As is common to all people, the teacher’s here feel under paid and unappreciated so they decided to make the country feel it with a one day strike. This only affected public schools so the girls continued as usual but Nathan’s school was out last Thursday.
I’m always looking for ways to keep Na active so I let him invite 4 boys over for a bike ride and lunch. Only problem is that the weather forecasted rain – no big shocker for here. 5 boys inside my house on a rainy day for 4 hours isn’t really my idea of fun so I began thinking of Plan B. Thankfully I remembered a game the Westergreen boys used to play called rubber bands wars. For this game each team lines up its army guys behind barricades (legos or blocks)if wanted but they must remain visible. Once each team is set up, rubber bands are distributed and the war commences with the goal trying to be the last team with one remaining army guy standing. (I had to email Beth for the instructions as my memory was lacking some details)
This kept them engaged for a while but they weren’t terribly proficient in rubber banding plus I found out later from Beth thick rubber bands work best. Anyway, it stopped raining and the boys went to kick the football while I made lunch. I served ‘American Hot Dogs’ from a can (double gross!) and pizza. Afterwards once all bikes were pumped up, helmets on, and water bottles packed we set off for the cycle path. We were off and riding for about 20 minutes when we came upon a playground they wanted to try out. They ended up playing soccer with a few kids as well. (Really these boys are quite content to just kick the soccer ball) When we got back on the bikes we had picked up some new boys which was fine. Later, when we passed by a group of loittering teenagers they asked if we were the Scouts? I had to laugh when I replied, “just a bunch of friends.” We got back just in time for the moms to pick them up. I think they were a bit tired and had a good time so that was great. It was fun to be with Na’s British friends even though the teacher's were on strike.
This kept them engaged for a while but they weren’t terribly proficient in rubber banding plus I found out later from Beth thick rubber bands work best. Anyway, it stopped raining and the boys went to kick the football while I made lunch. I served ‘American Hot Dogs’ from a can (double gross!) and pizza. Afterwards once all bikes were pumped up, helmets on, and water bottles packed we set off for the cycle path. We were off and riding for about 20 minutes when we came upon a playground they wanted to try out. They ended up playing soccer with a few kids as well. (Really these boys are quite content to just kick the soccer ball) When we got back on the bikes we had picked up some new boys which was fine. Later, when we passed by a group of loittering teenagers they asked if we were the Scouts? I had to laugh when I replied, “just a bunch of friends.” We got back just in time for the moms to pick them up. I think they were a bit tired and had a good time so that was great. It was fun to be with Na’s British friends even though the teacher's were on strike.
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