School Days

While walking to the school for the big party they were having we stopped to take a few pictures of Gabriely. She was a little tired so we didn't really get a smile, but we got plenty of other expressions instead! She loves having her picture taken. She loves it so much that she will stop crying if you say you will take her picture. A great thing for her mom to know!



Cristiane and Gabriely ready for the party!



I didn't really understand what the party was for, all I know is the school was full of people and there was some dancing going on. It was fun to see how the kids reacted to all their friends. It made me remember my elementary school days. Here is a picture of what their school looks like. Quite the fun playground they have huh? I am sure it is even more fun when it rains and it is covered in mud!




At the school there was a little candy stand so I went over to buy a few lollipops for the kids. Here is the math quiz for the day. If I buy 5 lollipops at 20 cents each how much is that? When I gave a 20 to the woman (no, not a child. a 40 year old woman) she gave me back 18.20. How does 5x20 equal 1.80? I am not quite sure. However when I asked her about it, she just looked at me strange. I had to explain it to her then she got it. Now I can completely understand that we all have our days, and sometimes simple math comes out wrong. But...

When I went back to what was our little group of 5, there was all of a sudden a few more kids. You can't give lollipops to just some of them. I had to go back and get a few more. There were only 3 lollipops left so I decided to buy all 3. Now lets do this again, 3 lollipops at 20 cents each... I gave her 1 real and she gave me no change. How does 3x20 equal 1 real?

Two times in a row? I wonder how many of these little kids who are just now learning how to do math like this get ripped off by the adult who can't do math! I am sure there are kids who have been gypped on lollipops.