St. George's Volleyball

This was our 2nd official volleyball game against Grenville and we are still undefeated!

The men played as well, but unfortunately lost this time...I blame the rain. Lisa and I still had fun keeping score and getting soaked though.

Football...not soccer

I'm finally learning to say it correctly.

Today was a great day. Not only did Grenada kill the US Virgin Islands 10-0, but Brady, Andrew, and I all got jerseys from the players after the game! All I had to do was ask, but I think there was a little more begging involved on the guys' parts. Ahhh, it finally pays to be a woman down here! Then we all played in the rain and acted like groupies by stalking one of the players named Shane...one of our new favorites, if not only for his sweet mohawk.

Beach Day with the Limes kids

Just another day at the beach with some of my kids from the Limes program...

Happy Easter! (part 2)

I spent Easter weekend at Lauren's house in the country with her and Megan, and we had such a relaxing time together. We mostly stayed in our pajamas and watched TV, a novelty I don't have, but surprisingly don't miss too much. Lauren also surprised us with candy baskets on Easter morning just like my Mom used to (a.k.a. a plastic ice cream tub with construction paper taped on...haha, oh the Peace Corps resourcefulness). My favorite part was that some of her neighbor kids were sweet enough to make us kites so we relived our childhood and flew them on the ridge at sunset...me singing "Let's go fly a kite" all the while.

Happy Easter!

"Miss, did you MAKE this?"
"Why, yes I DID boil that egg...all by myself."
"It's delicious!"

Oh to be appreciated by young minds who don't yet know the uncomplicated process of boiling an egg. I brought in some hard-boiled eggs so my kids at the Limes Program could learn how to dye the eggshells and decorate them for Easter. They told me they had never done this before or had even heard of it...to which I was in shock. Although I couldn't blame them because the tradition doesn't make much sense to me in the first place, but hey...it's fun and easy and they colored those eggs like it was nobody's business. And about 5 minutes after we had finished, a few of the boys couldn't wait any longer and cracked them open to eat.

Grensave's International Food & Drink Day

One of the NGO's I work with had their big annual fundraiser today, where there is live music, dancing, and booths representing countries from all over the world selling their local cuisine. I was in charge of coordinating the Children's Village outside and got some of the other PC volunteers to help me man the toy raffle, face painting, and Bouncy Castle...which was the biggest hit by far! I believe I heard the words "The Bouncy Castle is the greatest place in the world!" escape one child's mouth. We had a great turnout overall and made a great profit...thanks especially to giant inflatable structures.