This week, being the last week of the school holidays and more importantly Holy week; we planned little daily activities for the children at the village. Each activity fed into the next, so that by sunday each child had an Easter basket filled with goodies.
In the fist week of the Easter holidays, the children made Bunny ears. Unfortunately i didn't help with this, but from all accounts it was a lot of fun.
Activities for this week, started by making Easter baskets. When talking with the children (the older ones at least), they are all know the true reason behind Easter, so we encouraged all the children to decorate their baskets, incorporating biblical images such as the cross and Jesus. However most of them where much more interested in the foam stickers; which came in the shapes of flowers and hearts.
We tried to run activities daily but being the easter holidays; we used this opportunity to plan outings for the kids as well. So this week, 23 or so of us- 10 being children set off into Cape Town to Two oceans aquarium. We all climbed into the bus, and set off to see the fish.
The children and the adults, the house mums especially appeared to have a great time. Although some of the children where a little scared at animals not behind glass, and one was particularly petrified as when she saw a man dressed up in a shark costume, as she did a vertical take off up and over my shoulders.
I have never run through an aquarium so fast, so Grace and i had a little wait at the end before we could all enjoy lunch and an ice cream together in the sun.
After lunch, we returned back into the aquarium to watch a puppet show, which again the children where a bit frightened of.
The drive home was a lot quieter than the drive to Cape town, as everyone fell asleep; excluding the driver, as we all arrived home safe and sound, and ready for bed.
The next easter activity was making chicks or bunny's. So i spent the morning emptying eggs into a bowle, while Grace cut of beaks, feet, ears and plumes. 12 eggs later, we where ready to go, but we soon heard a CRUNCH, as one broke as soon as the egg was picked up. With delicate hands we where able to help the children make some chicks and eggs, and colour in crosses.
By thursday, our Easter ideas where running low, and seeing as we had been invited to Highland Rd estate with the children, we took up this kind offer. We set off for a late lunch/ early dinner in yet another beautiful part of the Elgin Valley, the children and some of us adults, enjoyed playing on the play area before having a delicious, home cooked chicken pie.
By Sunday, the baskets where ready, and filled with Easter eggs after the fastest Easter egg hunt in history; as we attempted to dodged the rain. With hypo children, we had a braai for lunch, sang songs before the men went to watch the football, others went for a walk, and the sensible ones of us (Heather, Grace, Jess and I) made a fire and stayed warm on this wintery rainy day.
After a rather homesick wednesday, i was a bit apprehensive about today, wanting to be with family. I needn't have worried one bit. We had two lovely church services this week too, one which was a new experience for me- a Tenebrae service which was very moving.
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