Take Cover!

Well, it is no longer windy season or rainy season, it's now...WATER BALLOON SEASON!!
That's right. For most of us in the States, February is the month of Love! But not here. It is the month they celebrate Carnival. Carnival is the week before Lent, and it is the week were you celebrate and participate in all the Sins of the Flesh!! Why? Because during Lent, you can just pray for forgiveness...duh! The equivalent of Mardi Gras, but instead of beads, there are water balloons on every corner. Seriously, they line the streets just launching them at each other and GRINGOS!! I apparently make a great target. We can't leave our house. Literally, we have little kids outside waiting for us. We have to walk a new way home everyday because the kids wait for us to come home from school.
SHOUT OUT!! My husband is amazing! As the kids run towards us with buckets, balloons, and squirt guns...he hands me his bag and runs straight to them, so that I have a chance to get away. True Love! He is the best.
So this has already been going on for a few weeks and lasts until March! It was fun the first few days, but now, well...GRRRRR! Pray that we have the patience to appreciate the cultural festivities! Pray too that we don't get hit by frozen, pee filled, or sewage filled balloons! That would really put a damper on our day.