Ok, so we came he and found out that the internet closes in 10 minutes! So you are going to have to deal with a really quick update of what has happened over the weekend.
We ended up going into town and visited the city market. We had been warned that it was more expensive than the normal markets and it was! Though naturally that didn't stop us from spending! I almost lost my cap as well because a guy in the shop thought I could give it to him as a present. I had to explain that I would look like a beetroot without it!! It was quite a hectic day, as markets are and we had to make sure we were back in time for dinner!
It was chapati night again (i think it happens every saturday) and this week Mama wanted us t learn how to make it. We helped the older girls, who had a good laugh at me attempting to roll the dough into balls and the roll it out with a rolling pin. One of them even asked if I cooked at home... thats how bad I was. It was great fun though, my clothes are COVERED in flour! They also wanted us to cook it though I was too scared i was going to burn myself so we gave that a miss :P
Florence and i made a great effort to finish our food that night and we practically did (Florence got caught giving some to the kids which is apparently a big no no). I was STUFFED I told Mama we wouldn't need to eat again till the nexts nights dinner.
Sunday, I ended up staying in while Florence went out (wasn't feeling the best and think I just needed a day doing nothing). It was church day and you could hear people singing all day, and people coming in and out of our house to use the kitchen. We finally met Magaret, the owner of Day Love, and turns out from Wednesday they have some painting jobs for us to do which might be a nice break from teaching. Apparently Magaret had also been by earlier to see if we wanted to come to the morning service though we were asleep, so it looks like Church for me next Sunday!
Ended up with the kids back in our room doing colouring for the afternoon before dinner time. Once again I got in trouble for not eating all my food. I have decided i need to go out and buy a baby plate, though we decided they would just stack the rice up! Florence and I have even suggested we share a dish, Mama didn't like that idea though.
Back to School on Monday and turns out we had all 24 of the kids in teh same classroom which was definately a challenge! We didn't have enough activities for them all, although we did find out that there is a photocopier at the orphanage, so all those nights we spent tracing things for 10 kids were unnecessary! We did some maths with them and spent the afternoon colouring boats and stick on paddle pop sticks (thank you humpty for that idea!). I also taught them 'Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, if you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream ahhhhh!' and they loved it and sang it over and over, I videoed it because it was so cute!
Thats about all for now, we are off to a movie tonight which is quite exciting after having no TV at all.
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