Santiago

Today we were a little late to see the boys. Masha picked us up a little later and besides we need to stop at the Supermarket to get the things for Nico's party.
A little before 12m we arrived and went inside running to ask them to allow us to see the boys for at least 10 minutos. They were in the middle of "potty time". A kind of mandatory ritual right after every meal in which all the kids are sat down in line, each one of them in a potty, wether they feel like going or not. They all scream. It's true! It's part of the ritual. Some scream, some push, all of them in line at the same time. Talk about privacy. All for one and one for all...

One of the caretakers interrupted such spectacle and pulled Santiago out from the line. He came out all sweaty, we don't know if it was for all the screaming or what...

Since it's wintertime and very cold outside, even though Santiago was sweating we had to put his heavy jacket on. We really think this is part of some other ritual, so we did as we were told...

Nico was already taking his nap (another mandatory ritual until the children attain legal age in the orphanage system...) so we could not see him in the morning. We took the moment as a sign of God to strengthen our bonding with Santiago. We were calling "Hola chicas!!!" through the window, the way he loves to do it, and took many, many pictures of him.

Suddenly, something unexpected happened!
We already had the feeling that the caretakers have a particular inclination towards us but this we did not expect. One of them, one of the older ones, came to us and told Santiago in Russian (obviously Masha was translating): "where are you going to live?" and he answered, without any doubts, in a clear and happy voice: "Guatemala!!". At that moment we couldn't believe it and the caretaker told us the whole story. Another one of the caretakers had made a mistake that morning and had told Santiago he was going to live in Honduras. Santiago, very decidedly, corrected her and said "Honduras, niet! Guatemala!"
Right after this she asked him his "what is your name?"
"Santiago"