Field Day and More!

We arrived as school at 8:00 as usual, but were sad to hear the quiet breezeway! There were only about 75 students in the whole school! Our sadness was quickly gone away as we discussed what we would do for the day! We went out to the field where many of the students were just playing and enjoying the beautiful sunshine! We decided that this was exactly what we would do; we would just have a field day with games and relay races! The students were instantly one board with this idea and the games began! We played red light green light, duck duck goose, follow the leader, over under, and any other childhood game that popped into our heads and any given moment! As I played and laughed and observed the smiles on each beautiful face I felt like a kid again myself and what a wonderful feeling it was! We had children coming from every direction to join in the games. I think that I played, ran, and skipped just as much as each one of them did! It is sad to say, but I could definitely feel it as well the next day as I rolled out of bed. However, I would not take back a minute of any of those games because as I sit and write about it all I can do is smile! After many hours of field games we went inside for about any hour just to cool down and rest a little! We gave the students paper and crayons to draw and color which they absolutely adore participating in!

A little cutie that attached to my hand outside! I took her 3rd grade for the day!

I Love Them!                                                 Sweet Children!

The day was amazing and the best part was it still was not over! After school we were off to Seaview Lion Park. It was about 30 minutes from school and I was very excited! It was a nice drive on the back roads to the park, on a very sunny day! I was so excited, but really did not know what to expect. As Neil drove us by down the dirt roads the suspense was growing. Soon we approached some giraffes just standing on the side of the road! I know that this was going to be an exciting adventure! We then took a slightly wrong turn while we were looking for the restaurant where we could eat and buy tickets to pet the lions. We soon notice however, that the noise was coming from what seemed to be an angry peacock on top a tractor! This was a slightly scary sight! Our new quote for the day became “we just saw a peacock, on a tractor, in Africa!” However, we did make it to the restaurant where we ate and then bought tickets to pet and play with the lions! Emily and I choose first to go and see the 11 month old lions! They were huge! It was so cool too just be close to them and actually get to pet them. They sleep 22 hours a day so they were not very active at all! There was a male and female that was brother and sister! Their names were Coby and Skyla! We thought that this would be our only interactions with the animals that day, but then we came upon the baby tigers that you could also play with! After watching them for about 10 minutes we could not resist and decided we had to play with them! We were off to buy tickets and it was well worth it! They were so cute! We also saw at the park meerkats, leporads, a croadile, and one of the ugliest animals I have ever seen a bushpig! Once Neil picked us up we had to make on last stop to see the big lions which I am so glad we did! We saw a couple of female lions and two male lions. We also came so close to a few zebras who were right behind our car! This was such an amazing day!

 

As we woke up Saturday morning we could not imagine the events of the day that were in store for us! Mrs. Tandos and her friend were taking the girls out shopping, so we thought! We did go shopping that morning at a mall very much like a mall that we have in the States. Then we were off to her place for lunch! It was a lot of fun to visit with her and see her home. After this she took us too many different homes in the township to visit friends and family. Just when we thought that we were on the way back to our place to relax little did we know this was not the case at all! We then arrived at a traditional South African wedding. We were very hesitant to go into the wedding since we were not invited, but they insisted that come in and take a quick peak! It was under a huge tent and when we arrived the bride and groom where handing out presents. It was unlike anything I had ever been to before! It was so kind of them to take us to so many places and I think that we definitely received a sense of the South African culture.  



We Thought Saturday Was Just Going to Be a Day
Of Shopping?

 


This is Ms. Tondas Niece

I am excited to see what this week holds! There is never a dull moment here and there are always surprises in store for us, even we least expect them sometimes! I can’t believe that it is our last week in P.E. though! Time has really flown by! I know that once I am home I am going to truly miss this wonderful place in the world!