did you score your work . So the kids have to lift their flag, wait for the teacher, and then they ask if they can score their work. When they are allowed, they get up, go to the marking desk, find their answer key, and check their own work. They do this for every assignment. If there is wrong answers they have to go back and do it again. Then once its perfect a teacher checks it over and puts a circle at the bottom of the page to show its done. Honestly, I don't know how to put it except for that the kids are really well trained. It flows like clockwork. I also noticed that it seems like the kids are always working and whatever they don't get done in a day is written down on homework sheets and has to be done. Everything is done independently. Every child has their own little workstation that faces the wall, with two little blinders on each side.
Well anyways, after school the grade one teacher asked Bridget, one of her students, mom if she would drive us home. So we rode in their truck home. Tomorrow I am going to be picked up by a student and taken to my school which is called Jireh. I need to bring a lunch, and Linds only has a half day (lucky bum).
Later on that evening..
It is almost bedtime and Lindsay and I are tired. We had a delicious dinner of chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, bread, blueberry pie and ice cream. Tonight we played Phase 10 with Bertha (she loves this game). Lindsay had never played but she ended up with the best score, although, not to brag, but I won. It was really fun tho because we ate popcorn and almond Hershey kisses. It was so funny. Frank is actually useless. Linds and I love him to death, but he is actually useless. When Bertha asked him to make us popcorn, he comes out with it, and its burnt. The microwave has a popcorn switch but he felt that he was smarter than the microwave and put it longer. He also brought out a delicious combination of chocolate syrup, chunky cream, and if we wanted to put it in sugar. Once he left, we all confessed to not liking it. It was supposed to be chocolate milk, it was so funny. But like I said, we love him. They could be my grandparents I love them so much.
After Phase 10 we went inside and all of us sat at the table including Frank. Bertha took out her photo album which has her entire family tree (its so big). She had pictures from her grandparents, her parents, Frank's parents, her brothers and sisters, their kids, her kids, grandchildren, Frank's siblings, and their kids.
We also talked about their 50th anniversary park naming ceremony which is happening next Monday. The name Lindsay and I picked was Spanish Lookout Park which is by far the best of out 100. Anyone could submit, so there was some really funny ones like Minny Jinny Park, 50 years Park, Near Traffic Part, and so on.
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