"Flower Girls"

A few days ago, some of the primary girls got over their shyness and came to visit me at the guest house. We sat on the porch and with bits of Thai and English, they were able to tell me their names and teach me a few words. Seeing that I like flowers, they showed me a very cool way of making daisy chains and we made crowns out of little yellow flowers. Eventually I had to leave to go to lunch and expected them to do likewise, but was surprised when I came back that they decorated the porch with various flowers and vines! It was so sweet and adorable. They made beautiful boquets and arranged petals in circle and heart designs on the floor. Then they would act out "camera" and we would take pictures with the flowers. They also helped me learn their names, as they soon found out how liable I was to forget. Every few minutes they'd ask waht I worked out meant "What is my name?" in Thai, and I'd go around practicing their names. There are about 8 different girls that come several times a day. I have boquets all around my house now! We also play hide and seek and I tried to teach them tag, but slipped and scraped my knee so that I had to go clean it. When i got back, they had left some new boquets and a mango by my door that had "sorry" written on it. They are so darling and sweet!

flower crown

Pia in her hmong outfit