A Week of Outings, Mess and Flooding

...and of course a week full of smiles! Hello lovely family and friends!

On Mondays I work at rg. After work another volunteer and myself decided to take two of the girls out for dinner and ice cream. First we got a big feed of their choice into their bellies and then off to Swensen's which is a massive ice cream cafe! The girls loved it and thoroughly enjoyed dressing up for the occasion. On Tuesday we took three of the girls out for lunch with us. This was a massive treat for them! While out in the fresh air they choose a "special" drink, a meal, fruit from fruit man and then some snacks as well! I am going to try do as many outings with as many different girls as I can while I'm here. The smiles I receive and the hugs are priceless!

On Wednesday I spent some time with some of the children in the sensory room. ff has a great set up and excellent resources in their daycare centre. The children love the different lights, sounds, textures on the floor and all of the toys which do crazy things when you push buttons or switches. It is also nice and relaxing and a great way to get some time to bond with the children.

Wednesday night all of us volunteers went out for dinner to farewell one of the girls who is leaving. Great company and great food!

Thursday... Well where do I begin! haha, We completed an activity with the children in the morning. We thought it would be fun to make T-shirts for ourselves and the children to wear with their hand prints on them. We didn't think it through very well, was paint here there and everywhere! Once it is on their hands, their hands were in their mouths, on the child next to them, in their hair, in my hair.... everywhere! but was great fun and the end result turned out fantastic. I didn't manage to get many photos of the children completing the activity, I was too busy preventing everything from turning purple haha.

So Thursday seems to be the day it rains in Thailand, and by rain i mean bucketing down non stop for about an hour and then it is magically clear again. We arrived home after a meeting to realise that the top floor of Sirin house had been flooded. Which happens to be where my room is... of course haha! My first thought was my laptop! i usually keep it on the floor next to my bed, but luckily that morning I left it on my mattress! So with no damage done we laughed if off and got mopping... lots of wet clothes, bags and beds but that can all be fixed.

Tomorrow (Saturday) there is a yard sale starting nice and early to raise money. I need to help out with that so no sleep in for me haha! Looking forward to a relaxing weekend after that, feeling rather exhausted. I also found out today that because my flights were delayed for such a long time on my trip over, i received free flights from my airline to the value of $300! I plan on using this credit to visit some of the beautiful Islands for a holiday just before I head back home. 

Looking forward to sharing more of my adventures as a volunteer soon! Xx