Cutting cake with a machete

Yesterday day was fun.  Only one more week of weekend swimming class.  Then I get to sleep until a reasonable hour for a few months.  Our next classes will start in November when the kids go on summer vacation for 3 months.  We will swim 3 days/week then.  I am looking forward to that already because they are able to learn so much when they go in consecutive days.

Yesterday the adults learned the basics of life saving.  They learned how to carry someone and they tried to learn to jump in the water but keep their head out.  They did pretty well with the carry.

One of the instructors had 2 bathing suits that a lady had given him because she lost over 100 pounds and they no longer fit her.  So Clara and my friend from Usami now have their very own bathing suits for the first time.

And I taught Clara how to dive:

Clara's new bathing suit

Diving!

Yesterday was also Ana's birthday.  I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday.  I told her it needed to be something special.  She said it needed to be something the kids would like.  So she decided we should go to Popeye's for chicken and the kids could play at the playland.  Geovani (we are still calling him Ana's "friend" at this stage) came too.  He's really shy but I got a chance to talk to him for the first time and he is as nice as she said he is.  He also has a lot of cool life experience.  He lived in the US for four years.  He is an electrician.  Seems like a good guy.

I brought a cake but nothing to cut it with.  I was thinking oh no, we are going to have to cut the cake with a spork!  But a lady behind the counter said she would find me something.  She came back cleaning a machete.  I asked Ana's son David to take a picture of us cutting the cake with a machete.  But the picture doesn't do it justice.  The cake was big and the machete was huge.  All of the people in the restaurant got a kick out of watching me walk around with a huge machete.  (I think mostly because I am sure I had a look of shock and awe on my face.)

The birthday was nice and Ana was grateful.  Ana is one of my closest Honduran friends.  I really love her and her kids.  She said it was her favorite birthday ever.  I hope it was her favorite so far.

Ana and Geovani

Jired, Ana's oldest son

David and Samuel

Ana's gift

Isabela, Mami and David

Look how high they took Isa!

David is a good big brother

I told them they were monkeys

Cutting the cake with a machete