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| Dad and the girls. |
Similarities to the Mother's Day program:
- Big extravaganza
- Included all kids from the school and the whole family
- Lots of food available for purchase
- Loads of decorations
- Hundreds of attendees
Differences from Mother's Day:
- Held on a Saturday instead of during the week (and M has school off on Monday to compensate)
- Longer than the Mother's Day event- 5 hours instead of 3
- The dads participated in a number of sporting contests; moms just watched a program
- Kids were organized by house (there are four houses; M is in the Cocodrilos)
- Emphasis was on sporting contests. The four houses each prepared a skit and/or dance and seemed to perform it for judges. Families could earn participation points for each house by coming dressed in the house color. (Fortunately M's color is green; we would have been up a creek without a paddle if she was a lion as they wear yellow.)
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| They handed out balloons, maracas, crocodile signs, and more for the green cocodrilos. |
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| The start of the cocodrilos skit. It was all about coming together in friendship for all four houses. |
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| The cocodrilo girls dance. |
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| Dave and another dad held up crocodile signs, balloons, and a banner/flag. |
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| Dave's team won their tug-of-war contest. |
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| A happy popcorn consumer. Her shirt has light green stripes plus green pants (and a green diaper!) |
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| Another of the sports contests. Half dribbled a soccer ball in and out of cones, then the other half jumped back in a sack. |
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| Dave anchored his team to victory! |
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| The yellow team won the overall point total. Here is the representative "king." |
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| Some of the food we bought. Chocro is the boiled corn and a slab of salted cheese. The other is a tamal (like a tamale but no e) wrapped in a palm leaf. |
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| Another fancy bulletin board. |
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| M's father's day gift. Te amo papito (I love you daddy.) |
The Holiday Series
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Advent
Christmas
New Years
Easter
Mother's Day
Father's Day (that's this one)
