Jude and Franny speak, eating termites

rainy day here in Botswana, it's nice.. kind of reminds me of home... we are in the midst of a busy time with Michelle putting her time in at the hospital and the kids in full swing at school.. Thing is, it doesn't feel half as busy as home... all the kids activities are after school and Michelle is usually home by 5, which gives us every evening together.. Jacob had his first swimming gala yesterday at a school called the Baobab school... What a cool school name.. He did well, he finished somewhere between 3rd and 6th, he doesn't remember. I couldn't make it, because no one knew where the place was.... So I stayed home.. Kate is making great strides with piano, her teacher Kabo is excellent and does a good job of keeping Kate focused...

We took all 5 of them out for ice cream at Milky Lane last night, which is located at the Riverwalk Mall(when Jacob says Riverwalk Mall, he likes to say it real dreamy like, like that wine commercial of the radio, Corbin Canyon or that great skit on SNL where the Olsen twins advertise their new perfume..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA16KJyEKZ4&feature=related sorry... got a lot of time on my hands this morning.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLEMpqI0Rcc here's another one of my favorite SNL skits..... "see? see how they walk? "

Anyway, point is we had a nice time getting the twins out of the house.. After our ice cream, we let the twins loose in the mall.... Jude walked around saying hello to everyone that would acknowledge him, while Franny just ran around..

Yesterday as I was walking down the street, there was a young girl in front of me... she walked past one of the hundreds of huge termite mounds(pictured) that are scattered throughout the city, grabbed a termite off the top and popped it in ....her mouth.... apparently they are nutritious and its very common...i'll have to check though.. maybe it's just the termite mound dirt they eat... anyway, it was cool.. she's just walking, never broke stride, reached over the termite mound, grabbed either a critter or dirt and popped it in her mouth.

Here's jude and franny showing off their speaking skills.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyXKJZgsbJY They say "dumela rra" very well, even have the rrrrr thing down. Other than that, your basic stuff. Franny does speak more than Jude, but that's to be expected.. Jude demands more attention, and franny is fed up.. She says the phrase "I want to get down" with perfection, due to the fact that she is left in her chair alot longer than Jude, and at times, will sit for hours... So now she just sits there and says... "I want to get down, I want to get down, I want to get down"

we have 5 bags made for the cornhole set.... 3 away from peace on earth..

all for now.