Big News!!
Today was the first day of school.......It was one crazy day. Every one was confused about the routines and the procedures in the school. We didn't even have a recess duty schedule yet. The day started with us standing in a large basketball court filled with children and parents. We all held up our signs and the kids and parents all came lining up in front of us. Many children were startled and surprised when they realized they had a male teacher. After all the children lined up they marched into the school except for Brents' crying girl who refused to go in. Although several children in Brents line were crying all but one of them managed to make it in the room and find their seats. From there it was off to the races. The day was spent teaching routines and procedures and taking many deep breaths. Ironically brent's kids seem to be the best english speakers out of the three of us teaching elementary level kids. We all made it through the day, some of us needed a beer or two afterwards and the after school ride to Ponce turned into a giant vent session because they administration seemed less prepared for the first day of school than we were. In Ponce we dropped or neighbors off so they could pick up their new car and then we went to a huge mall where katie satisfied her craving for pretzel maker and old navy. Before going home we ate at a buffet at Sizzler! Once we returned to Guayama we went grocery shopping and did the nightly wal mart trip. At walmart all of Brents' children were buying their school supplies. The shopping was frequently interrupted by questions about the supply list. One mother even brought her concerns to Brent regarding the fact her child had no home work and took no note and wrote nothing in his notebook today. As for Katies day she may write another blog describing the details but I do know that at the end of the day she had a sick girl take a bee-line to the bathroom and get sick. The big news we have is that on Sunday we purchased a new car. Our neighbor Mr. Rivera took the 4 of us to Ponce where we went car shopping. Katie and us found a 98 honda escort that we appreciatte very much after pushing a shopping cart about 5 blocks every shopping trip for a week. I will try to post some pictures of our car, for some reason I can't seem to post the lizard pics but I'll keep working on it. We'll probably post again when the first week is over. I will try to get pictures of our classrooms up as well. Have a good week and we love you all,
Brent and Katie

The new car!!!!!!!!!






Katies' favorite job!