I don't blog about everything! There's just so much that goes on around here!
But one thing we usually do at every meal is what we call apples and onions. (I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before.) Every day we share something we enjoyed that day, or just something good (our apple) and one thing that wasn't all that great (our onion, even though some of us love onions.)
Today, I'd say I have pretty close to an "apple pie" (Term coined by Mike, followed by an "ahhhh" and a knee slap and I'm so clever after)
At lunch, I hung out with some of my friends, Summer, Maryy, Stephany, Miranda and a few others and we chomped down on the delicious leftover pizza from the mini-party they arranged for those who helped with the talent show. They ever-so-graciously invited the Katimavik-ers from the school to come last night and I stayed around but the pizza was a little tardy (late) so I ended up having to leave before they ate. Luckily, they had plenty left over and we shared some today at lunch! :) It's nice to know I have some friends apart from the Katimavik group. Finally- Friends! I wish I'd made friends with them sooner though.
I also didn't mention face painting on Saturday!
It actually turned out so well! We would get one kid to get their face painted, then, out of nowhere, they'd bring three more kids. It was face painting day and we got to see some of the hockey games so it was really nice to integrate into the community.
I also started helping Mike's class- a grade five English class on Tuesday and I'm really liking it. The kids are a riot- they're actually really enthusiastic about some things which is really nice to see. And oddly enough, Mike knows my brother from playing rugby! He taught in a New Zealand native community for 10 years, so he shares a lot of his knowledge from there, like doing a bit of the Maori people's Waka dance with them outside. He's also really efficient in how he does things so he manages to get a lot done while maintaining a routine for the kids, which is nice for me to see because I really feel like I'm learning from it. I have a video of them doing it, ending with their tongues out and their eyes wide open, laughing and getting pumped. (It's a sports warm-up- apparently all sports teams in New Zealand do stuff like that before games.)
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| Well this picture has nothing to do with this post... (but the one before, I guess) Julie made apple crisp to take with us to the elders camp. SO GOOD. |
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| The Chicken Francois was so thrilled to get in his Easter package... Hahaha, it dances and sings and made my day a whole lot brighter! |
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| It was dress up to work day and I felt pretty so I asked Yvonne take pictures of me and this is me trying to be pretty... |
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| What a cute little button! This is Brooke in her suitcase. Do you think you could take her on a plane that way? I think YES. |
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| The HWAH! Of the waka dance. They do this after the Kamate, Kamate Kamate, then they go HWAH! to show they're ready. |
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| All together now- all the kids are doing it! |
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| And then they did a dog pile. Hahaha. "Guys, you're defeating the purpose of the dance! remember,they do the dance to scare people away so they don't fight!" - Mike |
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| Pardon the awful picture, but I ran out of battery :S This was the Pow Wow dance that won first place at the school talent show. |
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| Again, with the whole relevant thing... that's not working for me today. this is a picture Francois took of us at Sylvain's. |
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| Sylvain`s place again! |
Oh man, I didn't upload a single picture of the face painting...
MORE TO COME! :)
And happy St Patty's Day! :)
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