Offer to buy someone an ice cream and you may end up in a swimming pool in the middle of a lightning storm!

Week 24

13th- 19th Feb 2012

This has been another week of farewell's for us as we said goodbye to all the children and workers at the compassion project and to Victoria a CMS missionary who worked in Santo Domingo. Whilst it has been sad to say goodbye it has also been a lot of fun with two special 'treat' days for the children.

Wednesday and Saturday where the two final days for the younger and older children at the project as it shuts for the school holidays. The younger children had a clown/ magician come and entertain them followed by a delicious paraillada (very meaty bbq) for lunch whereas the older children had a trip to a swimming pool complex complete with volley ball court and football pitch.

Friday was the start of a 3 day carnival in Ecuador. A crazy time when people can squirt foam or throw buckets of water at random strangers! If you are particularly unfortunate you can also get eggs, flour, and blue dye thrown at you aswell! So far Ceasar and his family have only succeeded in soaking us in water and foam but you never know who might be lurking waiting to get you. Ceasar took great delight in hiding up on the roof and pouring a bucket of water over an unsuspecting me who was in the courtyard below!

The weather here in Santo has changed slightly. Before the general rule was that if it was hot one day it would rain the next and vice versa but now it is boiling hot during the day and in the afternoon/ evening there is monsoon rains and thunder and lightening storms! Just 30seconds standing outside in the rain will soak you completely.  So if you don't get soaked by crazy Ecuadorian's throwing water at you, you will get soaked by the rain!

On tuesday, a particularly hot day, Robin and I went out to buy some ice creams. When we spotted Carlos and Ceasar's family we enquired as to whether they wanted one to. After coming back from the cornershop with our ice creams Cesar suddenly anounced we where going to the swimming pool so we bundled into the car. The time was roughly 4pm so the big black rain clouds where making there way into santo domingo as we raced to the pool. We had a great time flying down the flume with Katherine and trying to stop Ainoah from drowning herself (an ambitious 3yr old swimmer). When the storm erupted above us and we swam about watching the lightning and hearing the thunder! Luckily we didn't get zapped!

On monday the 20th to Fri 24 th we are off for a few days at the beach to bronze and drink delicious fruit milkshakes before heading back to Quito on tuesday the 28th Feb for the last few days before our flight back to the UK on the 2nd March.

Please pray for our safety and health as Robin has currently got a cold. Please also pray for the children at the compassion project that they have a fun holiday and stay out of trouble and that the workers get some much needed respite. Also for our return to England that the transition is smooth and that we can both find the right jobs and settle into life back in the UK.

Much love from Ecuador xxx

Check out this weeks pictures by clicking on this LINK.

Other moments that have made us chuckle this week:
- Andres ( a 12 yr old boy) doing a dance off against a 3 yr old child!
- Robin getting dragged to the front of the stage to help the clown perform a trick.
- Using sugar as an exfoliant in the steam room at the swimming room, putting us in the uncomfortable position of wanting to lick our own sweat!
- Jenny and Christian buying a tiny little terrier puppy, now to see how Peter the rochweiler gets on with her!

Jungle time!!

Week 23

5th - 12th Feb 2012

It took 24hrs, three buses and one canoe ride but we eventually made it to the jungle!! We had an absolutly fantastic time. I dont think I realised quite what i'd let myself in for. Note to self the rainforest is called the rainforest for a reason (it rains alot)! And when going to live in the rainforest dont think that the animals, creepy crawlies and scary snakes are not going to be in your room........... our guide informed us that one chap was going to bed when he suddenly spotted a bush master in his room (which can kill 12 horses with one bite)! Thankfully we did not have snakes or tarantula's in our room but we did have a rat eating our soap and a massive grass hopper which sounded like a rattle snake and was as big as my face, right by our bed!

Here is a rough itinery of what we did and saw on our trip:

Day 1
A 2 and a half hour canoe ride to get to the jungle lodge. Here is a sample of some of the things we saw:
A Osprey fishing eagle

Fishing bats

 







Blue and yellow macaws

Greater Ani

Snake Bird

White throated toucan

Oropendola

 Grey and pink river dolphins

In the evening we went for a night walk into the rainforest to see all the delightful insects, spiders, bats and snakes! We saw: tarantuals, jumping spiders, leaf shaped cricket, fruit bats, a toad that can make you blind by it's wee, frogs, stick insects, a crab and a golden web spider.

Day 2
Whilst eating breakfast we saw lots of hoatzin (stinky turkey) a prehistoric bird with 7 stomach's!

