This past weekend Jenn and I were invited to two parties. The first was a party organized by our neighbour and fellow volunteer Kelli. She has been visiting and helping out an orphanage down the street and put together a party for the kids on the rooftop patio of our building. Jenn helped out by creating a piñata for the party. After a number of hours of labor, Jenn managed to make a beautiful pig piñata as illustrated in the photo. The kids had great fun being blindfolded and taking turns clubbing the pig! Unfortunately our broom suffered a major casualty as we were using our broom as “beating” stick for the piñata. The first few kids managed to hit everything but the piñata, including a metal pole. The broom handle at the end of the game was irreparably bent in 3 or 4 places. I guess we need to get a new broom! The pig on the other hand was definitely more durable than the broom. Jenn had created an industrial strength piñata… they ended up having to tear the pig apart by hand to get at the candy!
The second party was a birthday party held by our neighbours downstairs. They are a Nepali family… Prasand, Prasana and their two children. It was Sanskriti’s sixth birthday and Jenn and I went out and bought her a Barbie doll… well, not a “real” Barbie, but she looks like a Barbie. We arrived at the party at 2pm, which was wayyy too early! We ended up sitting there for a couple of hours before the other guests started arriving. At least we got to know them a little better, and I practiced my very limited Nepali, which amounts to asking people what their name is and how they are doing… We ended up leaving around 4:30 with the promise that we would come back later. 5:30 rolled around and we got a knock on the door for us to come back as Sanskriti was going to cut her cake and open her presents. She seemed to really like the doll! We stayed for another couple of hours and played with the kids. Overall it was fun but exhausting. It is kind of tough with the language barrier, but with kids there always seems to be a way of overcoming language barriers through play….
The second party was a birthday party held by our neighbours downstairs. They are a Nepali family… Prasand, Prasana and their two children. It was Sanskriti’s sixth birthday and Jenn and I went out and bought her a Barbie doll… well, not a “real” Barbie, but she looks like a Barbie. We arrived at the party at 2pm, which was wayyy too early! We ended up sitting there for a couple of hours before the other guests started arriving. At least we got to know them a little better, and I practiced my very limited Nepali, which amounts to asking people what their name is and how they are doing… We ended up leaving around 4:30 with the promise that we would come back later. 5:30 rolled around and we got a knock on the door for us to come back as Sanskriti was going to cut her cake and open her presents. She seemed to really like the doll! We stayed for another couple of hours and played with the kids. Overall it was fun but exhausting. It is kind of tough with the language barrier, but with kids there always seems to be a way of overcoming language barriers through play….
Ahh, you party animals! I guess being in Nepal brings that out in you guys. I LOVE the pinata! Jenn, can you make me one when you get back to Canada?
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed your time with all the kids! Bet mine are more exhausting though, ha ha (JK).
TTYL!