Glow Fest 2010

Today found Wally and Sheila sporting t-shirts with maps of Missouri on them. Wally has been pointing at his belly all day! Just because today was 'North America' day, Pat also wore a clown tie all day long. He's had a prop for every day in lesson and the kids have gotten a huge kick out his interpretations of the countries we are talking about!

Twister got pulled out in activity today! They put all four Twister mats together to make a huge Twister mat. They were also handing out Tootsie Roll Pops, one of the Dimas walked up to Lindsay and handed her an open Pop. He is really great at sharing, so she thought he had just opened it up for her and was sharing. A bit too late she realized that the Pop had already been wet, and not from her mouth!

Pat and Stephanie's group sat down this afternoon and played a HUGE game of Uno with most of their 10 member family group. We all acted really dramatic when we got draw 2 or 4. It made for some really funny videos of the kids teasing each other and all of us laughing so hard!

Then came the best part of the whole day...GLOW FEST 2010!!! Pat bought out a Dollar Store full of, in Pat's term, 'Glowy Things.' It gets dark here about 4 pm, so we gathered all the kids out in a large hallway where it was darker and it became a mass of bodies covered in neon glow bracelets, necklaces, bars and spinners. As you could imagine, all the kids went crazy over their options, especially when Pat pulled out the neon flashlights. A crowd mobbed him and we haven't seen him since.        

On a more important note, we are mesmerized by the many varieties of Lays potato chips...after team meetings we have a regular snack time! Talk about a great way to bond over chips in flavors like bacon, shish kebob, and crab. As I type this Nick, Lindsay and Melanie are on their way back upstairs to get more of the shish kebob chips that as soon as we tasted the small bag Nick, Melanie, Lindsay and Stephanie all wanted their own instead of sharing! Then we talked everyone else into tasting the camp fire in a chip bag. Nick has decided there are a lot of things he likes about Russia! The chips definitely rank up there...just a little insight into our time at the hotel at night...and we had to put to a vote tonight that we stop talking about food at home, because we are ready for Mexican, Indian, Chinese and Italian. Not that the food has been bad, but we are ready for a bit more variety.