After breakfast we went for a trek in the jungle from the lodge! We saw fire ants, bullet ants, great hunting ants, surgeon ants (the guide attached it to his finger and we had to try and pull it off..... no one could), orchid bee (the world's biggest bee), turtles sunbathing, black mantled tamarins, social spiders, eagles, vultures, cooking birds, wild pig foot prints. We even had a go at communicating the old fashioned indian way by hitting a bamba tree and found shade in the roots of the tallest capoc tree!
Orchid bee

Black mantled tamarin

We went for a swim in the rio with potential caimans, electic eels, piranha's and fresh water sting rays lurking in the murky water! Our guide said it was about 80% safe. Whilst chilling out in the hammocks we spotted an anaconda hunting in the river

 

and some dusky titi monkeys in a nearby tree!

 

We then went out in a paddle acnoe and saw a caracara, chestnut coloured macaws, turtles, yellow headed vultures and a giant wasps nest!

chestnut macaws








Under one of the houses there was a clay lick which was frequented by a group of parakeets. In the late afternoon we headed out on the motorized canoe and got completely drenched as we sat watching dolphins in the middle of a thunder and lightining storm! We also saw a ringed kingfisher

We watched the sunset a beautiful yellow, golden red with a rainbow shining through. After dinner we spotted a tarantula in the rafters and a tree frog landed on our guides head.

Day 3
We canoed down the river to a different part of the rainforest where we went for a walk in the jungle. On the way we saw: squirrel monkeys, white winged swallows, amazon kingifishers, tropical king bird, red throated cara cara's, scarlet macaws, yellow rumped cacique, drunken butterfly, a red flat head snake and capachin monkeys!
Squirrel monkeys

Scarlet macaws

yellow rumped cacique

blue morpheus 'drunken butterfly'

Capuchin monkeys

Whilst walking in the jungle we ate lemon ants from a tree like monkeys and Robin enjoyed swinging on the huge vines! After lunch back at the lodge a tarantula jumped onto the top of our guides head and Robin held it.... I stayed a safe distance away but feared spiders dropping on my own head! Later that evening we had a go at piranha fishing unfortunatly we where unsuccesful but Robin did managed to catch a stick and our guide caught a cat fish!

Day 4
Today was a bit different as we went to visit the indigenous Quichua community who live in the jungle. One of the families hosted us in their house and taught us how to make yuka bread and how to cook fish in the traditional jungle way wrapped in banana leaves. On our way to the community we stopped of for another chance of catching a piranha. This time it was me who caught a stick! But a man called Jim in our group managed to catch a piranha which the guide killed for us to eat later! On our way we saw: squirrel monkeys playing in the trees, yellow rumped cacique's, laughing falcons, scarlet macaws, capuchin monkeys and heard lots of yellow hand  titi monkeys, grey dolphins and a red crested woodpecker. At the indigenouse families home they cooked the piranha Jim had caught. The family had two pet parakeets one of which sat on my shoulder and proceeded to poo down my top! The food was delicious. Robin nearly fell in the river on our way back as the ground he was standing on eroded from underneath him whilst trying to get on the boat.

It was a scorching hot day so we risked another dip in the rio before heading out to the bird watching tower ( a very rickety 30m high construction). From the top we watched another beautiful sunset and heard howler monkeys. Whilst on the way to the bird tower we went past a bush which was the hive for marching wasps, it was amazing if you shouted they would begin to flap there wings up in down in unison creating a marching sound as a defence mechanism.
Sunset

After dinner the guide spotted a caiman hunting in the rio just outside the lodge! We saw him via torch light as he skulked around the water searching for food.
Caiman

Day 5
On our final day we woke early at 5:30am to paddle down the rivers watching the sunrise and listening to the sounds of the rainforest. It was magical as we saw the moon and stars fade away to reveal another glorious day in the jungle. We also managed to see some more: white throated toucans, scarlet macaws, pink and grey river dolphins (Robin jumped into the river to swim with them, I stayed on the boat as the guide said that this area is where an anaconda lives), more stinky turkeys, yellow rumped caciques and osprey.

Exhausted and covered in strange bites we returned back home to Santo Domingo. An absoloutly amazing 5 days!

Check out our photos by clicking on this LINK.

Please pray for our health and safety for these last few weeks in Ecuador. Please also pray that the whole experience ends well and that we return back safely to the UK and of course find some jobs!! We are missing everyone back home and we are eager to return but also feel sad to be saying goodbye to so many lovely people and such a beautiful country.

Much love to all from Ecuador! xxx

Bog roll fights, visiting the tsachilas and a rare cheese and wine party!

