Simple Pleasures

Today I took notice of some simple pleasures.  The first was swimming.  At the special needs school today four boys were chosen to go "swimming".  I say that loosely because they were in a hot tub filled with cold water and they just sat down and went under and played for 45 minutes.  Eventually the water got semi-warm because of bodies in it, but they enjoyed in nonetheless.  They were so sweet all showing me their tricks they could do and going under to get their faces wet.  It was heartwarming to see such excitement for such a simple pleasure.  Then a little girl at the special needs school has been trying to give me her lunch every time I am there and I never say yes because I do not know what it is.  Today she offered a cookie from the package so I said yes and she lit up like a light!  It was adorable.  The simple pleasures continued after dinner when the little girl next door who is our host family's niece came over with her grandmother and asked Melayna to play in her room.  Melayna was in heaven playing with a bunch of new toys.  I hope those two can become good friends.  I think it would be wonderful.

On a side note that has nothing to do with simple pleasures except that we can be glad it was not us, we now have a roommate for the night.  Apparently two volunteers from Belgium were in the Galápagos Islands and the boy was skateboarding down a hill and broke his leg.  They have to go to the hospital in Quito tomorrow so they are staying with us tonight and maybe all week if his leg checks out to not be too bad.  They are very nice.  Let's hope he is ok and they can enjoy their stay.  The lesson today should be don't skateboard down a huge hill especially in a foreign country!