Albie: We went to visit baby turtles that just got hatched at a station. There were two cats. People collected the turtle eggs from the beach to hatch them, so if the baby turtles didn’t absorb their yolk, they could help them absorb it. There’s a bigger girl population of turtles than of boys. That’s …
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Some photos from September!
Mexican Independence Day and Chiles Nogadas
Noah: Chiles Nogadas are eaten for Mexican Independence Day because they have the colors of the Mexican flag. The ingredients in chiles nogadas are chiles, nut sauce and pomegranates. Our friend Mateo and his parents came over for dinner, and his mom made us all chiles nogadas. I didn’t like them a lot, but my …
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Mexican Independence Day and Noche Mexicana
Noah: We had the day off school for Mexican Independence Day, and before that, learned about it at school. There was also a Noche Mexicana (Mexican Night) at school. I learned that Mexico got independence from Spain after fighting the Spanish. That was on 16 September 1810. People celebrate Mexican Independence Day by having parades …
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School clubs
Albie: We started our before-school clubs at school. I did soccer. I got hurt five times and I got to kick the ball once, for a very little distance. I didn’t like soccer. We also did Eco Warriors club. The rule was not to put plastic around. We drew and wrote and talked about not …
Hurricanes!
Albie: We had two hurricane days at school! It was so epic and pressurizing. The last one was so crazy. My dad left the doors wide open and I was just using the squeegee and towel nonstop. The rain came into the house and the squeegee pushed it out and the towel sucked it up. …
Climate strike
Noah: At school, we took part in the climate strike that happened all over the world. I wonder whether it was happening at my school in Albuquerque. We made signs for the march. Mine said “Ride bikes, stop polluting.” I decorated it with a bit of glitter, even though glitter isn’t really good for the …
San Sebastián
Noah We went to a medieval town, San Sebastián, from the days of castles and knights. The town was old. They mined silver there. We imagined living there hundreds of years ago as a rich kid or a poor kid. As a rich kid, your parents were probably from Spain. I imagined that I would …
Bee sting
Noah We were walking back from school, and I walked past a mango on the ground that bees were feeding on. I got too near a bee and it came up and stung me on my leg. It was painful and hurt a lot!
Letter to the United Nations
Noah At school, I wrote a letter to the UN. It was cool. It was about saving the air and stopping pollution. In my letter, I said, please save the air because it lets us and the stuff we eat live. Without the air, the animals wouldn’t be alive, we wouldn’t be alive and the …
Noah and Albie’s adventures in Mexico! 