Casa La Casita

I'm in a class this semester called "The International Experience," which is short for "we really do nothing and take fieldtrips throughout the city," and it's awesome.  Two weeks ago, the week before my Mom and Louise came down, on Thursday (which is the day we have this class on), our group traveled up to the city of Tigre, outside of the city yet still in the province of Buenos Aires, to a humble little place called "Casa La Casita."  Casa la Casita is a before-school/after-school house where kids in the area can come before and after school to do their work and hang out, and the whole building and everything is bought and sponsored by Pepperdine.  Every Thursday (not part of my class), there is a group of students in our program who go and help out/play with the kids at La Casita for something we call "Service Learning" that is a voluntary part of the overseas experience.  Needless to say, our fieldtrip that Thursday was to this special place, where we assisted the kids with Easter crafts, face painting (and other girly stuff), and had an Easter Egg hunt, followed by a game of soccer.  

You're probably wondering why I'm telling you this dry and boring story, but here comes my rationale.  I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DRESSING UP AS THE EASTER BUNNY!  It was pretty hilarious, the kids loved it, and I got my a** whooped.  What I mean by that is: I had candy; kids love candy; kids can be crazy; they just so happened to be crazy for candy and I was the man with the candy; a heavy pursuit ensued; a dozen kids jumped me whilst I attempted to flee in a bunny costume; I was taken down to the ground; kicked; jumped on; ears stolen; suit muddied; face paint smeared; body dripping with sweat inside the costume; extremely fun and memorable day.  I have a video of this part, don't you worry, and will try to get it up soon.

As for now, all I have are these pictures that the kids took with my camera, cause they all loved taking our camera's and showing how good at photography they are (if you can't catch the sarcasm that's unfortunate cause I'm laying it on pretty thick).  Anyway, here's an odd assortment of pics, taken by them, the charming young children of Tigre, Argentina.  Enjoy, and the video will be up soon.

P.S.  Yes, that boy is trying to flip off the camera while simultaneously taking the picture of himself.  Darling young boy.