Week 22

30th Jan- 4th Feb 2012

I am writing this weeks blog in advance as we are off to the amazonian jungle on sunday!  As we are only on thursday I am going to make the presumption that nothing substantial is going to happen on fri & sat. This week we have enjoyed a loo roll fight with 3 year old Ainoah in yet another 'Mathambero' game, where i played the role of Mathambero the robber and Robin and Ainoah the scared citizens! Lots of screaming ensued and it is pretty safe to say both Robin and I where shattered after just 20 minutes whilst Ainoah always abounding in energy wanted to play for longer! Ainoah is like a whirlwind and you can never take your eyes of her for one moment or else she will be covering herself in after-sun cream, calling people on your phone or going through your drawers!

On Sunday Robin and I attended Claire's leaving do (another Latin Link missionary out here). Claire is getting married to Edwin (an Ecuadorian) on friday and will be leaving Ecuador to work in Panama! The party was great and was enhanced by two very rare substances in Ecuador: wine and actual cheese!! After 5 months of no wine and only a wierd rubbery bland form of cheese these two treats where consumed with much vigour and enjoyment by all!

On Wednesday the compassion project opened again so we went along for the morning. To our surprise there where not that many children there. But this was a hidden blessing as we got to spend more time talking and playing with each child. One girl in particular called Estelle had brought in her english book from school to show us and then proceeded to sing all of the songs from it.

Today (being thursay) we had a great experience visiting the local indigenous tribe of Santo Domingo the tsachilas with Amy and Victoria! They showed us some of the medicinal plants, how they created sauna's, the spiritual house used for healing, how they captured snakes to create medicine and even gave us a tribal dance complete with their own hand made xylophone! Best of all was the tribal wear and body paintings that both the men and women wore. The leader and shaman of the tsachilas showed us around he described how the red crest that the men wear on their heads is made out of crushed red seeds and is placed in the hair like dye. He also demonstrated how it is both waterproof and long lasting (up to 10 days). 

Check out our pictures by clicking on this LINK.

Please pray for our safety and health as we venture into the amazonian jungle for the next week! Please also continue to pray for Robin and I about potential jobs upon our return. Please pray for the children at the compassion project that during school holidays they will stay safe and out of trouble. Finally please pray for Pati, Katherine and Ainoah as Cesar has flown back to spain.

Mucho amor de Ecuador xxx

p.s On our way back from visiting the tsachilas we saw a massive iguana run across the road! Just look at the spikes on his back............ I would not like to be walking round bare footed like the tsachilas do!

Tagwa jewellery, mortar boards and skinny jeans....

Week 21

23rd- 29th January 2012

This week has been rather a quiet one without any small children to keep us occupied as both the school and compassion project are shut! I have managed to make myself ill again probably due to my own cooking capabilities and then had an allergic reaction to an unknown substance! As you can probably guess the first half of the week was spent indoors re-cooperating. But on thursday we managed to escape out of the confines of our room to go visit a lady who creates tagwa jewellery. Gladys is a friend of Jill's and has had a hard life as one of her sons was kidnapped. This was because Gladys and her family used to live in the oriente near the columbian border where there are lots of gangs and kidnappings occur there . But with the help of Lara Flores, a charity set up by Jill to help abused women and to equip them with skills to be able to work for themselves, Gladys now has her own tagwa jewellery business. Her products are very beautiful and we bought a few items to bring back home as gifts. Jill is desperate for someone to sell the products in the UK as it would be a gauranteed income for not only Gladys but other ladies as well. Tagwa jewellery is very beautiful and would deffinitly sell extremely well in the UK. If anyones is interested in me getting you some please do let me know!

On Friday was the schools prize giving ceremony! It was great to see all the children' s faces again even though it had only been a week since we last saw them. The ceremony was held in the church and all the children had been scrubbed and polished with new hair cuts and wearing their smartest school uniforms to collect their certificates and get their photo taken. It was great to see the children with their parents and people who love them. We both felt so proud of them all! All of the pre-school years, 1 & 2nd Inicial and 1 Basica 'graduated' from their classes and even got to wear a cloak and mortar board!!

