Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Saturday 14th February 2015

***This is a scheduled post***
Saturday 14th February 2015
Lie-in today! Breakfast at 8, so got up at 7:45, then got ready etc. As it was cleaning day, we couldn't drive from 10-1, so we had to walk to St John's nursery (the one we visited on Wednesday; where Morro's son goes). They painted 2 panels of the wall last year, but there are loads left blank, so we chose to paint six more. 
We divided it up into one per pair- AH and I were together, working on the shapes wall, and Maths helped us as well.
It was very messy and hot, but enjoyable- we played music and got stuck into it, and it was really nice to see immediate effects of what we were doing as the pictures took shape.
The painting took around 3-4 hours, and the finished result looked amazing- so much better! It's created a nicer courtyard atmosphere for the children I think :) My highlight was when AA spilt paint on her wall (a garden) and smudged it trying to get it off. She then painted what was going to be a flower next to it, but it accidentally made the smudge look like a butterfly, so she made it into one.
Walked home with a shop stop, where some of us (including me) were left behind. Oh dear!! Thankfully we found the right way in the end.
Home. All very painty, and was difficult to get off in the shower. GS decided to smack my bum with his blue painty hands, and it went through my leggings- I now have a blue paint marks on my bum, and there's no mirror in the shower so I can't get it off!
Sat in the second lounge; we played music and sang/danced- it was so much fun! GS, AH and I did an impromptu dance to Hey Mickey. Definitely a highlight! I also wrote a lot- I'm really enjoying having time to do some creative writing :)
Went back to the market for people to get their clothes back from the tailors, then home for dinner. People tried on their clothes- with varying success!! AH's dress, MW's top and GS's shirt are definitely the most successful.
After dinner we did a quiz in our room pairs. AH felt ill and went to bed, so our team was just me for around half of it. However- somehow!- we won :) Got kettles (or watering cans?! Who knows!)- I am very pleased. MW/SL and JG/GS tied for second place.
Bed!