Ricky Martin... Mas, Mas, Mas a La Vida!

Oh Ricky...

We were so ready for the concert to start. The concert was suppose to start at 8:00, typical Honduras, Ricky didn't go on until 9:30. During this time we tried to upgrade our "seats" (we stood the whole time) by going to the guards and seeing if they wouldn't let a couple of gringas into the area with seats. It didn't work. Oh well, we had a blast anyways!

He is so good looking...and he can sing! What a combo!

Diana was super in to it!

(Danielle, Diana, Me, Abby)
It was so wet. Luckily it didn't start raining until the last couple of songs. We were given ponchos to keep us dry. For not really being a huge "Ricky" fan, until recently, I really enjoyed this Latin hunk of a singer.

PTM: The inevitable happened today, one of my kids yelled out " Mami, I don't understand." I told him that I could help him but I'm NOT your mom. He laughed and said, "ok meese!"

Fiesta Catracha 2011

Honduran party is what the title of this post translates to. This year I was apart of a group that part took in this fiesta in a special way. About 18 North American teachers learned and danced two

traditional Honduran dances! Oh did I mention that it was in front of the entire student body (pre-school - 12th grade) Boy did they scream when they saw their teachers walk out in traditional costumes ready to dance!

It was really fun! We had been practicing about 3 times a week for 3 weeks. So we had the dances down. I don't want to say that we were "awesome" or anything but...we rocked it. The 1st dance was called "El suenito" meaning the dream. The second one was called "sucar", and I'm not sure what it means.

I would definitely do this again!

My girls dressed up in their traditional outfits...they are so cute.

PTM: While the dancing was definitely a highlight for me the rest of the day proved a bit more difficult and unorganized (to say the least) The Spanish teachers were in charge of setting up booths or display tables for each class. The students were supposed to stand by the table and present the traditional items that were brought in. As I approach my student's table I see one of the items brought being misused. And my misused I mean one of my boys had an antique garden hoe in his hands chasing the girls pretending to attack them!

Livin' the vida loca!

Yep! I am going to a Ricky Martin concert next Sunday! I'm pretty excited.

Until recently I've had more of an apathetic view of Ricky Martin. But now I'm starting to appreciate Latin music and how much gusto and emotion is compressed into every song. So in an effort to embrace the Latin culture I'm gonna throw caution to the wind and listen to a man sing about livin' a crazy life. Bring it on!