It's the end of another week at the mango house and i think i'm starting to get the hang of things... at least as far as the daily routine goes and what we have to do when. On wednesday we took our children to a sports day event which was being run by another charity. Lots of children were there from other organisations aswell and it all started off well, there were lots of sports coaches and the children could choose which sport they wanted to participate in- cricket (very popular!), frisbee, football etc. It started to get a bit odd when the coaches started giving the children bead bracelets and telling them each color represented sin, jesus etc and by the time it all finished they had given the kids a proper all deep south american baptist christian preacher style rant..... all a bit weird as a lot of the kids are hindu and muslim. It all made me feel a bit uncomfortable but i think (and hope) that a lot of it went over the kids' heads and they just saw it as a free sports day with some fruit and awards and a free bracelet thrown in!
As for the peas- they are proving the most useful first aid item i have ever purchased! so far my trusty bags of frozen peas have been used for 1 burn from the curry pan, 1 case of sunburn and 1 burn from an incense stick, gotta love them peas.
OK finally for the penguins.... once upon a time in deepest brum, my good friend emma taught me a song and dance about penguins which is often used as a silly drama warm up game. I love it. So i thought i would try it out with a group of our small children in the small slum, crossroads, on Thursday afternoon. They loved it. They found it hilarious and made me do it 3 times in a row before i ran out of energy and had to insist on some calm colouring instead! I'm not sure they know what 'penguins' actually are so i may have to find out what the word for penguins is in hindi or find a picture of one to show them. Which makes it more funny that they just loved flapping their arms around, saluting and sticking their tongues out whilst spinning around (it's a very complicated game...). Bless them. OK i'm going to sign off and get my lazy bum to the beach- sorry to make you jealous! (I've come to the conclusion that as it's such hard work in the week, I deserve to have blissfully spoiled weekends!). Will try to get some photos up soon, I've been avoiding taking any pictures of me as i tend to look pretty melted most of the time but may relent after a kingfisher or 2 tonight! xxx
As for the peas- they are proving the most useful first aid item i have ever purchased! so far my trusty bags of frozen peas have been used for 1 burn from the curry pan, 1 case of sunburn and 1 burn from an incense stick, gotta love them peas.
OK finally for the penguins.... once upon a time in deepest brum, my good friend emma taught me a song and dance about penguins which is often used as a silly drama warm up game. I love it. So i thought i would try it out with a group of our small children in the small slum, crossroads, on Thursday afternoon. They loved it. They found it hilarious and made me do it 3 times in a row before i ran out of energy and had to insist on some calm colouring instead! I'm not sure they know what 'penguins' actually are so i may have to find out what the word for penguins is in hindi or find a picture of one to show them. Which makes it more funny that they just loved flapping their arms around, saluting and sticking their tongues out whilst spinning around (it's a very complicated game...). Bless them. OK i'm going to sign off and get my lazy bum to the beach- sorry to make you jealous! (I've come to the conclusion that as it's such hard work in the week, I deserve to have blissfully spoiled weekends!). Will try to get some photos up soon, I've been avoiding taking any pictures of me as i tend to look pretty melted most of the time but may relent after a kingfisher or 2 tonight! xxx
crying now... :) love that penguin dance.
ReplyDeletehow have i never been taught this penguin dance??!! it would be an instant hit in snobs. this situation must be rectified as soon as u get back lizzy b........ big hugs lovely
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