Fun with our visitor, Carol

We've had a friend visiting this week from the U.S.  It's been a very full and busy week.  I didn't take too many pictures because I thought we would be able to download the 300+ that she had taken so far, from her camera.  Alas, the SD card is a different size than what my computer can take and I don't have the right size USB cable...so you'll have to do with me telling you about some of the special events we've been involved in while she's been with us.

First off, there has been quite a bit of drama with our dog...and it's ongoing to tell you the truth.  He originally had a growth on his leg, the vet cut it out and put stitches in, then the dog pulled them out.  The vet came back and cut out more dead skin and burned the spot so it would scab/heal.  The dog kept picking at it and the spot was very raw, so we called the vet again.  He came back and this is what he made for him on the day that Carol arrived.  Since then, the vet has been back another two times (and we're calling him to come again tomorrow.)  The dog was able to get the collar (cone of shame from "Up"), so he made it smaller, then he used the edge of the collar to scrape it raw again.  So, the vet sedated him again, cleaned it all up and wrapped it.  He got the wrapping off on Saturday....ugh!

The kids have discovered climbing trees in the past few weeks.  They love to have their pictures taken in the tree and I have a chair that sits under the tree so I can read out loud to them.

My beautiful girl!

Look at those blue eyes!

Some Bionicles that Gwangi got from his friend Sam.

We did some school this week while Carol was here.  We got some reading and lapbooking done with our "Treasure Island" book.  We also covered Monet as our artist for the week and learned a bit about Russia as our country of the week.

"Treasure Island" lapbook items...writing about the Main Characters and Pirate Clothing

A view of the lapbook

Working on our paintings of the Japanese Footbridge

Sissi's version of the Japanese Footbridge

Krypto's completed picture, laying against the original from the book we were reading.

Out to dinner with some friends, that are leaving the country this summer, at BBQ Village

Just a few of us talking at the restaurant.

Group Shot

Working on the Artist lapbook

A Lego dinosaur battle

On Tuesday, Carol had a great time helping out in the library at HOPAC.  That afternoon we got to introduce her to the Sala Sala group of kids.  What a blast.  Later in the week, we took a trip to a pre-school and did a lesson with the children.  Carol got some great pictures of the children learning about "Five Little Monkey's Jumping on the Bed", we did hand puppets, taught them the song in English and worked on our numbers.  We're hoping to go back again this week, they were a great group of children to work with and the Pastor was a wonderful man that has a far reaching vision.  Hopefully more on that later!

For the weekend, we decided that just Carol and I would go to Zanzibar, so we took a flight to maximize our time on the island.

At the airport.

Taking the first flight of the day.

The famous cork screw tree

If you want to see more, you can look at my post from last October about our trip to Zanzibar :)

http://whateveristrueandnoble.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk-through-zanzibar.html

Our guide making gifts for us!

Trying to eat the "Stink Fruit"

Opening it up for us to eat

The girls at the end of our tour

A view of the market

Picture of the squids for sale...Krypto loves squids, so this was for him

A view from the plane as we were coming into Dar to land on the way home

Another busy week is coming up, we've got another trip to the pre-school to work with the children, Carol is going to the Nuru Center - a place where they minister and teach ESL classes and craft making to some disabled people here in Dar, a trip to an orphanage, working with our Sala Sala group...and whatever else we can fit in to our days.  Hope this finds you all well, thanks for letting me share our week and activities with you!