is named Jairo. He's five. Going to kindergarten for the first time in the fall.
At the zoo, for every animal we saw, he asked me if I thought they would like doughnuts.
Jairo is one of the only kids in the camp who does not have Silly Bandz. So to fit in with the other kids, he shows up to camp one day wearing ten regular rubber bands on his wrist. He then proceeds to trade me two of his "silly bandz" for my silly bandz. What a smart kid.
Jairo also has a habit of asking me every five minutes if I am going to walk him home, although his older brother Edwin walks him home every day, and I know that he knows that. But he still continues to ask me, every day, every couple minutes, if I am going to walk him home. He also asks me multiple times in a row when he asks. "Jen, you going to walk me home?" "No Jairo, you're going with Edwin." "Jen, you going to walk me home?" "No Jairo, you're going to walk with Edwin, like you do every day". "Jen, you going to walk me home?" "Sure Jairo, why not". Sometimes it's just better to lie.
One time I was kidding around with the kids during lunch and I mentioned that I was so tired from our morning of games that I was going to fall asleep during DEAR time, which is right after lunch. Every day since I said that, when we go to DEAR time, Jairo finds me and asks, "Jen, you go to sleep now? You go to sleep now? I have to sleep now?" "No Jairo, I'm not going to sleep, and you have to read or I can read to you." "Okay. You go to sleep now?" "No Jairo, I'll be awake." "You go to sleep now?" "Yeah Jairo, I'm going to sleep right now." "Ohtay."
I am a rising junior at Boston College, spending my summer in Boston working at the B-SAFE summer camp at Saint Stephen's Parish in the South End of Boston. Since this is the first time I have spent part of my summer away from home, I decided that keeping a blog would be the best way to remember my experience, as well as give my family and friends at home insight into my life here in Beantown. Enjoy!
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