{"id":991,"date":"2019-03-12T18:21:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/?p=991"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:21:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:21:48","slug":"carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/2019\/03\/12\/carnival\/","title":{"rendered":"carnival!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>words by jenny<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2019\/03\/8782BF1A-41F2-4AF3-B5AD-1CC882C1C83F.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-998 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2019\/03\/8782BF1A-41F2-4AF3-B5AD-1CC882C1C83F-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2019\/03\/8782BF1A-41F2-4AF3-B5AD-1CC882C1C83F-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2019\/03\/8782BF1A-41F2-4AF3-B5AD-1CC882C1C83F-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2019\/03\/8782BF1A-41F2-4AF3-B5AD-1CC882C1C83F-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2019\/03\/8782BF1A-41F2-4AF3-B5AD-1CC882C1C83F-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2019\/03\/8782BF1A-41F2-4AF3-B5AD-1CC882C1C83F-676x676.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are back to our regularly scheduled programing after a week of vacation from school for the kids and the country celebrating carnival.\u00a0 \u00a0Carnival is widely celebrated throughout Latin America in the days leading up to Ash Wednesday and the observance of Lent.\u00a0 Our daughter and I were home when the festivities broke out in our neighborhood and I thought I would pass along some fun photos and videos of the day.\u00a0 Throughout Ecuador people &#8220;play carnival&#8221; by having large water fights and spraying &#8220;carioca&#8221; &#8211; like silly string &#8211; at one another.\u00a0 You have to be careful leaving the house during these days &#8211; anyone can fall victim anywhere!\u00a0 Chris was even pelted with water balloons by the neighbor boys on the roof across the street while cutting our lawn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2019\/03\/Untitled-design-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-995\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2019\/03\/Untitled-design-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2019\/03\/Untitled-design-1.png 560w, 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