Day 8b - Carnival

The drab wall surrounding the front lawn of the big house looks incredibly refreshed with a new coat of paint and the mural, which really comes to life with the added touches by the kids and staff.

remember the unpainted wall?

refreshments backed by the developing mural wall

Moses adds his inspiration

Lou poses with Sandra

Mayhem on the front porch & lawn.  Craft sales on the left.

Jeffrey and Matt produce balloon animals, swords and hats.  The kids can't get enough of it.

Dan adorned

If the sword were a little sharper, I could shave these locks

Jeffrey takes advantage of his height to protect work in progress

hard work, but someone needs to do it

Gloria minds one of the clinic visitors

Janat

Arnold gets a little spunkier day by day while Jovan takes care of Alicia's shades

Laura and Jaclyn set up a face painting salon.  Eventually they are joined by Emily, one of the Carlow University students.  The kids are enamoured almost as much by the hand mirrors as the painting.

Jaclyn does butterflies

living art

Emily tries her hand at painting

Margret, the BKU social worker, looks on

At one point, a birthday cake is presented to honour Matt's 19th.  Everyone enjoyed it, but I was holed up back in the clinic by that point.  I trust Dan got lots of photos.