Dinner for Five

(From left to right: Carlos, Marili, Jeffie, Steven, Gerson)

Dave and I have decided to start having the five kids up for dinner once in a while. We told them on Friday after school and they were so excited. They all said thank you right away and wanted to know what time dinner was. From then until 6:00 we never heard the end of it. We were told to be careful about having kids up to our apartment because they may steal from you. We thought we would just have them eat on our balcony and then they would never be in our place.

That plan did not work! At about 5:30 they all starting streaming in one by one wanting to help make the pizza. If you look at these kids faces you can understand how hard it is to say no to them! They looked in our refridgerator, cabinets, and even the trash. They actually found an apple in our trash and almost ate it! Dave caught it and at least washed it off and cut it up for them. They all helped to make the pizza and set the table.

They were so well behaved. They waited patiently as we served them their food. They made sure to say thank you for everything and even helped to clean up. I think they would have kept eating as long as there was food! We talked about doing this again and they all gave their ideas on what kind of food they would like to have. Tamales, pizza, spaghetti, lasagna, "Pollo Campero" (the Guatemalan version of KFC, supposedly Guatemala's pride), and coca-cola were all suggestions.

They best part was actually the next day. In the morning I went out on the balcony to get our clothes and saw Steven playing and he yelled to me, "Hey Katie, do you remember last night?" I saw Jeffie later and he said, "Do you remember last night?" In the afternoon I was talking to Marili and she said in broken Engish, "More pizza tonight?" They were still excited about it the next day and wanted to make sure we thought it was special. We will definitely be doing this again!