Carnival

Today at school the kids had a big fiesta to celebrate Carnival, which starts today and continues until Wednesday. I wasn’t planning on going to school today because there was no class, but decided to go after I had a wonderful day Thursday with my students. One fourth grade girl made me a beautiful Carnival mask and a group of girls in fifth grade wrote about me for an activity we did. So, I came Friday for the kids.

The school’s theme for the year is water, so all the kids of each grade dressed up in the same costumes that had to do with water. The scuba divers from third grade were my favorites.

After a parade through the town, the kids returned to eat Orejas and dance outside.

I took my nice Canon camera to practice shooting. The kids posed a lot but I was able to get a few journalist-y photos. Not my best bunch of shots, but not bad for a beginner with the sun coming in and out of the clouds every five minutes and having rapidly moving children around you. Also hard to edit when all the kids are so cute and the costumes are so creative. Enjoy, and happy Carnival!

drops of water from International Peace Day

“We are a wave of people, everyone different, but rowing to the same beat”

Almudena helping a fifth grader don the “ocean”

third grade scuba divers!

the ocean of fifth graders

sixth graders

sixth graders

sixth graders

sixth graders

fifth graders

leaving school to go on the parade

yes, there was a trail of blue plastic strings on the street after the ocean

fisherman fourth graders!

Laura, with a drawn-on beard.

Pablo, Samuel, and crazy Javi — some of my favorite third graders.

My favorite fourth grade class!

Laura, Carmen and Laura.

Mingos and the students

Iago kept trying to hide from my camera and called me “Italia” all day. But I got a shot of him.

Smiling Brais

Martín and Brais

Eduardo, or, Scuba Steve.

Elena, who always has shifty eyes.

The 3C teacher and her kids.

The 4A teacher

Sergio and Sergio

baby soldiers!

4-piece band

typical Carnival food — Oreja, which means “Ear,” but is fried dough with powdered sugar.

wish this was in focus. Love this photo of Rebeca, who repped a USA shirt!

fifth graders

firefighters

Also wish this was clearer. Teresa, the cutest.

Sixth grader Bieito.

Sergio, Bieito and Roi. Sergio and Roi dancing to “Rias Baixas Style”

Sergio, Bieito and Roi. Sergio and Roi dancing to “Rias Baixas Style”

Fourth grader Elsa with her long long hair

Third graders Maria and Sabrina, usually shy in class, perked up to dance outside.

Third graders Sabela and Laura

Fourth graders Laura, Ainoa and Carmen

My fav third graders and their teacher.

The very last photo I took. Aways fun to get a crazy hair shot. And the kids laughed and laughed when I showed them.