January 2017

January brought the first big blizzard of the winter, and opening Christmas presents. Christmas is such a flood of gifts for these two that I try to have them open the gifts slowly, one at a time. This way they give each gift their full attention and get the most out of it. Or at least that's my hope. One of the gifts they opened were the Kiwi Crates from Ninong. They each get a fresh crate every month for 6 months, courtesy of Ninong and Tito Erik. They've loved them so far. Another gift they opened was a science/chemistry kit that Ninang gave to Veronica. They were adorable in their little safety glasses learning about acids and bases. Max also got a cool light-up car that he assembled.

Veronica was the Mystery Reader in Max's class. She read them Rosie Revere, Engineer, definitely a household favorite. Click here to go directly to the video of Veronica reading the book to Max's class.

Also in January were a visit to Filipino School and a few photos of Max in his karate class.

Max's class learned about Magellan and how he came to the Philippines and tried to Christianize them. 

Do you recognize the Chocolate Hills of Bohol? Look carefully!

They learned how the Filipino datu (chief) Lapu Lapu resisted and managed to keep Magellan's ships from his village by using the coral in the ocean as a natural buffer.

Do you see the coral? That's me playing Lapu Lapu in the head scarf!

Click here to see more photos and videos from January 2018. There's a great video of the kids dancing near the end of the month.