by AmeenaBlogArchive | Dec 26, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Kids
Ever since being about 9 weeks pregnant, and having a second ultrasound that showed that there was actually a baby in there, and that we were not in the middle of our 3rd miscarriage in a row, I have waited for this day. I briefly considered being amazing like some of...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Dec 21, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Kids, Thoughts
I’m starting to think that Kenyan’s have a very different idea on how to help children develop positive self image, well actually, a different idea on interacting with children in general. My first clue to this was the large Kenyan man working in the toy...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Dec 14, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Kids
That was the title of Eli’s school Christmas concert. I was pleasantly surprised by the content of the concert which very much had a “Christ”mas theme! I was surprised because a great deal of the families that attend Eli’s school are either...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Dec 9, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Kids
Our good friends the Prins’s gifted Lucy with a Corelle (I think I’m spelling that right, but Nat, you can correct me since I don’t want to go into Lucy’s room while she’s asleep clutching it, to sneak a peak at the baby’s belly)...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Oct 24, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kids
That’s the phrase a Kenyan will say to us if they haven’t seen us in a while. It’s kind of cute. I usually hear it from Godfrey, the guard at the gate to the Del Monte plantation that surrounds Eli’s school if I’ve been using a...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Oct 1, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kids
Joseph and Bernard (the cook’s sons) spend a lot of time at our house. They enjoy exploring Eli and Lucy’s toys and movie media. The other day though, they each arrived with something that peeked the interest of both Eli and Lucy. Home made cars: ...
