What a CRAZY Wednesday!
On Wednesday, the older kids learned about musical actors and opera singers, hearing clips from my favorite opera, Madama Butterfly, and my favorite opera song, O Mio Babbino Caro (which I fell in love with when I heard it in high school, sung by a classmate). They also watched some clips from musicals, including Sound of Music, which led into a lesson about Solfege. After hearing "Do-re-mi" they wanted to know all the solfege symbols, not just those we were covering. LOVE when kids ask for more knowledge than they have to have! Made my day!
The kids heard about being a Physical Therapist as well, from a doctor named Jayme. Jayme will be coming out to visit Bakaland after SCA!
The Schroths were still hanging out, and they are great kids! (As are their parents, but I was more around the kids, who love games like Settlers of Catan. Good times!)
After teaching my lessons, I went and got my teeth cleaned. On my way there, entering the taxi, I slammed my elbow in the door of the very packed taxi! It bruised pretty quickly, though not as badly as I expected.
Getting my teeth cleaned here was a bit strange, with no waiting room, AC, or overhead lights. They had what they needed to do a good job, and the staff is well-trained, but having no familiar background music or something was a bit strange. So it went just fine - no cavaties! :-)
Later in the evening, it rained hard and long almomst like home!
The kids caught termites in the rain and we fried and ate them. Yes you read that right. Pics are on fb.
Later in the evening, while Elsie, Laurel, and I played Settlers of Catan, the power went out and we played settlers by candlelight - my awesome flashlight paid off as it was on my keys at arms' length, available when the power first went out. A bit later, they turned on a generator, and left it on for a few hours, but then they cut it off before I hit send on the blog here, and then, there was no more internet. So here we are!
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