Abraham took his first steps at 9 1/2 months. This video was shot on July 30 when he was 10 months old.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
An Early Walker
Abraham took his first steps at 9 1/2 months. This video was shot on July 30 when he was 10 months old.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Water
We are fortunate to have continuously running water in our house, because the water provided by the city is only on during certain times of the day. Below our house is a huge tank that collects city water whenever it is flowing. It is pumped two or three times a day to a tank that is on top of our roof. Whenever we turn on our taps, water flows into our house from the tank above.
We don't drink water from our taps, though. We drink water from a tube well that we filter.
Just down the road is the tube well. Each day our helper takes a water jug (pictured below) down to the pump and fills it up. Ellie likes to walk along with Beli to get the water. Then, throughout the day, we fill up our filter with that water. From the filter, we put the clean drinking water into bottles, the bottles into the fridge, and then we eventually have cold drinking water.
Recently we had to change the candle in our filter. Here is the old candle.... it had already been scraped once to get the gunk off.
And here is our new clean filter already at work cleaning our drinking water.
I'd say it's a good thing we have a filter, wouldn't you? :)
We don't drink water from our taps, though. We drink water from a tube well that we filter.
Just down the road is the tube well. Each day our helper takes a water jug (pictured below) down to the pump and fills it up. Ellie likes to walk along with Beli to get the water. Then, throughout the day, we fill up our filter with that water. From the filter, we put the clean drinking water into bottles, the bottles into the fridge, and then we eventually have cold drinking water.
Recently we had to change the candle in our filter. Here is the old candle.... it had already been scraped once to get the gunk off.
And here is our new clean filter already at work cleaning our drinking water.
I'd say it's a good thing we have a filter, wouldn't you? :)
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Ellie's Class Celebration
I helped teach a class at Varendra (Franklin's music center). It was for mothers and their young children to learn English through song. Ellie participated, partly to help because she knows English and partly to have fun. It's good for kids to get together and sing! These are pictures from the celebration on the last day.
Families were invited to come and watch the moms and kids sing the songs they'd learned. So, Franklin and Abraham got dressed up and came along to watch. And since we were all dressed up, we got a family photo.
Here's the group singing songs in a circle.
And this is us singing London Bridge. Two mommies made a bridge and the kids walk around in a circle going under the bridge as we all sing. When it gets to the last line "my fair lady" the mommies drop their arms and we catch whoever is going under the bridge. The kids would laugh and laugh and laugh. Below is a blurry picture, but it shows Ellie being caught and how much the kids loved it.
And finally here is Abraham with Nana (Grandpa) John, one of his favorite people on Earth. Ever since he was little, Abraham has gladly gone to John without crying and if he is upset, John can calm him down.
It was a fun celebration.
Families were invited to come and watch the moms and kids sing the songs they'd learned. So, Franklin and Abraham got dressed up and came along to watch. And since we were all dressed up, we got a family photo.
Here's the group singing songs in a circle.
And this is us singing London Bridge. Two mommies made a bridge and the kids walk around in a circle going under the bridge as we all sing. When it gets to the last line "my fair lady" the mommies drop their arms and we catch whoever is going under the bridge. The kids would laugh and laugh and laugh. Below is a blurry picture, but it shows Ellie being caught and how much the kids loved it.
And finally here is Abraham with Nana (Grandpa) John, one of his favorite people on Earth. Ever since he was little, Abraham has gladly gone to John without crying and if he is upset, John can calm him down.
It was a fun celebration.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
A walk and a bike ride
It may be commonplace in some countries for families to get to go out on walks together, but here it is not common. The other day, though, we decided to go for it, and it was wonderful! It felt so good to get out of the house and move, and be together, and watch Ellie ride her bike in a straight line for a long distance! A girl can only ride circles on the roof for so long.
We walked on some back roads to a University campus that is about half a mile from our place.
Big dorms...
Beautiful flowers...
A handsome boy...
Ellie rode so far that her tail end got sore. She decided to push the stroller rather than ride her bike. This did not last long.
And, my favorite staircase in the whole world. These are the stairs you use to get over the boundary wall of the university. You go up one side, step over the wall, and go down a similar staircase on the other side. Love it!
We walked on some back roads to a University campus that is about half a mile from our place.
Big dorms...
Beautiful flowers...
A handsome boy...
Ellie rode so far that her tail end got sore. She decided to push the stroller rather than ride her bike. This did not last long.
And, my favorite staircase in the whole world. These are the stairs you use to get over the boundary wall of the university. You go up one side, step over the wall, and go down a similar staircase on the other side. Love it!
Friday, July 27, 2012
Napping together
While Franklin was doing some electrical work in our house, we only had one fan working, so both kids needed to rest in Ellie's room. Abe was out, but Ellie was just reading. I went to check on them, and I found them both sound asleep.
I love my little kiddos.
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