(For all intents and purposes, I have taken the time to hide the other childrens' faces to protect their privacy)
(A todos los efectos, me he tomado el tiempo de ocultar los rostros de los dem谩s ni帽os para proteger su privacidad).
When we first arrived, a little girl immediately ran up to our youngest and asked for a hug. This is a pretty common occurrence, so I thought nothing of it 馃槃 I nervously watched on and was elated to see that the girl was very friendly.
Nada m谩s llegar, una ni帽a peque帽a se acerc贸 corriendo a nuestro hijo menor y le pidi贸 un abrazo. Es algo bastante com煤n, as铆 que no le di importancia 馃槃 Observ茅 con nerviosismo y me alegr茅 mucho al ver que la ni帽a era muy simp谩tica.
It was a bit ironic, watching our oldest daughter's face when she saw her baby sister had made a friend. Our oldest has entered the "controlling" phase, and knowing that she couldn't dictate who the other kids made friends with was interesting to see. She handled it well, and went over to play with the two of them.
Fue un poco ir贸nico ver la cara de nuestra hija mayor cuando vio que su hermanita hab铆a hecho una amiga. Nuestra hija mayor est谩 en la etapa de "control", y fue interesante ver que no pod铆a decidir con qui茅n se hac铆an amigos los dem谩s ni帽os. Lo manej贸 bien y se acerc贸 a jugar con las dos.
5 minutes of playing later, our girls had already made 4 friends! 馃ス One was the little girl's big sister, a little boy came to play with them all as well.
隆Cinco minutos despu茅s de jugar, nuestras ni帽as ya hab铆an hecho cuatro amigas! 馃ス Una de ellas era la ni帽a peque帽a.
While everybody was being good and having fun, I took a few minutes to capture photos of things that caught my eye. This flower here is known as Dame's Rocket. It doesn't have much of a scent, but I find the 4-petal flowers to be so cute 馃ス馃グ
Mientras todos se portaban bien y se divert铆an, aprovech茅 unos minutos para fotografiar cosas que me llamaron la atenci贸n. Esta flor se llama Cohete de Dama. No tiene mucho aroma, pero sus flores de cuatro p茅talos me parecen mon铆simas 馃ス馃グ
I took a picture of the water area as well. Some kids had written on this structure with chalk. My mantra has been "God is good" -- can you spot it in this picture? 馃
Tambi茅n tom茅 una foto de la zona del agua. Algunos ni帽os hab铆an escrito en esta estructura con tiza. Mi mantra ha sido "Dios es bueno", 驴puedes verlo en esta foto? 馃
This part broke my heart a bit 馃ズ As all of the children were playing together, they approached one of the girls' little sisters. I believe they were asking if she would share something, and the little girl became very upset. She was howling at the top of her lungs for 10 minutes. Thankfully she did calm down...
Esta parte me rompi贸 un poco el coraz贸n 馃ズ Mientras todos los ni帽os jugaban juntos, se acercaron a la hermanita de una de las ni帽as. Creo que le preguntaron si quer铆a compartir algo, y la ni帽a se puso muy triste. Estuvo llorando a gritos durante 10 minutos. Por suerte, se calm贸...
The little boy and girl took our kids over to the swings. Our youngest has NEVER swinged on the big kid swings by herself, but look at her in this picture! (Also, the little boy only fell over as a joke; he was completely fine 馃憤)
El ni帽o y la ni帽a llevaron a nuestros hijos a los columpios. Nuestra hija menor NUNCA se hab铆a columpiado sola en los columpios para ni帽os mayores, 隆pero m铆renla en esta foto! (Adem谩s, el ni帽o peque帽o solo se cay贸 de broma; estaba perfectamente bien 馃憤)
Our youngest on the slide with the little girl 馃榿 The little girl was very touchy. She always wanted our daughter to sit on her lap while they went down the slide 馃槂
Nuestra peque帽a en el tobog谩n con la ni帽a 馃榿 La ni帽a era muy cari帽osa. Siempre quer铆a que nuestra hija se sentara en su regazo mientras bajaban por el tobog谩n 馃槂
Our oldest on a rocking dinosaur with the girl's big sister. Our daughter also went on the swings with her, while she sat on the girl's lap 馃槀
Nuestra hija mayor estaba en un dinosaurio mecedor con la hermana mayor de la ni帽a. Nuestra hija tambi茅n se subi贸 a los columpios con ella, mientras estaba sentada en su regazo 馃槀
