School Picnic

We were out the door relatively early today (by 11 AM) to be picked up by our driver Antonio and taken out of the city for the kids first look at their new school. Colegio Los Charcos is a Waldorf inspired bi-lingual school located on a farm which required a bumpy car ride down a dirt road. The campus is very rustic yet they grow organic vegetables, recycle, and thankfully have a school bus that picks up in town. So far the families we have met are very cool and represent folks from many countries and speak multiple languages. Laurel has formed a new friendship with a girl named Isabelle who happens to live up the street from us (yeah, a playdate is in store). Bryce bonded quickly with 2 other boys while they endlessly pushed a very large tire up and down a cement ramp in the play yard. The back to school picnic began with a unique gathering in which we all held hands and wove ourselves in, out, and around what I would best describe as a mother earth effigy while singing a song about belonging to the world. Kind of like the KDBS snake dance but more primitive. After that we were welcomed (and applauded) as new families to the school communiy. Then we just all sat around, ate delicious food and yacked it up with our new friends. And so the adventure begins for Bryce and Laurel on Monday...