The focus of this post is the orphans that I held a photography course with in the town I was stationed at in the Peace Corps. A later post will be of these kids' amazing photography work, but let me introduce them first.
So the following pics are of my visit to the orphanage in August 2013 after not seeing them for 2 years. I was such an amazing reunion:
I brought back bracelets from my trip to Hawaii for them.
And of course, brought them plenty of Comic Con swag!
Me giving out presents
Kids playing with some toys that my friend donated.
Ninja Turtle Swag!
Me with a girl who wasn't there during my Peace Corps service
Kids super excited over all the goodies
And this creepy mask was Comic Con swag that the kids loved to mess around with.
The were freaking each other out so much
Even the littlest one put it on
And of course they busted out the Twister game I got them.
Great practice for colors, left, right, and body parts :)
These are all girls who I had tutored and done the photography course with
Catching me at a rare moment where I wasn't yelling at the kids LOL
So much fun with them
Best pic we're gonna get :P
This is the first time the kids saw me blonde and they all wanted to try it out.
It was fun to let them play with my hair
Some of them can totally pull off blonde :)
She's loving life as a blonde
Even the littlest one got REALLY into it
Then I made another visit to Romania September 2014 and visited the orphanage no less than four times during my week long visit, and the kids were still telling me I didn't spend enough time with them.
Of course I give out In 'N Out hats and stickers to the kids
Just before we play "Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky". They LOVE that game
Captive audience
The final showdown
And of course Twister gets busted out again. The littlest ones played first
And very soon ended like this
Then the older ones played in a much more coordinated effort
Seriously LOL
This video is for all my Indian friends...they can see how much I did in teaching Romanian children about a very important aspect of Indian culture ;)
The walk on the way from the orphanage to the park.
Their little legs are too short to walk that whole time
Fetele mele (my girls!)
We made it to Margura Park
Selfie on the play set!
I had to say bye to them too soon to go and see former students that same day (I had so many people who I had to catch up with).
I don't have any pics of the other visit I made where I played volleyball with the bigger kids and had so much. I get way too competitive. I was on the team with the youngest of the group, and we named our team, brought it in regularly to cheer for ourselves, and basically made huge jackasses of ourselves. I made sure to get in an English lesson and taught them that "Fii Atent!" means "Get it together!" and "Poti" is "You got this".
Then I went over for dinner my last night in Târgu Ocna and had the hardest time saying goodbye.
She was just so CUTE!
When I saw this little girl I just started screaming "It's a tiara!!!" like Amy Farrah Fowler (she even let me wear it)...btw, great photobomb by one of the older girls.
Spaghetti made by the Mother Superior who is from Italy...delish!
The Romanian Nun serving the kids.
The Mother Superior serving the kids.
The little boy said "You didn't get a pic of me!" so I obliged :)
Delish salad!!!
Like, seriously.
It was so hard to say goodbye to those little faces. The little ones were all getting ready for bed (and by that I mean running around playing in their bedrooms) when I said goodbye to them. The older ones held me back to play some games and see me a little longer. Then the Nun let them walk me to the corner so I could head home since it was so late. So many hugs were shared...kids saying "Nu te las sa pleci!" (I won't let you leave!). 
One last pic with gașca mea (my crew)
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