The toys were those little sponges that come in plastic pills. You drop the pills into luke warm water, and let them dissolve. You are left with small, bright colored sponges in various shapes. These came in the shape of safari animals, cars and farm animals. My little buddy Steven got one of the packages for his 6th birthday last week. The other went to Mirian and Alejandro. The third package went to Carlos Mario and Angie.
We spend New Year's Eve dropping the pills into water and waiting to see what would emerge. I used to play with these things all the time as a little kid. Heck, I even seemed to always have a package around the field office when I was working for Envision. So, I was surprised my little kids here had never seen them before. They LOVED them. Now I know what I can send them in care packages once I'm back in the States. Thank you, Ashley, for such an awesome gift. You blew the minds of several of Esparta's finest youngsters.
Last night, Brian and I stopped by Carlos Mario and Angie's place for dinner. Their mom reopened her restaurant...and yesterday was opening day! Finally she is making pizza again and has the big flat screen TV up again. Now I have a place to watch the NFL playoffs and Skype at night! I'm back to living a plush life.
(Carlos Mario, getting in some serious TV time.)To my surprise, Carlos Mario and Angie hadn't yet lost the sponges. They brought them over to the table and we had a good time playing with them, as can be seen in the pictures below:
Playtime turned into a quick photography class. I taught Carlos Mario how to use the digital zoom and take up close photos...of sponges. It was a thing of beauty. This is one of the pictures he took:
The night quickly degraded into a funny face making photography session, which Carlos Mario was more than delighted to document. Sponge sailboats are delicious.
Thank you for sending awesome care packages. As you can see, my colleagues, kids and I all really enjoy them!
Future employers will love your creativity!
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