Monday June 18, 2018
This was a typical Monday with the kids. Before lunch we split into groups and did our Morning circle outside. We had a few of the same kids from last week, but mostly new faces.
After morning circle, we played at the playground for an hour or so and headed back to finish thinking up our rules and team name (Meteor Team!), then before we knew it, it was lunch time.
We were served some sort of pancake with raisins in it with chocolate sauce and sour cream! The kids laughed at us when we said this is usually breakfast food, since they usually eat fruit, sandwiches, or some other heavier meal for breakfast.
Once we had finished our dessert-type meal, we headed back for some good ole meditation. Some of the kids did not like this, and there are always a few that can't sit quiet for more than a minute, but it was nice.
Our project for the day was painting some alien rocks (we collected rocks at the playground) and there were some very good artists in our group. We finished the day by doing some Space-themed true or false questions.
We returned to the flat and had a nice quiet night inside :-)
Tuesday June 19, 2018
Our photo shoot was today at 11AM and we had the kids make some cool rockets out of toilet paper rolls, aluminum foil, colored paper, and other materials. They turned out great! Afterwards, we headed back down to the river and played on the playground until the photographer arrived. When the kids were done with the photo shoot, we did yoga.
Unfortunately, this was our last day with these kids since we were going to be at a different location for the rest of the week.
Wednesday June 20, 2018
This was an interesting day since we had to take the bus into town to get to our new camp. Our group consisted of only boys. They were older and called their team "Team Fortnite". There was obviously not much structure in the beginning of the week, and we had to set them straight more than a few times. For instance, one of their rules was to get attention using the call/answer "Hey Ho Shhh It", which sounded WAY too much like "Hey Ho Shit". We replaced their existing rules with some of our own and they slowly grasped the concept that we could be fun, but didn't take any of their nonsense.
We spent the entire morning at the Vingis Park, the largest park in the city. They played on the playground and rode their skateboards and scooters around while we supervised. It was tough since they did not want to listen to us, and argued with us almost constantly. We ended up leaving a little later than we should and went straight from the park to lunch, arriving late at the restaurant. It was ok though, as the people at the restaurant did not seem to care.
After already walking a few miles to and from the park, we again had to walk to another location since it was their day for a photo-shoot. We arrived late to the location, but it was ok since the photographer was still working with another group. So, we sat around for an hour and waited. Once that was finished, we raced back to the studio and got back just in time for their parents to arrive. It was a very stressful day...But, since it was so nice out, we decided to go to Vilnius TV Tower and have a nice meal! We deserved it after all!
TV Tower reminded us a lot of Seattle's Space Needle (which we have never been inside of, sadly), and it was cool to see the whole city from 541 feet up! The view was stunning, though Aftyn was a bit dizzy from the spinning and the height.
Thursday June 21, 2018
Excursion day! You would think they would pick the Planetarium since it was Space Station Vacation week, but no. Instead, we went to the mall Akropolis, and went to a "Play Place"...Essentially, it was a Chuckie Cheese but cheesier (get it?) and did not have much to do for the older kids. They did occupy themselves and were good sports about it.
Unfortunately, Aftyn wasn't feeling very well after lunch, so she stayed back at the camp for a bit and met up with us at the Play Place a little later. The problem was just an overload of cheesy, greasy, fried foods, which is nearly all there is to eat in Lithuania. We had a veggie-heavy dinner and vowed to do our best to avoid heavy, doughy foods for a while.
Friday June 22, 2018
Aftyn here! Tim and I have decided to co-op on this whole blog writing thing!
This was our last day of camp, and also our last day in Lithuania. Both of us were feeling a bit sad to leave, but we had been in Lithuania for month at this point and we were ready to see some new sights. We spent our day with the kids watching educational space videos and letting the kids prepare their acts for our talent show. After lunch we watched the kids performances and gave them each scores from 1-10. We awarded the prizes along with their certificates for completing camp. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners each got a large chocolate medal and all the other kids got lollipops.
That evening we just finished up laundry and made sure we had everything packed and ready for our super early train ride tomorrow.
Lots of love from Lithuania, for the last time! <3
Checkout all of our photos in our European Adventure 2018 album:
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