I am amazed at how well the kids are doing this summer staying at home. Since they have never before been in a situation where they had weeks at a time at home, I was nervous about what they would do all day especially since Birch and Cole and the rest of their school friends all went back to their home countries for the month. The girls pretend they are twins and try to dress the same in the morning. Ashlyn spends a lot of time playing the big sister role for Anderson and has picked up a bunch of Tierney’s tricks to try and manipulate him into doing what she wants. Anderson has been great about sharing Mama Jackie’s time, too. Anderson is going pee on the potty a lot more (might have something to do with the gummy bears..in Kiswahili candy is “pipi” – pee-pee. So he gets pipi for pee-pee; the kids think this is hysterical). The weather is starting to feel a bit warmer especially in the afternoon, and I’m sure it won’t be long now until I’m complaining about how hot it is.
Driving out for a sundowner (bench seats in the back)
It’s a little harder to drive than the Land Cruiser
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Matt got some airtime on BBC about TNC’s project in Northern Kenya (web, TV, and a radio segment). They were there to help design a science inventory in a cloud forest there. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10450433 . Cool stuff.
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