School Days & Misc other fun :)

Lij's 1st pix - our friends Matt & Abbie who work in the Philippines :)

Even though our national friends have never experienced it, we studied "S" for snow - closest snowman we could get was a tropical ones out of bananas :)

Fun magnet activity...

So fun that a turtle came visiting right around the time we did "T" for turtle!

Lacing fun with "U"

Making a "U" from seashells - now that's using our local resources well!

Boys learning about the calming of the storm - complete with paper boat & figurines sitting inside, Alden's Mom is so smart!

Homemade geoboards thanks to Alden's Dad!

These are the teachers that were a part of the teacher training...

Here's Lij playing at their school:

Helping the teachers search online for teaching/classroom decor ideas...

A couple old discarded boards make for awesome bike ramps for Lij & friends!

Of course sometimes they needed straightening...

Go Lij go!

One of Lij's closest friends, Nefa

Sai's bike riding fun included a stroll around the block with Alden's Dad :)

Nefa's Dad drives a motorbike/sidecar vehicle called a "becek" which the kids love to ride on from time to time as well :)

Here's J trying to get Lij's kite to fly while Lij & Sai enjoy a "becek" ride. Boys enjoying themselves on the sofa cushion...

Nefa pulling them around! On a different note, after a couple months of training, E finally got to the 100K mark!

Fun pier-ish thing she saw on the ride...folks like to fish from here:

Lots of drying fish hanging up as she rode by...

Here's a before & after video of the amazing road put in by USAID... Lij was playing King David with his slingshot - or maybe scepter?

Here Lij's trying to decide if he wants to be bad King Saul or good King David... Nail cutting woes...

The day before fasting month begins folks here usually go picnic at the beach and play together - here we are enjoying the fun together!

J was invited to see the ceremony of the local leader being put back into office - it required him buying a suit...1st one he's ever owned ;)

Catching up on the latest...

Believe it or not, I actually started this post about a month ago, finally getting around to finishing it now. Happy July folks :) We were over @ our teammates' house & realized too late we'd forgotten an extra diaper for Sai. Also didn't realize exactly how big their cloth diaper would look on our little "tweedle dee" (thx Bs for the pinjam btw!)

A few Sai moments...

Enjoyed celebrating Sai's 1/2 bday, Dad J's bday & Mother's Day all on one morning with a rare coffee cake treat!

Building a tower that fell down on it's own at the end of the story, perfect timing!

So Elissa was bike riding one morning & came across a traveling salesman with this sweet oven...the salesman put on his little show & we were sold!

This is a great little local-style grill - trial run: s'mores with neighbor kids!

Sai caught in the act of climbing up on the table...

& quickly trying to get down the way he got up!

"N" for Nest fun @ school! Here we are gathering grass, feathers, etc. to make 'em:)

E & e even found a bird's nest at home which we tried to see via climbing up a ladder but little e got a little nervous with the climb...

Making a bird's nest out of noodles & dinosaur egg gum...

Enjoyed making a chain to count down the weeks 'til we get to see our family & friends stateside - down to 8 links as of today!