Out of the mouths of children

The kids had fun making little "snow people" treats

Here are some of our kids' recent cute comments. On our recent Samburu trip, we were about 4 hours into our drive on a very bumpy unpaved road, which was also very hot and dusty. Torsten looked at us with a big smile on his face and said “This trip is great! This is even better than Legoland!”. Thor and I had to laugh at that one. I think the kids are less bothered by the bad roads here than Thor and I, because they are so used to them.

When Torsten is asked what his name is by Kenyans, they always have a hard time understanding him, and he has to say it several times. Even when Thor or I repeat his name, they still often don't get it, as Torsten is an unusual name here. So, on our trip, Torsten started saying his name was "Waga" when asked what his name was. He came up with that himself, but as it is a common Swahili name, he was understood perfectly! So, we now call him our little Waga.

Torrie has been doing great with potty training. However, I put pull-ups on her during our drives to and from Samburu, as I wasn’t sure how readily restrooms would be available along the way. On the way back home she used the restroom once in the morning, but fell asleep and never went after that. When I was putting on her pajamas that night, I found that her pull-up was totally dry, even though she hadn’t used the bathroom all day. I was amazed and asked her how she had managed to stay dry for such a long time. She smiled at me and said “I’m a special kid, Mom”.

Kammie is at the stage where she is learning new words almost every day. Some of her recent new words are cup, up, diaper, cat, dog, and duck.