Preschooool and other things (by: Alyssa)

Hey! :)

I know it's time for me to write another post, but I really don't know what to write about.... There is just so much I could say!
Yesterday, preschool was pretty crazy! Before this week, we always had a break between the first hour of preschool and the second, but now we don't have that break anymore because they want us to try something new during the kids' snack. Apparently some of the parents who have adopted kids from here have noticed that they have no concept of how to carry their plate to the table because they are always just handed their plate at Amani. So, we had them line up, pick up their plate (with 2 cookies on it), walk it to the table and sit down. They actually did pretty well overall! :) Although, one kid was holding his plate at a really strange angle and his cookies help falling onto the floor and breaking.

One thing I've noticed that has been interesting is that there is definitely a difference in some areas of what these kids know and have been exposed to, and what kids in families (back home) know and have been exposed to. Like, for example, yesterday, one of the volunteers was painting the girls' fingernails and one of the boys just didn't understand why he couldn't get his painted too! Em was trying to explain that there are some things that girls do that boys don't, and there are some things that boys do that girls don't. We were talking later about how even something like make-up is probably something that the boys here have never really seen because few of the volunteers wear it, and the mamas don't wear it either, at least not much.

The rainstorm last night was SOOOO beautiful. Em and I just ran outside and got drenched, and it was sweet :)
We have been eating lots and lots of chapati here! It's pretty much like a fried pita and is really delicious! It's also SO cheap - like the equivalent of 10cents per pita! We are going to try to find a recipe and make it when we get back to Canada, but i highly doubt it'll be as good!

Gotta go to start up preschool for the day!
Much love,
Alyssa