Science fair at school

A couple weeks back the boys' school had a science fair with the different ages in history represented.

Joel took part as a Roman thinker and we needed to build a column and a bust. That was an interesting project but it turned out pretty good.

Joshua took part as a Presidential guard for the Bolivarian revolution to create the Grand Colombia which included Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. (It is because of this history that all three countries have the same basic flag. Venezuela has some stars over the three color flag while Ecuador has a shield on the flag.)

Hail in Quito

April 16 we had a torrential downpour in the afternoon here in Quito. It only lasted about 20 minutes, but we ended up with a bit of hail which in turn, caused a Volkswagon Beetle to have problems going up the street. He ended up spinning out and needing to backup a bit to try again.

Hail in Quito is very rare, maybe 10 times in the past 18 years.

The BIG 13!

Joshua turned 13 years-old this month. The boys were out of school Monday which worked out well for us. The Presidential Palace has a changing of the guard every Monday at 11am and we had been wanting to take the boys to see it without missing a day of school.

It was something special for both of them as they have never seen it and President Correa was there for the ceremony.

For lunch we went to Rusty's, a hamburger place here which even has Root Beer! The owner of the chain, Rusty, was also there and when he heard that it was Joshua's birthday, he gave Joshua an ice cream. So, it was a very good day!

Joshua and Joel did a doodle for the event. (This is very common. The walls are covered with napkin doodles by customers.)

Happy Birthday, Joshua!