We wake up early here (by 5am the sun comes beaming through our big upstairs window......and I found out that Kaleb Jasse & Khloe Enna's first meal at the crèche was at 5:15/5:30 so they are used to being WIDE awake by 5am). We have them lay in bed "quietly" until 6am (today we made it till 6:25am cause Sissy came & laid with us and kept our two littlest monkeys from from being too silly).
Once we get up we get dressed and head downstairs.
Time to eat breakfast ~ the first week Alese was our cook :). What a blessing to have her!!! We have things like oatmeal, eggs & pancakes ~ we brought "just add water" mix from home ;)
We have 2 great students
This day we read "Wheels on the Bus" and drew a picture of what we might see if we went on a bus ride......Kaylee would see lots of people :)
Kaleb Jasse would see flowers :)
When school time is over we clean up & head outside. It's been very cloudy & rainy here and the sun is usually only out in the early morning so we take advantage of it then!
We've been playing lots of soccer
What a blessing this courtyard has been!!
After soccer we have "towel time" where we all head upstairs with a snack and sit on our OWN towel with our own set of toys and a buddy. We *try* to have some "calm" play time......we are getting better each day at this!
Next we head down to make lunch & eat! We have been having PB & J's, grilled cheese and apples or quesadillas :) Then we read a couple books and the littles take naps. This is when we do Bible time with the big kids :)
The littles wake up feeling much better and we head down to make dinner. While we make dinner we put all 3 littles on the downstairs bed to watch a movie (usually one of us needs to sit in there with them).
We eat dinner ~ simple stuff like spaghetti with noodles we brought from home, a little bit of canned chicken we brought from home and either canned green beans or veggies from local market here :). Also lots of beans and rice!
Then onto showers/pjs and more reading books and bed :). We don't shower them everyday (we don't have hot/warm water everyday, but most days we do~ HUGE blessing!!!)
Having this little routine helps all of us :). And we will be able to keep a similar routine once we get home so that will help everyone adjust ;)
Our sweet friend, Julienne, came over tonight & taught us how to make her amazing French toast casserole which we will eat tomorrow morning :). She also brought us a loaf of cinnamon bread from a local bread seller ~ delicious ~ we will definitely be getting more of that when we can!
We've been walking to the crèche a few times a week ~ it's a nice walk for the big kids and Brod and I but it's a little long (and all uphill the way there) for the littles. Plus the traffic here is crazy and pedestrians definitely do not have the right-a-way!!! ;)
We are all missing home (well, except for Kennady!). We realize how much we take all the simple things for granted like clean water and having a garbage system and a car :). It's good for us to be here & rely on Jesus & each other in this way!
We went to Giant Market in town today & you would have thought we were going to Disneyland with how excited we all were, lol!
It was such a simple thing for us all to get out but it really was a special treat!!! Just getting to go & choose some of the comforts from home is such a blessing!
We've only been here 2 weeks but wow! We have really seen such amazing growth in Kaleb Jasse & Khloe Enna. They came from such a loving environment & that makes trust come much easier. They had such a solid foundation ~ what a blessing Chances for Children is!!!!! Amazing nannies that truly love! We can see already what a difference their love has made in these 2 little lives :)))
Khloe Enna's passport is ready for pick up ~ Kaleb Jasse's should be ready later this week.....praying passports come soon!
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