curious kids

before dinner, we all settled in around the table to do a little reading and relaxing. in addition to the mini monks, there are a gaggle of local kids that hang around the palace, and they were super curious to play with us, check out what we were doing, and talk to us a little. they rotated around our table looking at the books we were reading, and we showed them a few pics on our phones. it was so cute. 

the amazing thing about the kids is that they look out for each other, with zero supervision from any adults. the 10 year old in the group spent the afternoon and evening playing with a 6 month old baby strapped to his back. the baby was all giggles when the boy was in a stick war with his little sister whacking each other with the biggest sticks they could find. at the end of the day, no one liked an eye out, and they all survived. our children are not raised with the same kind of need to be caretakers so early, but I love seeing that it works, and little ones have the ability to understand certain responsibilities.