Amazingly on saturday I managed to buy some jeans. You may well think, what is so amazing about that? But the culture in Ecuador when it comes to selling things is not the same as Britain. There is no variation. If you want to buy a pineapple you may well get 10 stalls selling them but they will all be roughly the same and for roughly the same price. This also applies to Ecuadorian fashion. There isn't much in the way of variation and 'jeans' only come in one style and that is ultra skinny. Now being not particularly blessed in the long legs department or in the svelt, toned, not an ounce of fat on me deparrtment either, purchasing 'skinny' jeans was not a task I looked forward to. But little did I realise that the worst was yet to come! I had to get undressed in the middle of a bustling market and wrestle my way into a pair of skinny jeans on a quite balmy day with the material clinging to my legs (for those of you who have ever gone swimming and then tried to put on tights afterwards you will know what I mean) whilst trying to balance precariously behind a not so stable curtain rail which was all that hung between me and hundreds of people seeing me in my pants!

All in all it has not been a very energising week but it has had it's funny moments. Please check out the pictures by clicking on this LINK.

Please pray for our continued health and safety (boring yet effective)! Please also pray that the children will all have a great holiday and be safe. Also I have applied for one or two teaching jobs please could you pray that the right doors open and that both Robin and I would find the right jobs upon our return.

Mucho amor de Ecuador xxx

Farewell Assemblies de Dios Escuela

Week 20

16th- 22nd January 2012

This week was our final week working at the school. Although it was sad to be leaving the children and teachers whom we had gotten to know it was also a happy time with lots of birthday fiestas! Not only was this the last week of term for the children but it was also the dreaded 'exam' week. We still went into the different classes and 'helped' (the children trying to get us to answer the questions for them)! During break times we made the most of being able to spend time with these delightful bundles of fun and energy. On monday Damaris in 2nd Basica had a surprise birthday party with piñatas, birthday cake and balloons. All of the children where delighted that they didn't have to do anymore exams for the day.

On friday the last day at school all the pre-school classes 1st and 2nd incial and 1st Basica had a party where al the children who had birthdays that term where celebrated. Lots of little children wearing birthday hats getting very excited and giggling at the clown that came in to entertain them! It was with heavy hearts that we left the school already missing all the smiley faces of the children and their funny habits. Such as Dominic with his tiny little legs constantly running everywhere, Justin making beep beep noises and pretending to be a car, David coming over to sit on Robin's lap and babble away to him, Joel's incredibly cheeky smile and sticky fingers, Jonathon's love of climbing through your legs, Valeria's steely grip ensuring I sit next to her in class, Junior's love of hanging upside down, the girls playing horses and chase, Derlis pretending to be a lobo (wolf) and chasing others around the play area, Melanie's incredible strength, 3rd Basica's ability to play nicely and include the girls in football games, Ariel's hyperactiveness, Andres's laid back approach to learning and so much more. They all are such wonderful children and we both feel that getting to know them has been such a priviledge and joy.

Check out this weeks photos by clicking on this LINK.

However we looked forward to the next two weeks working at the compassion project where we might stumble across one or two of the children from the school. It came as a surprise to realise that the compassion project was going to be shut for the next week and half but would re-open from the 1st to the 18th Feb! Whilst we where working there on saturday we realised that there was a serious lack of any sort of games equipment (only 1 basketball)! We discovered this when we went with a group of 20 to 30 odd teenagers to the park which has a football pitch and basketball pitch only to discover that nobody had a ball which lead to 15 mins of hanging around until everyone headed back to the compassion project base. An unsuccesful trip! Although the compassion project has over 300 children coming through it's door's the resources they have are extremely limited with the majority of money spent on feeding the children.

As our plans have slightly changed please pray that we may use this free time wisely. Please also pray for the Vallejo family that our good relationship with them stays strong as we haven't seen that much of the extended family recently. Please also pray for all the children in the school and compassion project that God would protect them and that they would enjoy their vacation. As always please pray for our saftey and good health!

Other highlights this week:
-Going swimming at the gym Robin attends which is full of posters of horribly overly muscular men for inspiration check out the pictures to see some!
-Peter the rochweiler has a not one but two girlfriends!! Someone brought their female rochweiler over hoping for peter to help produce pups............. unfortunatly Peter did not like either lady and now Carlos is worried about his manliness!
-Junior during lunch break running around with a broom between his legs as a hobby horse. Very cute.

How time has flown!!

Week 19

9th- 15th Jan 2012

This week was our last 'normal' week at the school as next week the children have exams. It has been a fun week with the children at the school and at the compassion project. Yet again we are slowly realising what life is like for the average Ecuadorian person. I was suprised to find out that Elizabeth the English teacher at the school only earns $250 a month she informed me that her rent is $100 a month. Leaving her and her son $150 to live of for the entire month!! In sterling that is 100 pounds. Perhaps then it is not so surprising that so many of the teachers don't indulge in christmas presents as they don't have enough money. Culturally Ecuadorians dont tend to practice saving as the majority of people don't go away on lavish holidays and houses are more reasonably priced instead the general trend is that people spend everything they earn each month on living and getting by.

