We try to buy from local farmers whenever we can, but after 3 straight months of eating rice we were dying for a slice of bread! Something as simple as a favorite staple food can be the taste of home. We have African friends who have moved from a ‘sweet Read more…
I almost forgot the best part! Yesterday Anna called wrinkles : sprinkles!I like that better anyway And she called bunk beds : bonk bedsMaybe Joel would agree since he has the bottom bunk…
Several months ago I posted a bit about Anna’s first language acquisition. She hadn’t mastered her /k/ and /g/ or velar sounds. Two of you who are speech therapists assured me that this was totally normal. It was super cute while it lasted, which wasn’t long. She quickly learned to Read more…
I don’t have fabulous stories today of amazing adventures, games or jokes. Today was a normal Saturday in Congo (you’re probably wondering, and rightfully so, if that’s really possible…). You know, it’s the day to change the sheets, to buy and cook a little extra to cover Sundays, a huge Read more…
Our previous math post made the official Math-U-See blog, and the image of Joel doing math upside down was deemed ‘The Best Homework Picture Ever’! Check it out.
Kent likes cheesecake. He likes a rich dark gingerbread cake too, but we did that last year. So this year I wanted to make him a raspberry swirl cheesecake for his birthday. I know it’s shooting a bit high, and I should probably have a talk with myself (again) about Read more…
After traversing the globe and East Africa this year, Kent was looking forward to celebrating with a quiet day at home. Early in the morning he got to chat on the computer with his sister for the first time. Yeah for technology! For mid-morning snack Anna delivered his first treat: Read more…
I post this for 4 reasons: 1) I found it funny. 2) It’s filmed by a Norwegian Broadcasting Company and I’m somewhat Norwegian. Hey! It’s just fun to listen to them speak and here the cognates with English. 3) For John, who knows what it’s like to be the ‘helpdesk’. Read more…
As many of you know, our 3 little fair-haired kiddos are the only white people under the age of 20 in this town (and probably for quite some surrounding distance as well). There are a few other families usually here, who are currently in the US, leaving my mzungu (foreign) Read more…