Day of the African Child

Yesterday we waited to go in to the library. It was the Day of the African Child, and we wanted to be there in the late afternoon for sure--that's when the kids come.

We used up some time doing some projects until the kids started to arrive. We had set up a display of new kids books, and once a few showed up, we also revealed some paper and crayons we had bought the day before, and commenced a coloring and giggling extravaganza. After a break in the chilly outdoors to munch on a biscuit, we read books together, including some silly ones, one about flags, and a picture dictionary in Setswana and English. That one was especially fun, because the kids helped us learn some vocab.

Ashley made a sign that said "ALL STAR LIBRARY KIDS" and they all signed. I'd say it was pretty successful, if small.

We learned how to make pap yesterday, which is a kind of porridge. It's hard, because it gets almost too stiff to stir. It also didn't help that we were cooking by LED lantern during a power outage. But the lights were back up in time to watch the first half of the Bafana Bafana game.

Today we were up early again, and I finished my shelf read project. The pace and amount of work to do is much slower/smaller here, so I'm not sure what to do next.