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KAYALÁ

Favorite color: orange
Favorite foods: chocolate, cheese, peaches, watermelon, banana, lychee, guayaba, beans, tortillas, pasta, fish, yogurt, granola, peanut butter, ice cream
Least favorite foods: unfortunately, most vegetables
Favorite ice cream flavors: chocolate, mango
Favorite choco-fruit flavor (frozen fruit covered with chocolate): choco-banano
Favorite fruit: plantain
Favorite vegetable: to be determined
Favorite letter: O
Favorite numbers: 2 and 11
Favorite books: Eric Carle books, Jigsaw Pets, Gossie series, There's a Monster at the End of This Book, books with flaps and things to touch and move
Favorite elements: water and fire
Favorite sport: Maya fire ball game
Favorite youtube video subject: trains
Favorite animals: little lamb, monkey, butterfly
Favorite yoga pose: downward dog
Favorite outfit: birthday suit (traje de Eva)
Favorite toys: stuffed animals, legos, balls, dolls, kitchen implements and food preparation materials
Favorite spider-related activity: finding spiderwebs
Favorite name: Kalila (this is the name she gives to almost all her stuffed animals and dolls)
Imaginary friends: Blue (who, we just learned recently, shares a birthday with Poppa), Orange, and Baby


CHELY
Favorite color: purple
Favorite foods: mushrooms (especially on pizza), beans, tortillas, rice (especially fried), pasta, broccoli in cheese sauce, zucchini pancakes, guayabas, peaches, shrimp ceviche, chicken, bagels, chips
Least favorite foods: peanut butter, mayonnaise
Favorite vegetable: avocado
Favorite fruits: banana, strawberry, and lychees
Favorite ice cream flavor: cookies and cream
Favorite choco-fruit: strawberry
Favorite letters: p and m ("p because it sounds funny to me, and m because when you like something you say 'mmm'")
Favorite numbers: 5 and googleplex
Favorite shape: triangle
Favorite books: in her words, "books that help you investigate," the Magic School Bus series, A Gift for Abuelita, Hooray a Piñata, Ubiquitous, lots of Scholastic books from Great Aunt Mary, many more...
Favorite comic book: Ixtz'unun (about a Maya girl growing up in 760 C.E.)
Favorite sport: basketball
Favorite activities at school: centers (work stations) and snacktime
Favorite animals: bird, dolphin, cat
Favorite make-believe games: trip, school, swimming class, flying class, amusement park, book fair, health clinic, picnic, quest
Favorite songs: This Land is Your Land; Michael, Row the Boat Ashore; Canta mi Gente
Favorite elements: earth and water
Favorite part of body: "my mouth because I use it to talk"
Favorite videos: Sesame Street, Winnie the Pooh, Curious George
Favorite spider-related activity: identifying which ones bite (not by touch!)
Imaginary friend: Pímbily (who shares a birthday with Aunt Claudia) and The Wolf