finished!

For the past three weeks, all of us volunteers have been working abajo in the kids' sections. Since the caregivers of the sections literally work all year long, we help them out during the holiday season by assuming their role as tios. The word "tio" literally means aunt or uncle. Here at NPH, it's what we lovingly call the caregivers of our kids.

Seeing as my boys are in la Casa de Bebes, I worked as a tia there. I'd describe it as babysitting. But not just regular babysitting.. babysitting on steroids! Rather than a family of three siblings, I watched 11 little rascals. Rather than an evening while the parents are away, I worked a 48 hour shift. It's a good thing I had my roommate Hannah as my partner in crime :) While there were certainly moments that tested my patience, I truly enjoyed the change of pace. I was able to hang out with my boys a lot more, get to know the girls who are the same age, and act like a kid all day long. We'd do anything from attending pretend weddings, to coloring competitions, to indoor soccer, to afternoon dance parties! Oh, and we sang "Jingle Bells" about 352 times a day. haha.

As of today, I'm done! Three weeks with tons of rascals definitely wiped me out. For this, disculpame for the lack of blog posts this month. I promise to catch you all up.. just after my vacation. Where are we headed? Well, seeing as it's time to renew our visas, we're headed east to the beaches of Belize! I'll think of you all as I soak in the glorious sunshine during the dead of winter :) Many posts to come upon my return!

Love,

Kristina