On Saturday we picked up Tom and his partner at their hotel at 9.30am and
took them over to BKP to meet our kids - and in particular, Art and Ploy.
Ubie had brought some art supplies from Hong Kong with her, to give her an opportunity to do what
she obviously loves - be with children. She is a natural, and there
was lots of opportunity for interaction with them, although I think she and Tom
were quite surprised to find how much less time they took to complete
their given tasks (Omsin and Garfield excepted) than they had thought - giving
us plenty of time for lunch.
They had originally thought to eat with the
children, but when we checked the food for the day there was some kind of
unappetizing (to us) looking brown vegetable (perhaps because of the vegetarian
festival) in the pan, which we couldn't eat - so we decided to go out to Kiss
restaurant on Siam Country Club Road, giving them the opportunity to see
something of the countryside as we drove.
Young or old, the children enjoyed fitting their
individual packet projects together, although some were a little difficult to
finish, as they appeared to have bits missing (or maybe, since they were peeled
off a paper back, some of the tiny bits had been overlooked and thrown
away). Never-the-less, we usually were able to sort something out. The
glasses, which needed the arms attaching, I sewed on.
The older projects were, obviously, rather more
complicated - and clearly basket weaving isn't Lek's strong point, as he
eventually gave up, and one of the girls finished it. They seemed to be
bags and baskets and containers of various kinds - lovely bright colours, and
practical, as could be seen as they wandered around, very proud of their bags,
baskets, visors (Wear was very quick making his) etc.
Of course children always find a way to do
something other than use the materials as they were originally intended and all
the superfluous sticky bits ended over eyes, mouths and faces, producing very
colourful masks. What is it they say about children preferring the wrapping to
the present???
After the younger children had woken from their
nap, and before they had their afternoon snack, Tom and Ubie gave them their
pens (which had a calendar that could be pulled out) and a marshmallow treat,
and each child waied and said "Thank You". It was so sweet.
We finished around 3.00pm and dropped them at their
hotel, where they could enjoy a well earned bit of R. & R.
Sunday Tom and Ubie were introduced to
Suky, and we walked them over to Royal Garden
Plaza for KFC whilst they
decided what they wanted to do with the children. Since we couldn't all
get in one vehicle, and as Suky certainly didn't need me around, I opted out,
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