Since we live so far from family and friends back home, I wanted to start a monthly blog about Emma and how she has grown each month. I'm sure the grandparents will love this the most but it will also be fun for us to have to look back on some day. Emma is growing like crazy and saying new things everyday. It is starting to be a mixture of English and Swahili words now. Her favorite Swahili word is 'tuanane' which means 'see you.' She says it all the time!
She loves to play in the dirt. It doesn't matter where we are either. She runs to the backyard to play in it, if we have car trouble and stop for a few minutes she gets out and looks for the dirt, if we are at a children's home and we tell her to go play with all the kids she then looks for dirt and plays with the kids in it. It's pretty funny.
In the morning, Emma likes to come into our room and wake us by saying "mom, hey mom, hey hey! Dad, hey dad, hey hey!" It was fun the first time....
Emma loves books! Before nap time and bedtime we always read books and then she holds them while she falls asleep. I really hope this love for books sticks around a while.
Ever time we pray before eating or sleeping, Emma wants us all to hold hands, bow our heads, and she starts with 'Jesus' then wants one of us to continue.
If we ask Emma to pray she sings 'Jesus Loves Me this I know, amen!'
Emma loves to dance and will randomly burst out in song (that's my favorite).
Her favorite song is 'Jesus Loves Me' and 'Do You Wanna Build A Snowman'. She even goes to our backdoor to sing that last one :)
Mark was holding Emma on one of our walks and he asked if she wanted to walk and she responded "No thank you. Hold you (me)."
Emma played in her little pool for the first time this year.
She loves to eat peanut butter from the jar with a 'poon'.
Emma loves to brush her teeth and ask to do it about 5 times a day.
She asks us constantly "what doing?" And "who dat?"
Emma ran 77 laps through the house one night while I was cooking dinner. Mark faithfully followed her and made sure she drank some water :)
She has started to get a little car sick on our roads trips. We think it's either her molars coming in or just getting sick from the winding roads here. Either way, we now bring a change of clothes, lots of bags, wipes, and essential oils on our trips.
Emma is now sleeping in her own room, in a big girl bed, without her paci!!
Fun Things We Did This Month:
This month we had the chance to visit The Maisha Project in Kisumu. Emma loved running with the kids and playing in the dirt. On this trip we also got a fun care packages suitcase full of goodies from family and friends back home. Inside was a new baby doll for Emma. She instantly fell in love and plays with it all the time. We even have to keep diapers on the baby.
On Easter Monday we had 15 kids from The Father's Delight over for some pizza and to watch a movie. Emma loved showing off her toys and how she isn't afraid to play with our 3 dogs. She also showed them how to carry dirt in the frisbee.
We visited Lake Olbolosat for the first time.
Tot School (March/April 2016):
Emma is doing amazing in her Tot School! This is the first month since we moved here that we have been more on a schedule and get her school in most days. She learned the verse (Matt 28:6) pretty quickly. I added motions which I think really helped. After about 3 weeks she was able to say 'green' (our color for the month) without me saying it first. She does great at matching colors and shapes but still needs a little help with matching numbers. Craft time is her favorite and she ask to do that part first.
In April we have been learning that we are a new creation in Christ. The first few weeks we slacked a little in Tot School due to more meetings, a women's conference, and a little sickness but we have had more free time on our weekends to catch up. Emma loved learning about the letter 'dubblewoo' (W) and making a 'bobberelen' (watermelon). She is having a harder time sorting her shapes this month with learning the difference between triangles and diamonds but each day she is doing better.
We spent the week before Easter just learning about the resurrection. Emma really loved the Resurrection Scavenger Hunt and the Resurrection Rolls!
Fun pictures from this month:
I love this!! I can't wait to see her (and you, I guess, but not as much) next month!!
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