Childhood is a Different Reality Here

Here a few of our kids, picked up an odd job between their music classes helping the neighbors haul dirt and rock.   I would hope they paid them well but probably not much.  I did see them chowing down on some fruit in front of Casaverde later so they might have given them fruit for their labor or they bought it with their earnings.



I am not sure who the munchkin in the PJs is but he was helping to sweep up.

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