Artwork: Super-Heroes, Lions, and Super-Hero Vegetables

In the beginning of the school year, I would have at least every student come up to me and give me a drawing that they made, each day. Sometimes students would come carry a whole pile of drawings made just me for or Lidia. Now, although I love having lots of creative drawings from students, I had nothing to do with this amount of paper so my class had a talk about wasting paper and that it comes from trees. After that talk, I usually only get a few drawings each day, instead of 50 or more each day.

One student of mine is a really creative artist and his drawings are very impressive for a six year old. The first day I met him he immediately told me that his favorite animal is the lion. Each day he would act like a lion, for the entire day and only draw lions.

Now his interests have changes a little and he loves super-heroes like superman, batman, the hulk, buzz lightyear, and more. Basically he just loves to draw and then pretend he is that creature. latley he tells me everyday before he goes to recess that he is going to he "Booz Layear" (Buzz lightyear) as he runs off with one hand in the air.

Anyways his drawings are so great that I wanted to devote an entire blog post to just his drawings.... enjoy! (You can click on the pic to make it bigger)

Lion

Buzz Lightyear (Right Side he spelled it "Bosal.." and he was writing to infinity and beyond in spanish"

Super-Vegetables (Vetoves) and Fruit

Vacation w/ Efe: Beach, Mayan Ruins and lots of Bus Time!

A little less than a month ago, Efe and I were able to take a big trip across Honduras. After the last post, I had another day of school and then we headed off to the beach, La Ceiba. We stayed at a really nice resort, that really rich hondurans and rich people from el salvador go to. It was all inclusive and we both ate much more than we needed to! Also, we were able to take a boat one day to these small islands, cayos cochinos. They were absolutely beautiful. The water had such a clear blue color, I couldn't believe my eyes!

After La Ceiba we took a six or seven hour bus trip to Copan, where there are Mayan Ruins. These are the only ruins in Honduras and are VERY close to the border of Guatemala. Here we saw the ruins which were amazing. I have only been to the Aztec pyramid of the sun and the moon in Mexico City, which the Copan Ruins were very different. This is not a very popular tourist attraction in comparison which means I was able to climb on every part of the ruins and explore all of it. It's so fun trying to imagine what life was like when these pyramids were made...

After the ruins we went to the hot springs to relax, because this day was Efe's Birthday! These hot springs were fantastic, the water comes out of the Guatemala mountain at 90 degrees Celcuis, which is almost boiling! There were lots of different natural pools to sit in different temperatures of water. The air temperature was cool so relaxing in hot water was really great.

I can't do the trip justice explaining it like this, the pictures say a lot more!

Snorkeling at Cayos Cochinos - with the new underwater camera!

At the resort in La Ceiba, looking at the moutains!

We went out in Juticalpa one night!

Efe and I on the beach outside of the resort.

Efe with some of my students in the cafeteria -- They LOVED him!