Par-tay

A neighbor is getting married and a PAR-TAY is about to get started! There was a party for women two nights ago in their house. There was a party last night with a small tent and a live singer in the street. There is a party starting soon with the mother-of-all-tents blocking the whole road! We can't pull our car into our courtyard cause there are poles and all sorts of tent parts, plastic chairs, and fancy lights blocking the way!

I just returned from walking through the market about an hour ago. And to reach my gate we had to walk by a large circle of women beginning to celebrate. One or two were playing djembes and some others were singing together. My boy had everyone's attention, and his rosy little cheeks were of course... pinched!

We were invited to come back and join the party (which is still not really started yet at 8pm). The bride and groom have not arrived yet, and neither has the DJ or the video camera men who set up their big screens to feed live video onto. I'd like to join the festivities, but my boy is already down for the night and I couldn't possibly get him up to take him. Everyone would love to see him, but he may go deaf from the loud music and he may spit up his whole dinner on some nice lady because she was throwing him in the air too many times.

Anyone wanna come babysit so I can go snap my fingers and eat some cold meat with the other ladies?

Riding in the Cart

There are only a couple stores in the whole country that are nice enough to have shopping carts. We went to one of them to buy some laundry detergent last week and the first-timer got to sit in the cart! I think he liked it!

Today is Earth Day

We have two patches of dirt in our courtyard that add up to about 20 square feet. Earlier this week I dug up half of it to serve as a compost pit. I never thought of myself as a composting sort of girl.

Never say never, huh?

Have you thought about what you could do to be a better steward of this planet God has entrusted to us?

Big Man, Little Man

The other day when the ironing was done and I was sorting everything out to put away... next to M's big button up shirt was H's teeny tiny button up shirt. I liked seeing them side by side. Don't you?

A Third Way You Can Tell It's Summer...

You can take two to three showers in one day and still feel dirty, sweaty and gross.

My Little... NEPHEW!! He's a Boy!

I was blown away by these ultra-sound pictures! Baby is only 9 ounces in my sister's belly... but look at his hands and feet!! I could have also shown a VERY clear picture that shows that he is most definately a boy... but I thought I should pass. I wouldn't want him to dislike his Aunty because she posted naked pictures of him online!

Two Facts

Two un-related facts...

Random Fact #1: Today's temperature marked the all-time-high this year (so far). 105 degrees in the shade. It was a scorcher.

Random Fact #2: I think my son is breaking his first tooth.

What do these two things have to do with each other? Read on.

Tonight, I put a frozen teething ring in H's crib with him in case he wanted something to chew on besides his hand. He fell asleep with it. But it's not in his mouth... he fell asleep hugging it to his body.

Um... is this a sign that it's too hot in my child's room? He fell asleep hugging a plastic ice cube!!

yikes!!