More E Happenings

Sometimes at "Siesta" time during the day (the hottest part of the day around 1:00-4:00 when life around Africa slows down) I end up falling asleep even though I usually don't take naps anymore.

I got this hippo after my first hippo turned my hands purple becasue it was dyed instead of being made out of dark wood. This one is the real thing made out of dark wood.

I love going to the bakery. This is my favorite. A yummy doughnut the size of my head!!! What more could a girl ask for?!

One night we had hamburgers for dinner. I decided to put my zucchini on my burger instead of on the side like everybody else. Mabye I am a future chef?

Today we went to the outdoor Market and I got a pair of flip-flops. (Mine got left in the US.) I kept saying, "Thank you, Mommy, Daddy, my new flip-flops." (Daddy got a new pair too. His got left behind too.)

Love, E

More from H

Having fun doing school with Daddy. Daddy does school with us when Mommy is having her French lessons.

I love my new turtle. Mommy and Daddy bought it for me from an African boutique. I picked it out.

We also got new African clothes. Mine looks like seashells and crab hands. It is brown and black and white. I picked it out. It is pretty.

Love, H

Fun with C

My Mom and Dad got me a pretend Elephant.

Ms. E is Teaching me French and this is some of what she taught me:

pomme, mangue, bonjour, and rouge.

it rained for the first time while we are here.

it does not rain very much in Africa.

by C

All Those Secrets of the World by, Jane Yolen

This week for homeschool our unit was on this book. It is a book about a little girl whose father goes off to fight during World War II. We had lots of fun this week with lots of neat activities. Here are a few of the things we learned:

We learned about a first person point of view, we studied a little geography, we learned about tubas and sycamore trees, we studied some new vocab, we learned about forshadowing, and about times of war in history.

We also learned about:

*Illustration mediums and did some watercoloring (like the illustraions in this book).

*We did some science and history learning about horizons and myths. (Is the world round or flat?)

*We learned about viewpoints in art and did some drawings to practice what we learned.

Daddy helping H:

C and her drawing of me:

*We learned about oil and water and did an experiement to see if we could get them to mix.

*We learned about shadowing in artwork and practiced this too. (They chose penguins because they love 'em just like their Mimi!)

Here are just a few more pics:

E doing school too.

Daddy working with the girls on some math.

E finds lots of ways to entertain herself while we do school. Here she hijacked the camera and hid in her hiding place under the kitchen table and got a picture of me doing reading with H.

*Guest Post by the Mommy of the house. :)

My Life in Senegal

So far I am really enjoying Senegal. My favorite thing about Senegal so far is talking to friends and family on skype. Everytime I go by the computer I say, "Talka ______!" And I fill in all the names of the people I have talked to on skpe.

Here is a little about my daily life here...

I enjoy getting as dirty as I possibly can. (But still being a princess while doing it!)

Here is my favorite hiding spot. It's just my size and I entertain myself here often.

Whenever Mommy goes out to hang up or take down clothes I am right there tagging along. Sometimes I "help" other times I just explore in the yard or stomp on ants.

There are lots of seashells here and i like to entertain others by pretending to be a pirate with a seashell in my eye.

I wanted to show you a picture of "my room!"

I like to go to this restaurant so that I can play with the toys and the server knows me by name. I like the french fries.

I love to go searching for seashells at the beach and make Mommy hold them all. Every itty bitty one I find. I do not really like the sand in my shoes, but I am getting used to it.

Love, E

i love the beach

My favorite thing about senegal so far is the beach beacuse we get to go to the beach. And it's real fun.

I like my new bathing suit. And I love my new shoes.

I love my Daddy & my sisters. I like looking for sea shells at the beach.

The wind feels good because it is so hot.

I love my DS. I played with it on the plane.

I love helping my Momma cook. It is fun. I learned how to make tortillas.

Love, H

haveing a sily time

My favorit thing in Senagal so far is going to the Beach.
I like to colect seashels.

unusual things at the Beach a sea snake.

in finding Nemo the blowfish s is name is Bloat. We got to see a real one.

Triing a new drink. It tastes sweet.

By C