Parent-Teacher Meetings...

... were this afternoon at Aaron's school, and I had my first junta [meeting] as a parent with the teacher of class 3B, and the school's social worker. Before I started caring for the kids, this was not a meeting that I thought I would ever have to go to at least for the next... forever. ;)

However, it was a great experience, and since they didn't immediately call in the police or lock me in a closet, I'm assuming that the answers to the questions they asked weren't too frightening... lol.

After I returned to CVE, though, I was looking through some photos of a day playing in the mud from right after I got back from Kansas, and wondered if maybe the whole truth wasn't spelled out...

For instance:

Maestra: Does he [Aaron] know how to wash himself?
Me: Yes, he bathes himself every night, and generally stays pretty clean.

Against my Word, Case #1: Aaron and Diego showing the results of the mud-bath day, which they told me they wanted to repeat every day.

Maestra: Does Aaron know how to make any food? Like sandwiches or how to pour cereal?

Me: Yes, he can pour his own cereal, but I usually do it. I don't think he's ever made sandwiches or anything else.

Case #2: Aaron exhibits the award-winning pastel [cake] that he has just made... from mud.

Maestra: Do the children at your orphanage eat healthy food?

Me: Yes, we have a weekly menu designed by our lunch lady [Okay... I didn't say lunch lady, Jenna, b/c I didn't think the humor would translate as readily... lol] and all meals include most of the basic food groups.

Case #3: While Diego's mud meatball displays a terrific amount of creativity, I don't think it would pass as a "healthy" food. Then again, I'm pretty sure my sisters and I ate mud and dirt when we were little, and it hasn't hurt us any... ;)

Maestra: Is Aaron scared of anything? Like the dark or animals?

Me: No, he's very courageous. And he likes any and every kind of animal.

Case #4: So... Aaron maybe wasn't scared, but definitely startled when Michael came walking up during this mud-bath time and strummed a chord on the guitar right in his ear. Since Michael's guitar-playing skills are limited to one or two chords that he uses over and over again... that does get scary in that you sort of want to smash the guitar over his head. No worries, David... we promise to control ourselves for the sake of the guitar. ;)
Above, Pollito was walking quickly away from Michael's guitar and refused to go back over...

Maestra: Do you have drinking water at your orphanage?

Me: Yes, we have purified water from our kitchen that we use for cooking and drinking.

Case #5: Except for Candi... who apparently prefers to imbibe muddy water than clear any day. These photos were snapped about .5 seconds apart.