On Friday we went out to visit the family we stayed with in 2008. It's hard to believe that was already two years ago! As we were walking through the other houses toward our old home, we saw Roni who used to be a small twelve year old. He is now a huge fourteen year old! Unbelievable how they change!
Of course, because hospitality is SO important, Bhabi made us a wonderful meal. This is her kitchen. You'd be amazed at what can be produced in such a simple kitchen.
Ellie had a blast! It took her a while to warm up, but once she got comfortable, we had to work hard to keep track of her. Here she is with some fruit. Our family has papaya and mango trees. You can see the papayas are nice and ripe. Ellie is pretending to put a mango in her mouth... The mango is about the size of a pea right now because it isn't ripe, but their tree will probably produce mangos just a bit smaller than the papaya she's touching. So delicious!!!
I know that holding this little chick was the highlight of Ellie's day because right before she fell asleep that night, she pointed to her hand and said baby cluck cluck... which of course means baby chicken. Then yesterday at supper, she was pointing to her hand again and saying baby cluck cluck but she added the word "gentle"... it took me a minute to understand what she was saying, but she started stroking her hair, which is how I taught her the word "gentle".
In spite of efforts to help Ellie be gentle, the chick needed a little TLC when it was done with Ellie. I was amazed at how much the chick perked up after a sip or two of water...
And what kind of trip to a village would be complete without climbing a tree... even if you aren't quite 1 1/2 years old yet, right? Like father, like daughter.
And of course there's always time to give your daddy a little love.
Something else we realized while we were out in the village was how much Bangla Ellie is learning. We speak mainly English with her at home, and she seems to understand most stuff and she is always saying new things. After a tiny bit of time in the village, we overheard her responding to everyone speaking Bangla to her in Bangla! She even answered the question, "Tumi kemon acho?" (How are you?) with "Bhalo." (Good.) I was shocked!!!! Kids are so amazing.
Of course, because hospitality is SO important, Bhabi made us a wonderful meal. This is her kitchen. You'd be amazed at what can be produced in such a simple kitchen.
Ellie had a blast! It took her a while to warm up, but once she got comfortable, we had to work hard to keep track of her. Here she is with some fruit. Our family has papaya and mango trees. You can see the papayas are nice and ripe. Ellie is pretending to put a mango in her mouth... The mango is about the size of a pea right now because it isn't ripe, but their tree will probably produce mangos just a bit smaller than the papaya she's touching. So delicious!!!
I know that holding this little chick was the highlight of Ellie's day because right before she fell asleep that night, she pointed to her hand and said baby cluck cluck... which of course means baby chicken. Then yesterday at supper, she was pointing to her hand again and saying baby cluck cluck but she added the word "gentle"... it took me a minute to understand what she was saying, but she started stroking her hair, which is how I taught her the word "gentle".
In spite of efforts to help Ellie be gentle, the chick needed a little TLC when it was done with Ellie. I was amazed at how much the chick perked up after a sip or two of water...
And what kind of trip to a village would be complete without climbing a tree... even if you aren't quite 1 1/2 years old yet, right? Like father, like daughter.
And of course there's always time to give your daddy a little love.
Something else we realized while we were out in the village was how much Bangla Ellie is learning. We speak mainly English with her at home, and she seems to understand most stuff and she is always saying new things. After a tiny bit of time in the village, we overheard her responding to everyone speaking Bangla to her in Bangla! She even answered the question, "Tumi kemon acho?" (How are you?) with "Bhalo." (Good.) I was shocked!!!! Kids are so amazing.
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