February 7, from Carrie:
Independent and curious Maria Luisa provides us with a good laugh
Maria Luisa is a name well known by the volunteers and children at the Aldea not only because she is adorable but because she provides everyone with a good laugh and occasionally some attitude. Wednesday of last week we were painting some of the girls nails in front of house 3 when I noticed Maria Luisa outside one of the houses across the grass. I couldn’t seem to find anyone with her but Edita one of the girls in her house ran over to get her and return her to her house. While Edita was on her way over there one of the other kids began to yell “corre Maria Luisa” and that she did. She is very independent and seems to like her freedom. On another occasion this last week we had the opportunity to watch Maria Luisa in our house while her Tia was in a meeting. She spent the whole time investigating our house looking for fun toys, tearing off all the squares on our calendar( which we had previously attached to the backing with Velcro, so she didn’t break them just mixed them up), and occasionally dancing for us.
Child Highlights:
This week I had the opportunity to spend some time with Fabritzio one of the babies at the Aldea. He's 8 or 9 months old and he can't yet hold up his head by himself but the Aldea is working to change that and help him. I think I might try spending more time with him, mostly stimulating his hearing with music and walking around with him and just being with him. We gave him a haircut last week, with the Tia after dinner, and I got to feed him while listening to music which occasionally made him laugh.
I also had the opporunity to spend a lot of time with Jhonathan this week in house 5. He questioned me about where the different countries where, which we found on the map in his house. We also talked about what he likes to do and sang a little bit. It was fun!
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