Escuela de Sacuanjoche - which one is it?!

Pre-school Nicaraguan style, 2 schools with exactly the same name located across the street from each other, anybody would be confused.  Our babysitter Lara, a 24 year old american young lady who spent many years in Nicaragua and is now a bilingual teacher at the school told me to bring Ivy to the yellow building after you pass the cemetery. She may have said left side of the road but who knows, that morning in the taxi I stopped at the first yellow building I saw with this big sign saying international school. The people who greeted us were lovely and they gave us a tour, Ivy was happy to stay there from day 1. I thought it was a bit strange when I asked for Lara but the administrative lady did not know her, just figured she was teaching the older kids and thats why. Well it turns out Lara teaches at the other yellow school with exactly the same name across the street. No big deal though as both schools are pretty much the same and Ivy was very happy at hers as she met her new BFF "Sophia" a little girl from Colorado, who was also in Granada for the month of Feb.

Having fun in her classroom

One day I came to pick her up in this little red taxi, Ivy's first question when she climbed in was "mummy, where are the seat belts?" I told her that my arms are going to be the seat belts today as this was a special taxi, we took the quiet back roads to get back home and when we got to the main square and it was time to get out, she told me "i want to ride that taxi again!"

After taking a few taxis to and from school I managed to arrange for the school bus to come for Ivy. This big minivan picks up all the expat kids in the neighbourhood and Ivy was always so excited to take the bus like a big girl. All you moms out there reading this I have to mention that all this was extremely affordable..school for 3 weeks( which includes lunch and snacks) and school bus was $70 US for everyting!! No wonder so many families with kids are moving here....