For one very special morning the children were invited to the Residence of the Ambassador and his family for a sugar filled breakfast of donuts (Dunkin Donuts is king here) and juice. This was followed by the opportunity to burn off that sugar on inflatable slides, a carousel, face painting, games, a play dough tent, and the opportunity to mingle with clowns, men on stilts,and a myriad of other cartoon characters come to life. Volunteers are recruited from the embassy and local Peruvian and ex-pat community to take 2-3 children each and chaparone them through the day's activities. I somehow ended up with 5 young girls from one of the schools and we had a blast. So let me share some of the pics from the day:
Set up and sign in time for our assignments:
Santa posed with each of the schools:
Two of my girls with their holiday face painting:
On to playing in the inflatables:
And the most fun of all - the "big slide":
A pause for a photo with their favorite volunteer:
A chance to eat pizza and watch the entertainment:
A farewell from Santa's helpers - the elfs:
And finally, the gift bags for each of the children:
Every single one of the kids received a farewel Christmas bag with toys & food:
And a final farewell from our hostess, the Ambassador's wife:
