Wednesday, July 24, 2013

The sun returned to Rarotonga!

The sun returned to Rarotonga! Things are beginning to wind down as our last few days at Takitutumu come to an end. We are both continuing to support the children with their reading and writing skills. We were lucky enough to enjoy the children playing rippa (rugby) and took several pictures and videos. Several of the children are extremely fast runners and it was impressive to see this in action. Steph enjoyed singing with both the preschool children and grade one class today. During one of the songs the children can get up and dance which included both “jumping up and down” and a few who showed off their traditional Maori danced skills. We were lucky to be taken to see a local pearl jeweller and purchase pendants which are made with mabe pearls. Beautiful and unique. We had a yummy dinner at the Rickshaw for a Japanese-inspired meal complete with sticky toffee pudding. A late night for us – 8:37 p.m.! Party animals!

Message of the Day: “If you think you can you can, if you think you can’t you are absolutely right.”

Words of the day: Mabe and pineapple lumps = chocolate-covered pineapple

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