its all fun and games...

last week i got to witness one of the funniest..most awkward experiences of my time here. it was kinda the special olympics meets cool runnings...meets "swahili for dummies"! It was employee games at Rafiki. This means school gets out early and the kids get to watch their teachers, mamas, the cooking team, the security team, the maintenance team (EVERYONE who helps run this place) participate in some very high class..high intensity games!

on the list of activities and events:

dancing chairs (musical chairs)

racing

carrott eating on a string

tug-a-war

egg balancing

shoe tying

and the list continues!

Before the games even started, one of the greatest things to witness was the reactions of the kids as everyone came out in "normal" clothes. You would have thought the men had come on the field with skirts and lipstick and the women were wearing only their underpants! The kids were hysterical! you have to understand that the kids (even the rest of the staff) only see the men in suits and the women in full length skirts and very unrevealing tops...so to see a mama or worker in tight yoga pants and a plane white tee (that didn't leave much room for imagination) may have very well been their equivalent to underpants!
The kids began to laugh harder when the staff began to engage in any of the games...they got to see mamas falling off chairs, the maintenance men push each other over in a game of tag and they got to see the kitchen staff try to scarf down carrots on a string. i still dont know which was more fun for me...watching the staff make fools of themselves or watching the kids watch the staff make fools of themselves! Either way, it was fun to have a light hearted afternoon...no tuition, no discipline, just fun and laughter...lots and lots of laughter!

(janet-our house keeper doin the egg walk!)

dancing chairs! this was one of my favorite things to watch!

auntie lydia doin work on the carrot contest!