Extra fun for 'Día del niño'

At the kids club at church (awana's) and for sunday school this past week, we had special programs to celebrate Children's Day (June 1st). It involved circus tricks (my juggling act was something to behold really), food and songs where you have to stick out your tongue and turn around like a penguin.

Chu chu gua, chu chu gua......

The Country Club

To celebrate the 'Día del Niño' at Evie and Tijs' school there was an entire school outing to 'The Country Club' (must be said in a spanish accent) where one of the families has a house. Many families here have some sort of weekender or 'finca' nearby in the mountains where it's a little warmer than Loja. So off we trundle down south and down in altitude, escaping rainy Loja but entering windy Malacatos. After getting to Malacatos and asking a good number of times the direction to 'The Country Club' we arrived. 

The kids had a super day, running around on the play equipment, swimming in the pool and even having a go on the waterslide (probably my highlight). 

The automatic gate gets unexpectedly cleaned

Was in the middle of cooking lunch today when there was a ring on the bell. Out I go to see who it was...no one I knew. But he tells me he is here to clean the automatic gate and that he had spoken to John about it. Called John to see if that was actually true and yes, apparently so. In comes Jaime, and cleans away all the dirt, greasing up the gate so that it opens relatively smoothly. He then proceeds to weed my cactus garden, something I am quite glad for. Then he asks for some lunch, so out I bring a bowl full of soup, and some fruit. After that I give him the money owing. Then he asked for some clothes (which I declined to give seeing as I didn't think I had anything useful for him). We chat for a bit and off he goes, telling me he'll be back in 4 months.
So, John and I both get to tick something off our To do lists around the house and someone has a full belly and a bit of cash to hopefully be spent wisely!