Duty Weekend

Kelly and I switched to have duty weekend together and we decided to take over Saturday and let the other two teachers on duty take over Sunday. (Although this was not exactly kosher with upper management. It gave all four of us a day to recoup from the workweeks on either side of the weekend.)

In the morning we facilitated games in the field for the kids. Surprisingly the secondary students were super competitive and they all wanted to play. We did the three legged race, egg and spoon race, dizzy lizzy bat race, wheelbarrow race, balloon neck race (super hilarious to watch) and the overall crown pleaser was the balloon toss. The whole morning went surprisingly smooth with only a few interruptions when the secondary students stole a few eggs and smashed them on each other and when the kids went ape-shit crazy over the water balloons. At the end of thegames we had a primary team winner (they got water guns) and a secondary team winner (later that week we took them to Coffee Lodge during prep time after dinner. The group of kids we took to Coffee Lodge were utterly hilarious. I really enjoyed taking them there.)

After field games we had lunch and afterwards Kelly and I set up an ice cream bar for the kids with chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream and a whole bunch of candies and chocolate syrup and cherries.

After ice cream, Kelly set up some games in the field, like baseball, football (aka soccer) and frisbee. I set up some art projects outside the hall. We made some salt playdough with colored paints, and stress balls with rice and balloons. Sports and arts and crafts lasted a long time; the kids really loved both activities.

We took a break for a bit for the kids to go the computer lab and hang out and then after dinner Kelly set u p a movie in the hall and I sat in the tv room with the secondary kids and watched a movie (I vetoed a few before they started because some of the movies were definitely not appropriate. The kids were discussing them in Kiswahili because they know I don’t speak it, but I DO know the word for prostitute. And that was definitely exchanged a few times in referenece to one movie they were discussing. That one was quickly vetoed. Buuuut then the power went out halfway through the movie and it started to rain. So we sent the kids back to the dorm and headed to bed, FINALLY.