More Pictures!

Getting dressed for the first day of school!

From left to right - Jimmy, Didas, Lucas, Malayaka, and Che Che.

Piling 27 kids into the van. They were actually more excited than they look here.

This is Diego, the youngest child at the house. He just turned one last month, and his mother (Jacinta) and sister (Mercy) live here as well. He rarely wears clothes, and when he does it's often a dress. He only has 2 expressions, confused and happy, and this one in the picture is confused. It makes for funny photo shoots when he wears his sneakers naked, and this was the only picture without some indecent exposure.

This is William, he's 4 years old and has a twin sister named Isabella. This costume is his favorite thing to wear to bed. Willie's usually very sweet, though he knows how to cry and pout when he's unhappy. He loves to play with soccer balls, playground balls, beach balls, etc, and he'd kick a ball in the air for hours if I agreed to sit and watch him.

On the left is Achen, she's 6 years old and her smile takes up her whole face. Her laugh is incredible too. She can only see out of her right eye because, as a newborn, she was abused badly and left for dead by her mother. She's a tough kid who loves to climb on anything and her smile, which lacks 2 front teeth right now, could light up anyone's day.