After a while at the playground, Karla decided we'd take the toddler on a walk. We went up behind the Toddler House, and the big girls noticed a mango tree with some ripe mangoes. They asked Karla permission to get the mangoes and the next thing I saw was a BUNCH of mangoes (around 20+ of them) falling to the ground from the tree. Alina was with them as they all brought mangoes back in their shirts...pulling up the front of their shirts like one big pocket. They distributed a mango to each of the older girls (including Alina & me) and one girl took the rest back. We ripped them open with our teeth, into chunks and gave them to the toddlers as we walked. Okay, yes, I realize that to many Americans that may seem a little on the gross side, but the children are used to that.
We also made a stop at the soccer field, and the children raced from one soccer goal post across the field to the other. Alina raced with the big girls and the toddlers, and won every time she joined the race. Then we made our way around the orphanage and back to the Toddler House. When we got back, lunch wasn't ready yet, so they started up the Willy Wonka movie again. Alina was really hoping that they'd begin the movie where they had left off yesterday...but they didn't, they started it from the beginning.
We served the kids lunch when it was ready and then washed dishes and headed back to our room for a break. Alina served herself up a cinnamon roll (and she didn't care to go to the bakery for bread items earlier in the week), and then she laid down for a nap. It was a pretty hot day with a strong sun, so the nap was well deserved. When it was time to head back to the toddler house, we served them supper, washed dishes, gave baths and I chatted with Zelenes for a bit while she calmed down the boys in her room by giving them a picture to color. Little Jeremias said that he was coloring a picture just for me!
Of course on our way back, we stopped at the Big Girls yard and chatted with Michell again Michell and Alina tried kicking the soccer ball back and forth for a bit, but it was extremely flat. Alina asked to run back to our room to grab the pump and came back with the pump and a new soccer ball. She tried to pump up all of the balls in the yard, but most of them must have had holes in them because they would not pump up. She gave Michell the soccer ball she brought along with and they played for quite a bit before it was time to turn in for the night.
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| Alina and Michell (with her new soccer ball) trying to pump up a basketball in the yard that they're using for a soccer ball. |
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