Los Niños

For those not needing to constantly speak Spanish, and be told to do things via Spanish (9/10 I get it wrong!) Los Niños is ‘The Children’. So guess what this post is going to be about?

Tia Francis, Pepe, Milagros, Ariel, Yamile, Yumi, Luana, Hannah and one of the older girls

Meet my little ones, at the moment, whilst we’re still trying to grasp the lingo, we’re working in Casa 5 (house 5) which is the baby house, with three babies and 6 toddlers it’s pretty chaotic at all times so our help is really needed. In the first week I now know how to say ‘Chew ’ ‘Masticar’ which I must say around 2 million times per child per meal time, ‘Pasalo’ which I think means the same however we can’t find it in our dictionaries so it probably means ‘keep all the food in your mouth until you look like a hamster’ which would explain a lot!

Okay, so first up:

Yamile

This little cutie is the one who will take forever eating, forever on the potty, and forever doing anything she’s got to do, despite that her giggles are sounds of joy and her little smile is to die for.

On the Swings and at the Fiesta

Milagros

I think her picture sums her up quite well; her favourite pass time is to cry and point to whatever she wants, often to another toy that’s already being played with. Although she enjoys creating mayhem in the Jugartera (playroom) she is pretty well behaved and when she’s not being a grumpy bum she’s adorable.

On the Swings and at the Fiesta

Luana

Now here’s my little princess, the most well behaved 2 year old on the planet, she eats without being moaned at, does everything asked and only cries if she hurts herself! She also loves her cuddles and I’m pretty sure she’ll be a gymnast one day as she is incredibly flexible and often sits with her feet by her hair!

On the Swings and at the Fiesta

Carrot juice anyone?

Ariel

This crazy boy is hard to catch when he’s on a run for it and will never let go of anything (often bits of plastic or rubbish found on the floor), but is adorable when he runs up to you and throws himself on you to give you a cuddle.  

On the Swings and Getting Ready for the Fiesta

Yumi

The sweetest smile, but it still seems too suspicious to me, I’m sure he’s plotting something!! Yumi is incredibly well behaved but takes his time with everything, he is definitely a ‘slow and steady wins the race’ kinda kid, despite shouting ‘rapido’ during games he still plods along.

Playing Games

At the Fiesta

Pepé

Ahhh Pepé, now take your eye off of him for one moment and he’ll be gone, he’ll be running forever this boy will be and no one will catch him, I highly doubt it! He’s of course the cheekiest and naughtiest, but such a cutie pie when you can grab him for a 10 second cuddle!

At the Fiesta and in Casa 5