Kid's comments on our 2nd full day in Dakar

Sylvia Says:

We have nets on our bed so the mosquitos don't get us.  It's like a circle and it goes up to the top.  You have to not pull so it doesn't come down.  (A man from ISD maintenance came out today and hung up mosquito netting and measured for putting in hand railings on the stairs.)

Fallou's friend, today we just met him and he speaks English.  (Fallou is the day guard.  He works 12 hrs/day and sits out in front of the house, making sure we're safe.  He knows the neighbor kid who lives in NYC but is on vacation on Senegal.)

And we saw the school today.  It's good but I played on Skylar's playground but not Skylar's playground.  (We did a family walk to the school.  We got lost a few times but eventually made it.  We paid $3.00 for a taxi cab ride home in a smoking, clunking cab with no seat belts.  The cab driver, twice, gave money to beggers on the streets - a real cultural education.  In Indonesia, Julienne said, when the taxi cab drivers see a begger, they call out "roll up your windows!"

And, up, there's a noise that is loud that sounds like thunder on the phone.  (She was breathing hard on the phone!)

We have a house keeper that, um, today, we're making dinner then tomorrow, she's going to make dinner.  (Julienne chimmed in)  Um, today they, mommy and Madaline, are doing it together.  (The house keeper made her first dinner today.  Smells good - almost time to start!)

And we have so much Playmobile.  There's 7 kids and I don't know how much people, um, adults there are.  But there's soo - do you know what?  After the people goed, I got the box my cabbage patch doll was in, I only needed to dig a little to get my doll.  Skylar needed to dig a lot to get Steggy.

Right around lunch time or the morning, we can call Grandma Donna or Grampa Edward or Grammy and Grampy.

Bye

Skylar says:

I want to tell you something funny about the Eiffel tower.  You know the lover's bridge?  They do the same thing as the Lover's bridge on the Eiffel tower.  They put locks on it too.

So, I have to say good bye, so bye!