Christmas Break

The children are on a break from school (the ones who attend the primary school). Actually, their break began on November 22. So we decided to take them to town for pizza. We are trying to work on their manners around other people. They did very well and we were pleased with their behavior.

Yesterday we decorated Christmas cookies and Christmas trees. We also made some homemade decorations for the tree. I am not sure if they have decorated cookies before, but they really seemed to enjoy it, especially the little ones. We had frosting on the table, on the chairs, on them and even a little on the cookies! They are so excited and counting the days until Christmas. These are pictures of their trees. The first is House 2 and the third is House 1.

Busy Month!

October was a busy month for us. On the 13th we celebrated Abdul's 7th birthday. The children have been busy visiting their families. On Sundays, Uncle James takes them around in the van to the families that live close by and the children have a chance to spend some time with their grandparents or aunties.

They have been studying hard in school and some of them are tutoring after school. We have divided the children that study here at our school into two groups. We have a morning class with the beginners and an afternoon class with the children that are a little more advanced.

Yesterday, we celebrated another birthday. It was the 8th birthday for Dorcas. It was a beautiful day so we had a picnic supper, complete with cake and ice cream. We played games like duck, duck, goose and relay tag. The children were tired out and ready for bed after they had played so hard and ate so much!

Trip to Wildlife Sanctuary

On Sunday we all climbed in the van and went to the nearby wildlife sanctuary. The kids call it the zoo. Some of it is like a zoo, some of it is like a wildlife sanctuary. The kids love to ride in the van. Our van is a 10 passenger van. Today, there were 19 children and 5 adults! Too funny!

Picnic Supper

We had a picnic supper on Saturday evening. We roasted veggie dogs, had potato salad, baked beans, potato chips and cupcakes. Yum, Yum! We all enjoyed ourselves very much!

Learning To Play Baseball

James had a fun time on Wednesday, teaching the kids (mostly the boys) how to play baseball.

Yasini is a little slugger!

Making Cookies

Today we made peanut butter cookies with the kids. Making them was fun, but eating them was more fun!!

Movie Night

Saturday evening we had a popcorn and movie night in honor of Father Frazier. Since it was his last night before leaving we thought we would watch one of his favorite movies. The grownups enjoyed it as much as the kids and the popcorn was great!!