Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Chivirico gets tough

I have been giving Chivirico 5 pesos a day to spend at the school shop which gets him a cup of juice and a biscuit. Some of the bigger boys have been stealing his money, and so he has decided the best way to deal with it is to become stronger so they are scared of him. He wanted to go to the local gym to lift weights to make himself stronger, but couldn't afford it, and also the weights were a tad big for him.




The solution was to make his own out of two plastic bottles filled with sand, and a wooden stick in between them.


He was keen to show me that he knows all  the different types of exercise for each muscle group!


Bless his little cotton socks!

5 comments:

  1. He seems such an adorable kid, and very resourceful even inventing his own weight lifting machine!! So cute!

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    1. As most of the kids here have no toys they are really good at making their own entertainment and being really clever in making things to play with!

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  2. That's my little man! Toughen up and face those bullies! I hate bullies, why is there a need for bigger kids to bully the smaller ones? Makes my blood boil.

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    1. I hate them too but I think it is a world wide problem.

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  3. I detest bullies. Good for him; like his spirit!
    It's great to see him using his imagination by creating his own weights.

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