Here at NPH we celebrated NPH in STYLE, read: lots of cancelled classes, a costume contest, and TONS of PICA PICA (aka confetti and my new favorite word in Spanish :).) “Picar” in Spanish means “to itch” therefore confetti is called Pica Pica because it makes you itch :-p. How clever! Anyway – there was TONS of it – and I mean TONS. But I’m getting ahead of myself…
Tuesday’s classes started out normal. However, after a LOT of confusion (you’d think we’d finally start to get this whole “let’s communicate better” thing down but it still has yet to happen…) it was decided at the last minute that the rest of our classes would be cancelled. BIG shocker there Guatemala… In addition, Molly, Thayer, Meghan, and I were asked to be judges for the Carneval costume competition – how exciting!! The kids decorated and prepared their costumes and presentations in their classes and used mostly recycled materials (aka a LOT of garbage and old ricitos (snack) bags) to create their ensembles. The theme of the day was nature, but some classes went off the beaten path, showing us some pretty sweet Michael Jackson “Thriller” moves, synchronized robot dancing, as well as a short presentation on “Alice in Wonderland.” Overall we were incredibly amazed at the costumes and had a great time judging :). Who won you ask? A class of 7th graders that put on a short skit about garbage taking over the world and how a superhero was needed to save the day…and that superhero could be YOU!
After the costume competition everyone headed back up to the school where we had our MASSIVE Pica Pica fight! All the kids (annnnddddd maybe myself included…) had literally been preparing Pica Pica for DAYS for this crazy fight. Seriously – the kids were beyond experts at cutting little strips of paper. We all headed outside and basically just let rip – there was Pica Pica EVERYWHERE – I was seriously still finding it stuck in my hair after 2 days and 2 showers. How about that?
I love these photos. :)
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