The End.

The last two days of school were anything but normal school days.

With the poetry we were discussing last week, we finished one final poem on Tuesday and got those displayed Wednesday after school.  You would be surprised at some of the words kids tried to get away with.  C is for Costco.  K is for kangaroo.  No.  You are not Costco.  You are not a kangaroo.

Wednesday was the culture fair for Primaria (first through sixth) so a majority of the day was spent setting up and actually at the culture fair.  For the culture fair, the classes of students create displays and activities that showcase their knowledge in a particular subject that they are focusing on in their classes.  The first graders built models of houses, cabins, huts, igloos, etc.  A couple of them very enthusiastically told me all about their projects - in Spanish of course!  Second grade performed a few songs, and had collage posters displayed of healthy lifestyles (exercise and nutrition).  Third grade had some displays of circuits they built, as they were learning about electricity.  Fourth grade built different “toys” including a lego house and confetti shooters.  Needless to say, the entire basketball court was covered in confetti by the end of the day.  Fifth grade had been learning about the United States and landmarks so they had an interactive display for people to identify the states on the map, and to identify which state different landmarks are found in.

My sixth graders had been learning about “the three R’s” in Spanish class so we focused on recycling for the culture fair.  We combined the two sixth grade classes and broke them into groups of four.  The students had to create items from recycled materials to display and provide recycled materials for the other students to make projects too.  Projects the kids made included piggy banks made of plastic bottles, plastic spoon mirrors and tea lights, bouncy ball water balloons, toilet paper tube pencil cases, and painted and etched CD’s.

Honestly, the culture fair was pretty chaotic.  There were kids everywhere.  Confetti.  Paint.  Glue.  Bubbles.  Music.  Parents.  Teachers.  High school students.  Conefetti.  Paint.  It was fun for the students to show their projects to not only the other elementary kids, but also the middle and high school students, and parents.

Gaby and I also managed to hang the rest of the Easter bulletin board.  The kids all seemed to like having their Easter Eggs as part of the display.

 

Thursday was my last day at El Camino.  It was a very emotional day for me.  I cried a lot.  Over lunch, I was surprised with a little party with both groups of sixth graders and lots of food.  I started crying when I walked into the room and continued almost the whole lunch hour.  I got lots of hugs, and tears from a few of my girls.  One of my boys got a plate of food for me without being asked.  What a sweetheart.  We talked and ate lunch, then a few of the kids shared a memory or other comments with the group.  This is where I started crying again.  They then gave me a book that Gaby put together with a few pictures and notes from all of the students.  I flipped through the book and cried hard at this point.  I got lots of hugs and felt so much love from the kids.  I did tell them all that I would need another hug from each of them before they left school.  I wrote notes for each of them that I gave them at the end of the day.

When I was surprised for lunch, the board was full of notes from the awesome kids!

These were special for me because they like watching me eat spicy foods!

Thursday night, Dana and I went out in Cabo one last time.  We had a lot of fun people watching and of course, dancing!

At the Giggling Marlin bar - what fun!

Dana got dragged into the party line!

As Friday was our last day, we spent the morning doing laundry and packing so we could hit the beach in the afternoon.  The waves were the biggest we had seen in our three months in Cabo.  We didn't put our stuff back far enough from the shoreline, and ended up with soaking wet everything.  Towels, clothes, phones.  Thankfully, mine was in a Lifeproof case.  Dana's was water damaged, but we took care of it immediately, and after giving it a couple of days to dry out, it works!

My flight left at 7:00 Saturday morning.

My last view of Cabo - for now!

That's it.  I can't believe I don't live in Cabo anymore.  I'll be back though!

So much love, Britta

Two Days

Dana and I spent Saturday basking in the glorious sun on Pedregal beach.  Saturday night we enjoyed a lovely sunset (yet again!) and sat by the fire for a little while after dinner with Keith and his dad, Tim.

Sunday, Dana, Jenn, Tim and I went to Cabo Wabo for lunch.  We ate the Waburrito.  Again.  It's really freaking delicious.  Then, Dana and I did a little bit of souvenir shopping.  We grabbed a beer at Baja Brewing Company before heading to Medano beach.  We laid a ways down from Mango Deck so we could do some people watching, but stay out of the chaos that is "spring break!"

Selfe game strong. Hah.

I really cannot believe that our teaching and tourist adventures in Cabo are coming to a close!

Gaby and I got part of a new bulletin board done on Monday.  We went with the Easter theme on this one.  We had kids trace and color eggs to add to the board.  We will probably get those hung up tomorrow.  Picture to come!

I'm not going to lie.  Monday was just one of those days where I just wasn't having it.  Period.  No energy to tell kids to quiet down and do their work.  Nothing.  After a long day, volleyball practice was a nice break.  Jenn made a going away cake for us to enjoy this last week here.  Chocolate cake with peanut butter cream cheese frosting and chocolate cream cheese frosting.  SO GOOD.

Go with God!  Dana and Britta

Tuesday, we finished up working on our projects for culture week presentations for Wednesday afternoon.  I was lucky enough to be the teacher that the kids asked to help them with the spray paint...

Dana and I then spent our lunch hour FaceTiming with the Education club at school.  It was fun sharing some of our experiences here with them!

Tuesday night, Dana and I met with Gaby to get dinner at a little wood fired pizza place.  We got some very yummy pizza with chorizo, bacon, and jalepenos.

The fact that I'll be leaving here in two days still hasn't really sunk in.

Love always, Britta