EVER!!
It feels like a long time since we had a day with truly no obligations whatsoever. Today rocked.
Started off with 2 kids that got along so well. Here Kaia is reading Theo stories. She has created a bed on the floor with the couch cushions for the occasion. Theo is actually listening too.
Then Carl took the kids shopping so that I could get some work done in the garden. He came home with bubbles and you would think the kids had never seen them before!
The beautiful sound of children laughing...
and laughing...
and laughing...
We got to talk to Uncle Dave for his 36th birthday. We called during his party and got to meet all his friends and see his (sadly undecorated) cake (that I am sure tasted like heaven).
While I tutored Carl and Amy made homemade flat bread stuffed with homemade hummus AND homegrown mchicha (a local African green veggie). INCREDIBLE and I am still stuffed!!
We were a little bummed when the power went out because we were in the middle of movie night but it wasn't anything a round of The Shadow Game couldn't resolve. Kaia and Pray started by pouncing at their shadows on the wall... then they both went manic... we finally had to stop when the puppet monster scared Theo speechless and we began to worry about impending nightmares.
By then the kids were all a little nuts anyway and needed a cooldown!! Pray's butt shaking dancing was the perfect way to end the night. Yawn. Off to bed with me!!
GREAT BLOG FOLKS.I ENJOYED EVERY BIT OF IT!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAVE...NICE YOU WERE ABLE TO BE IN TOUCH.
THE VIDEOS I LOVE SEEING THE MOST ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE PLAYING AND HAPPY.
THE HOMEMADE SUPPER LOOKED GREAT TOO.
WHAT DOES THE LOCAL VEGIE YOU COOKED, TASTE AND RESEMBLE?
Sort of a spinach i guess. it grows on short shrubs and you pick and cook the leaves. There are a few different varieties and you can also eat the seads, but the locals don't do that. I will try to take a pic. I am sure it has an english name, i know it has a Swiss name :)
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! The shadow one turned out great! Can you email the one of Pray to me? Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is like a ray of sunshine. Lindy is trying to figure out what education will get her work with NGOs....Many thanks to you all for these thoughts.
ReplyDeleteAmy... there are a few cute ones!! You should just bring a memory stick next time you come. But yes, I will also try to remember to send that one on.
ReplyDeleteRoxanne... Thank you! That is such a nice compliment. I can't wait to read Lindi's stories one day :)