Monday 4-21-14

4-21-14 Monday

                Today we had early school, so morning was just getting up and getting the kids ready and out the door. Normally this would be not a big deal, the kids however stayed up too late last night causing the kids (mostly Jove) very whiney and difficult. We made it to school and got the classrooms all set up. There were only a few kids at first, but more and more came as the two hours went on. Mamaliz and I started by organizing the library. The other teachers have some issues putting books back where they belong. We now however have all of our English books reorganized into a science section and a section for each standard 1-3. Asa spent all of his time doing math with any child that would come up. Mamaliz continued with the library, and I went outside and kicked the soccer ball and threw the football with the kids. Ayla and Jove had some issues with the ball games because they are not used to competitive games where everyone is going after the ball. A few of the kids, such as Angela, would pass them the ball frequently so they wouldn’t feel bad. It was very sweet. I had so much fun kicking the ball around with them.

                After school was finished we went to Monday market to pick out some fabric for Stan to make into dresses for Ayla and shirts for Jove. We also picked up a few veggies. Due to the Berega Bridge being out the market is much smaller than it normally is, but pole sana. The rest of the day was fairly simple. We hung around the house and the back porch. The kids played hard outside with all of the kids. We were going to get Ayla’s hair braided up by Mama Ruth, but she was playing so hard we forgot, so we will do it first thing in the morning. I cannot wait to see how she looks. I organized a lot of the photos from the past few days in order to be able to load to Facebook. Simple dinner, baths for the kids, and early bed.  Cranky children are just not something I would like to deal with again.

                Games the kids played…

Spanking game with sandals or with the pink ball

                We look outside and see the kids in the mosh pit all sticking their butts out at each other waiting for another child to spank them with either a shoe or a pink softball. We even got a minute long video of this. It was so funny. Kid will find a way to play and communicate even when they don’t share a language.

Baby game…

                All of the children surrounded Jove and were making him be the baby. So Jove is doing the baby part by whining and other annoying baby habits. Right after they finish, a few girls show up, maybe six years old, each carrying a baby sibling on their back. You would think the kids would then want to play baby with the real babies, but no, that is the point when the baby game is no longer amusing. Too funny.

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