A little boy named Maikel cracks me up at the site! I love that kid. Today we were doing a project like we usually do in both the morning and afternoon sessions. We made snowflakes with the kids. Mine looked nothing like a snowflake, but the little girl I was working with liked it enough to try and recreate it. Ohh yeah, snowflake master! Anyways Maikel came strolling in. He´s the kind of boy you cant help but like. His smile is contagious. Mikael is about 5 years old and always has a new tattoo somewhere on his body; Temporary tattoo that is. He had on shorts and a ¨wife beater.¨ I guess these types of undershirts got their name from the popular tv show cops. Anyways he walked up and all the other boys swarmed him. He is kinda popular, but this attention was a little excessive compared to the norm. I perked up and ran over about as quick as the other boys. Some things dont change with age. Maikel had a dead bird in his hand. He was so proud of this poor little bird. He isn´t holding the bird cautiously like American children do. His little fingers are grasping it fearlessly. He lifted up the wing and held the bird close to his face so he could get a better look like a mechanic might inspect the carberator, pulling the throttle back and forth. I overheard them say they thought it was alive still. I told him it was surely dead. Maikel grinned and put the bird up to Cailas cheek to show her his achievement or maybe to show his mischievement. Caila screamed and told him to get rid of the bird so he through it over the fence. When he came back we played. Usually I´ll rough the boys up a bit and tickle them like I do with my nephews back home. They love it. I noticed a shadow like blur under his thin tank top. I gestured to him to show me his belly. He proudly lifted up his shirt to expose 3 dragon tattoo´s covering his torso. Maikel is awesome! I cant wait to see what he comes up with next. Here Mikael have some hand sanitizer.
It seems everyday I get to connect with one of the children. There are some regulars that are really starting to grow on me. I´m going to miss them when I leave. I was talking to Caila while we were eating our lunch, as we usually do. I said it would be cool to see the children in 20 years when they´re grown. I was picturing Luis as I was saying it. He´s another young boy, maybe 6 or 7. Luis was fighting with Alex, who is also one of my favorites, my first or second day on the site. Luis is a smart kid. You can tell the smart one´s pretty quick. He puts this snake puzzle together in no time and reads really well. I dont know what level these books are, but they all seem easy to him. The other day he read 3 or 4 books to me back to back. He did this while all the other boys are playing around us. He´s got initiative. I turned my attention to the child on my other side for a moment and he nudged me and leaned in his shoulder close to me to remind me he was reading. His attention span is obviously longer than mine. I hope he does well.
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