Fruit

We found lice on Astrid's head so we needed to wash her hair with lice stuff.

School work





Found her on the way home from school. She had flower petals on her eyelids and next to her eyes. She was so excited that I wanted a photo.





Today was pretty low key and I don't have much to say. The most exciting part was drinking some yummy coffee and reading emails from you guys. Love hearing back from you all!

I did play with the little ones today and took some photos so I'll add those here. Apparently all kids here are given coffee in the morning, so needless to say they are all pretty hyper.

My dear NYC room mate Tovah asked about the food here and the first and most important thing that comes to mind is the fruit! It is growing all over and whatever you can find you can pick and eat. The kids love showing us where the good stuff is.

There's a mango tree down the street from my house. It's hard to find ripe mangos, but if you pick them when they're green and wait about a week they turn juicy and orange on the inside. They are smaller than the mangos I'm used to from home but are delicious.

Although I live right in the middle of acres of pineapple fields, it is not pineapple season, and the rare pineapple we find is from another area in Hondruas, still yummy though.

Avocados (a veggie right?) are soo good here and cost about 30 cents each. I eat them regularity.

And then there are the fruits that I've never heard of. My favorite by far is the mimona which is similar to a lychee but smooth on the outside and a little sweeter on the inside. It has so much flavor and I just tried freezing them (like freezing grapes) and they are such a great little treat. I literally dream about them.

Another one is the nance. It's a little yellow berry with a pit in the middle. I tried them when I first arrived here and don't like them at all, it's a weird chalky gross taste.

There are a bunch of uvas (not sure of the spelling of most of these) that grow by the beach. This is their version of grapes, but they grow on trees rather than vines. They are not as sweet as grapes and have a pit in the middle but are pretty good.

Bananas are plentiful and cheap but brown quickly so they must be eaten the same day you buy them.

Okay, stop drooling. :)