Hola amigo! From Thea

We are taking Spanish classes at la Mariposa. We went to a park Dec.20 (The day Quinn got sick) we  got ice cream. Me and Cheyenne got chocolate and Quinn got Vanilla . We went to an exercise part where we did some exercise.

In Spanish classes, I have a teacher named Claudia and she is really nice. I already know some Spanish, but I’m learning more and more Spanish. We’ve been here for half a week. It’s a relief that I have my own bed! But Cheyenne’s and Quinten’s are right besides mine.

There are monkeys here, and there are also parrots, bunnies, turtles, ducks, dogs, and cats. Some of the food you might not like, but some of it is just regular food you have in the United States.

On Friday, mom and I learned to salsa dance. I liked salsa dancing. I was better than my mom and another girl who danced call Susie.

Today the 23^rd of December, I went horseback riding with Mommy and Quin. We rode on a trail, and I road with a guy, and I liked riding with him. When we came home, we started building another fort. And then Quinten found a coconut. And then we invented “coconut soccer” (hammock style). How we play is we sit in the Hammocks at the Mariposa on their porch, and we would swing around, kicking the coconut around. Each person has their own goal behind them. The other guys have to get it their goal.

We played and then we went on a trip to park. In Nicaragua for Christmas, they don’t put baby Jesus in Nativity sets before Christmas, because it wouldn’t make sense if they put him before Christmas, because he was born on Christmas. So they put him on Christmas day.