Tienda de Gaby

In Spanish class today, at the children's home, my daughter Gaby had a tienda (small store) and "sold" chocobananos to the kids. Gaby was learning how to make change for purchases with quetzales. It was a high pressure job for Gaby as she had 30 very eager and hungry little customers waiting for their chocobananos. The kids had a great time, loved the chocobananos and Gaby learned how to make change under great pressure. We even had our dogs hanging out with the kids, as any tienda in Central America would have.

The Mascots of Semillas de Amor

We have three dogs at Semillas de Amor. All the dogs go home with my family and me (Nancy Bailey) at night and come back to work in the morning with me. Our dogs, Lily, Bodhi and Gaviota oversee the love and all too often the feeding of the kids. The photos on the blog today are of Bodhi our Tibetan Mastiff puppy. Bodhi is eight months old and is still growing! He is a wonderful boy and the most patient and loving friend to the children at Semillas, no matter what age, as well as my children. Bodhi came all the way from Georgia last April. He was hand picked for us and loved by Audrey and Julie Lee. To see more about Audrey and Julie and their incredible dogs you can go to their website at www.geocities.com/aujudontm

Bodhi is a wonderful guard dog and incredibly loving and gentle and a real clown. He still believes he is a lap dog and loves to lounge on the couch at home while we have to sit on the floor. He is adored both at home and at Semillas de Amor. All of our lives have been enriched by Bodhi.

Semillas de Amor Celebrates Guatemala's Independence Day

On September 15th 2006 Guatemala celebrated a 185 years of independence from Spain. On September 14th 2006 all of the children at Semillas de Amor celebrated Guatemala's independence with music, dancing, speeches, food and lots of fun.

New Glasses

Smiling faces of Fredy and Romeo with their new glasses and our teacher Fide, and some of our nannies with their new glasses. Thank you Dr. Jacoby!!!