What's That Sound???

 One morning Kendall was heading outside to run when all of the sudden he looked and a swarm of bees were flying around our lime trees. After about 15 minutes of the mayhem they settled into one of the trees. This is not the first time that this has happened in our yard, but the first time that I have had the guts to get this close to get a good picture! I failed to take a picture of Kendall covered up and killing them with fire. Oh that was fun!

Dad Wins!

Daddy Tractor Pull

Kendall decided that a good way to workout and hang out with the kids was to push and pull them around our yard!

Galinda

Last night, we had an unusual and awesome surprise in Nyimba...RAIN! It is quite unusual to have rain this time of year but it was awesome! After the rains stopped, the bugs came out! This morning when we woke up and looked out onto our back porch, we saw the most beautiful moth we had ever seen. "She" was green, purple, and pink! She was still alive, so Lily decided that she needed to adopt her for the day! She carried "Galinda" around all day long. When it was time for school she put her inside a little lamp that we have that is in the shape of a house so that Galinda could take a nap! After school, she took her back outside to "play". As I was working on our newsletter, Lily came and and put Galinda on my arm and I about wigged out! It was hilarious! Oh the joys of having an abundance of random wildlife in our yard and the memories that come with it!

Dress Up...

After watching "Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses" they decided to be a prince and princesses and dance around the house!

 

I love the dirt on Lauren's face it just really adds something to the picture?! No picture is complete in our family without a smudge of something on their faces!

Bus Station Picnic

 

Kendall traveled to Mozambique today and I knew that we needed to get out of the house for a little fun! Our town, Nyimba, has a nice new bus station! The kids are always wanting to get out and walk so we took a little "field trip". We got ready and walked to the bus station that is about a kilometer from our house. When we got to the bus station we bought sausage, chicken, french fries, and our favorite "softies" (Apple Max and Hubbly Bubbly a.k.a. "Bubble Gum Flavored") We found a nice bench under a shade tree and had a picnic at the bus station! I am sure people thought that we were nuts because we went to have picnic there instead of waiting for the bus! Who cares, we had a great time and on the way home we got chocolate lollipops!

"PICNIC!!!!", Easton yelled!!

 "A Max and Cheetun!", Lauren said!

"Cheese!", Lily said!

What a fun lunch!

 

On the way home, I looked over and Lauren had her chocolate lolly in her mouth, with Easton's hat on just as happy as a lark! She loved it!

Oh Gee....

As I am preparing a scrumptious Mexican dinner from scratch with my good friend Kim, I am interupted by the sound of my son saying, "Mama wook what YewWee did to me!" Just then I turned to see a little boy that looked like he had been painted up to join the circus or join the mime troup! As I peer down the hallway I see two more faces and Lily saying, "Mama! We did it to each other!" Was I mad, yes, probably because I had just told them not to go in my room because I had suntan lotion out and old diaper rash cream! I was mad because they disobeyed. I went to the office to inform my sweet husband of the goings on in the den. When Easton came into the office for Kendall to see him, all Kendall could do was cover his face and laugh. His response was, "I am trying not to laugh, but you HAVE to take a picture of that!" Then we both busted out laughing. Some things will be, I guess and we can't win 'em all!

Yeah, that is Desitin (diaper rash cream) all over my little "mimes"!