Pancake day in Thailand

Hi all,
Today we had a full day of pancake making with the girls. It was really fun, we set up 3 stations - mixing, cooking and toppings. The girls all got a go at cracking an egg, pouring the milk or quite a lot of stirring. Then they watched them being cooked and got to pick which topping they wanted. There were some interesting combos, my favourite being one girl who wanted sugar, chocolate sauce, banana...and cheese!
So...first we measured the flour...

then we added the egg...

Then we poured milk...

and stirred...

flipped the pancakes...

added the topping...

and enjoyed!!

it was a really fun day and the girls loved it!

Trips wise we had a big trip to Bangkok zoo last saturday with 7 children, which they really enjoyed, though it was really tiring and most of them slept all the way back.

We've done another few trips out for ice-cream after work with some of the girls.

Next week we'll be swimming with 5 girls - so we all wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who's sent out costumes, arm bands and goggles. We're well kitted out now!!

Weather wise it's really hot now, a few people have said its as hot as april now which is Thailand's hottest month. In our fan aired house it sometimes feels like a hair dryer on you instead of a fan!

Today after work me and Ben cycled over to Nichada for a run, a swim (though i looked like i'd already had a swim after the run!) and then for dinner with a family we know there. Tomorrow its the weekend so some of us are heading to chatachak for some tourist shopping, not sure how long we'll last in the heat.

Sunday we're taking 4 of the cerebral palsy girls to church. Then we'll probably head for a swim in the lovely pool at nichada afterwards.

Then its on to the next week!! xxx





February fashion show

Hi all,
Hope all's well with everyone. The last few weeks have flown by, yet so much happens in each day.

We've been doing lots of trips with the kids for swimming, ice-cream and dinner. Some of them enjoying the swimming more than others! Last week we took 2 girls to the pool -  one put the costume on (which is one Wendy sent out -thank you!) we got to the edge of the pool but then she decided against it and wanted to change into a different new costume - she wanted to try them all out! But we didn't get any closer to the water. In the mean time our other little girl wouldn't get changed at all and was sat down eating all the snacks. After quite a while persuading them to try the pool, we ended up taking them back to our house for dinner - with Bew still in her costume as she didn't want to change! A big thank you for all those who've donated money for these trips, it's really good to get the girls out of the orphanage for a couple of hours.

Trips wise, we're taking a group of children to Bangkok zoo on saturday which should be fun and we're hoping to do a trip to a local soft play place with some of the girls in a few weeks too. Tonight we took out 3 helper girls for ice-cream and dinner. The helpers are ladys who have lived at the girl's home since being a children and now help the ward mum's on the ward. So it was lovely for us to take them out today as they have to work so hard.


Today at the girl's home we had a fashion show (morning and again in the afternoon). So we got all the clothes out and let the girls pick an outfit (or about 6 for some of them!). Put make-up on and got them strutting down our make-shift catwalk. Taking loads of pictures. It was so much fun! The girls loved it!


Since the last post we've had 2 more volunteers arrive, so there's now 8 of us in the house. We were all invited round to nichada - "little america" for dinner last friday and on sunday me and Ben went for a run round the lake there followed by breakfast on the balcony. Lovely!

So that's the lastest. The weather getting quite sweaty now, it's a bit of a joke how much we're all sweating now! You can probably tell from the pictures!

Thank you to everyone for all your support, be it by donations, sending stuff or just a lovely email. I really appreciate it and helps me to remember i'm not out here on my own.