Here are some of my Grade 1's (not a great pic)
and here are the 2's..
Grade 3 (or 4) playing their carols on recorders.
The first day of the hols was great - everyone went away! Amanda went to meet her family on Roatan, Noel was in Canada and Mark went Kayaking down a river in Tela. Which meant I had the house to myself for 3 days - hurray!!! It took a while to get used to the peace and quiet but then I had a perfect few days of recovery from term. We all had space from each other in the house and I was able to get things done and relax. It also forced me to meet up with other friends I maybe don't see as often- Jessa, Deb etc. On the Sunday, Mark returned and we went to stay with Sue and the family for the Christmas period. It was good to be with the kids and be involved in traditional Christmas preparations. On Christmas Eve, the gringo's met up and we had a good Carol sing - I loved it. I was in charge of finding music to sing to and so with the aid of Itunes I found some Karaoke backing tacks - was hilarious! We then played a game with White elephant gift exchange - where the standard of presents was higher than I expected although I came away with placemats - useful I guess!?
Christmas Day came and was lovely. We had a Christmas breakfast and then present time. Sue was amazing - I ended up with lots of presents! She had bought some gorgeous things on her recent trip to Peru and I even got a Terry's Chocolate Orange! Sad to say I almost cried when I saw the chocolate orange as it reminded me of Christmas at home!!I also had some wonderful things Caroline had sent with Pete. Jessa joined us for lunch (a friend who teaches in another Bilingual school just out of town) as her housemates had all left for the holidays, and Dave and Esther joined us too with Dave's parents. We actually had a traditional Christmas lunch in the middle of Honduras?!
In the afternoon Sue had invited all their Honduran friends and neighbours and we saw lots more people. It was great! Boxing Day consisted of lazing around, watching movies and meeting Amanda's family who were visiting!
Then Thursday came and we were off to Costa Rica.....
2 comments:
So pleased tha you had an enjoyable Christmas, had been looking forward to hearing all about it! Now waiting for the adventures in Costa Rica! Not looking forward to going back to school on Monday, perhaps it will be ok when I'm there! Take care, love Barbara x
Glad you enjoyed your Christmas festivities it must be quite strange to celebrate in the warm weather although with 'climate change' it will soon be warm everywhere!!!Sprouts probably taste the same where ever you are.Hope you will soon find time for the holiday episode with pics please.Is the tan fixed yet? take care,God bless, love Jean.
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