When I was home in the states I actually thought ahead and bought Princess Valentine’s day cards for my girls and some chocolate – crazy! On Valentine’s Day Corinna surprised me with something else…while she was on vacation in Mexico she purchased each of our girls their very own watch! A little strange? Yes. Totally awesome? Also yes.
We went down to the section on Valentine’s Day and the girls were going pretty kooky – even more so than normal. They weren’t doing their chores, or getting their clothes ready for school, or listening to the tia…everything was kind of a mess. Corinna and her sister Elisa (who is also a volunteer here) took all of our goodies to the sala (living room) and arranged them in a nice big circle. Then, once the girls finally settled down and lined up, they entered the sala “oo-ing” and “aaahh-ing” as they saw all the goodies lying on the floor. I proceeded to pick a valentine, read the girl’s name, and then they got to take the watch of their choosing (they were all different and ridiculously adorable). The picking out of watches went fairly well – (almost) no tears over “but I wanted THAT watch,” and only three girls who weren’t allowed to get their goodies because of bad behavior. Not bad in a crowd of 20. The cutest thing of all? The girls are ECSTATIC about learning how to read a watch – they all can’t wait to show off their newest presents to anyone who will look :)
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