treat after school

Last Wednesday when class was over it was raining outside, really raining!!! This is the first time it has really rained since we have been here, we have had a few sprinkles, but never like this. There was even lightening and thunder!!! Since then it has rained hard almost every afternoon. But anyway, since we couldn't go anywhere (our street was flooded) and it had been a long week at school I decided to make us a snack. Thanks to wonderful friends and family I had a can of rotel and a pack of koolaid. No vellvetta but I managed to find some cheese that is kind of close. They also don't have tortillas here so I made our own chips out of something similar to pita bread. Just brushed it with olive oil, sprinkled it with salt and baked it for a few minutes. It wasn't quite the same as real rotel dip, but close enough for us. I also rarely drink koolaid but I fixed us each a big glass and I enjoyed every sip. There was just something comforting about having food from home!! (well close to home). The girls were very excited about the koolaid, and so I froze some they had popsicles the next day! So fun!
About the rain (pictures to come), if it rains hard our street is flooded and today we even had the water under our gate, but the good thing is in recedes fast also. And after the sun is out for a few hours in the morning, you won't even be able to tell that we had a hard rain. The bad part is that it sticks! Walking the streets after the rain is not fun! But the girls love watching all the water on the street. Today Ayden stood on a bucket at our gate and watched all the people and cars and bike going through all the water, she couldn't believe that our street looked like a river!