Jay's School Presentation

Jay had a little presentation at his school today. They sang songs and presented their art projects. Jay even had a solo! We also watched a video of the Montessori 3's school year. It made me so happy to be here in Colombia and so glad that he's at such a wonderful school. Enrolling Jay at Gimnasio Moderno was probably one of the best decisions we made when moving here. I love my little guy and I love his class, his teachers and his school! Amaya tagged along with me since she didn't have school. It was fun to have her there too :) She loves her big brother.

Amaya's Pre-school Presentation

What to say about this night? First off, Amaya was absolutely adorable. She danced like the cutest little cowgirl in the world! Second? WHAT IN THE WORLD?!?!?! We waited literally 3 hours (and an intermission) until we had once glimpse of Amaya! She was in the back the whole time doing who knows what with her teacher and the other kids... I can't imagine keeping that many kids entertained backstage for so long. Apparently they all had their hair done though because I certainly didn't do that braid on Amaya. The rest of the presentation was a huge, trumped up graduation ceremony for the 5 year olds. None of which we knew. That was followed by 10 other classes preforming dances. Why did we have to sit through all that? Why not just do a little presentation for the parents for each class? It was insanity! We will never do this again. If we go next year it will be 2 1/2 hour late. Amaya was pretty darn cute but that was CraZy!

Sweet girls

Eva is coming up on 7 months! I can't believe it. Amaya is such a sweet sister to her. I'm so grateful for my two beautiful girls.

Suesca, Colombia

We decided to adventure out and explore a little more of Colombia. We took a 3 hour drive to a little town called Suesca. It's known for being a great rock-climbing area. There is an old railroad track that you can walk along and all along the side are places to rock-climb. Mike was wishing he could be up there with the other rock-climbers! It was a little hard with 3 babies though so he just watched this time. The kids had a great time hiking along the rail road track and we loved the beautiful scenery. Amaya was pretty tired at one point so daddy carried her while she napped. I carried Eva in the Bjorn. Good thing Jay was tough and walked the whole way! We stayed at a really cool hotel. It was more of a huge house converted into a hotel. We stayed in a little building separate from the house with an attic. The kids thought sleeping up there was pretty cool. Unfortunately mom and dad didn't get much sleep because Eva was up most of the night wanted to breast-feed. The bed was pretty narrow so it wasn't easy getting all 3 of us on there! We did enjoy exploring the hotel grounds. The area was huge. They had a big playground area, tons of horses, turkeys, birds and other animals. They also had lots of little pathways with pretty vegetation, gardens and flowers. The kids had so much fun running up and down the paths. Amaya was not too excited about the turkeys though! They are pretty scary looking with the red snoods and their crazy gobbles :) We had a great trip despite the no sleep. It was great just getting out into the country side to enjoy the fresh air and nature. 

I love how Jay has discovered reading! He finds words everywhere. The coolest thing is when he does it in Spanish.