In school we played a lot of hangman this week with 4th and 5th Basica and enjoyed helping the younger children with their writing. During break time Robin had fun playing football and  Basketball with all the small children. They in turn had lots of fun climbing all over us, sitting on our laps pretending to ride a horse and requesting to be dangled upside down! Two little girls in particular enjoyed standing on the bench behind Robin and flicking his ears!  

We where working with the teenagers at the compassion project who rather unsprisingly acted like teenagers. Blowing up a condom like a balloon whilst one of the leaders chased him round the court trying to get it off him! They are a very friendly bunch of teenagers and invite us to play football or hang out and listen to their music with them.

On thursday we took the school assembly which is a devotional time. We where up the front singing songs with actions and Robin read out his testimony. One of the teachers then read out the father's love letter (a collection of verses from the bible) to the children and we where amazed to see that the children actually stopped chattering away and listened to what was being said. For those of you who may not know 'The Fathers Love Letter' here it is:

You may not know me,
but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book.
Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.
Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented
by those who don't know me.
John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.
1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child
and I am your Father.
1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father.
Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me.
Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you.
Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.
Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4

And I'll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you.
Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression
of my love for you.
1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love.
Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.
1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you
from my love again.
Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7

I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…
Will you be my child?
John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad
Almighty God

We are both really enjoying our time out here and love spending time with this children so it is sad to think that next week will be our last at the school! How time has flown.

Please pray for our continued health and safety and for the lives of the children at the school and compassion project. As our return to England grows more imminent please pray that we will find the return jobs upon our return. Please also pray for Carlos as his son plans to leave soon taking his family with him to Belgium, please pray he wont be to lonely without them.

Take a look at this weeks photos by clicking on this LINK.

Other highlights this week:
-Joel a 4yr old with a serious case of sticky hands syndrome. Always picking up anything he can get his hands on and claiming it as his own! I found him using the teachers stanley knife to try and sharpen a pencil!
-The class getting locked out of the classroom as the headmaster took the wrong set of keys.
- Sat on the floor with the class watching the Barbie movie. I had a little girl on my lap called Valeria who farted on my leg and stunk both Robin and I out!
-Going to the cinema to watch the new Sherlock Holmes film in English!!
-Realising just how long it takes to feed small children. Robin was trying to feed Junior and Caleb  who barely finished their food before the end of break!

Enjoying the smiles of the little children....

Week 18

2nd - 8th January 2012

A rather quiet week this week as Robin is recovering from his illness but he is now completely better praise the Lord! PLEASE no more ilnesses!! School has been fun and the children have been very playful with Junior and the boys climbing all over Robin and the girls running around screaming. We have also been to the Compassion project which had changed a little bit. Usually on saturdays they have both the teenagers and young children at the project which can mean 300 children squished into a very small space. But the structure has changed so that the younger children come on mon- wed and older students come thurs-sat.

It is strange to think that we only have 2 weeks left at the school before it breaks for holidays until April. Reminding us that our time in Ecuador is slowly coming to an end. Having spent the last 3 - 4 months helping, playing and getting to know all the different little characters in the school it makes me feel sad to know that we wont get to see there smiley faces anymore. I wonder if they will be alright. What their lives hold in store for them and what they will grow up to be. At times like this you feel bad for leaving them but whilst we where sat watching them play at lunch break taking tumbles on concrete floors and just getting straight back up again and brushing themsemves off I knew that they would be alright becuase there are people here like the teachers in the school who will love them and look after them.

Please pray for our safety and continued good health. Also for the children in the school and compassion project to grow up knowing that there are people who love them and care about their futures. We would also like to thank God for the fantastic welcome and brilliant experience it has been and continues to be working at the school and compassion project. Finally please also pray about the right jobs becoming available for both Robin and I upon our return.

Take a look at this week's photos by clicking on this LINK.

Much love from Ecuador xxx

Other highlights this week:
-5 year old Valeria grabbing my hand as soon as I entered the classroom directing me to sit next to her.
-Valeria's very cute and slightly gross 3 year old sister who is always covered in dirt picking up an exceptionally dirty crisp from a extremely dirty floor and eating it.
-Ainoah playing with Peter the rochweiler sitting on him like a horse and trying to put his hair in bunches!
-One of the 3 year old boys in PE whilst trying to hola hoop exercises pretending to be a car and when people came to close started going 'beep beep'.
-Torrential rain all day and all night. There was so much water it was like a monsoon!