A day with Nathan 2

We called Nasser to go pay some bills and he was able to play Game Boy while he waited.  
Then for his surprise we went to Garden City, to the bookstore. He read 2 books while we were there and bought 3 other ones to take home. Lunch was at the food court, with a mix of Lebanese foods and indian curry, with a pizza for follow up. He managed to finish 1 of the small books we'd bought.  
Then off to the bowling alley. On the way he showed me his dad's favorite Natural Food Store, which sells Kraft mac and cheese, Campbell chicken soup and Mrs. Butterworth's syrup. All that along with many vitamin supplements, skin care products and such. At the bowling alley, we had to wait a bit for them to open and then clean the place. When we finally got to bowl, Nathan beat me handily the first game, something like 96 to 68. He even got a strike and 2 or 3 spares. (They had to put up the guide rails for us as we both were throwing gutter balls at the beginning.) The second game I beat Nate, but only by 5 pins! He is pretty good.



 
 

A Day with Nathan

 
 
 
 

Nathan was almost ready to go when I showed up 15 minutes early. He finished packing his backpack and we were off, so that he could make – you guessed it – macaroni and cheese from scratch with sausages cooked in it. Nathan brought a bunch of card games that he was sure he could beat me at. And he did. 6 games of 8 that evening and 12 of 19 the next morning. It didn't matter if the game was Uno, Bombo or what. He is gooood. He capped off the night with the Cat in the Hat movie.

The next morning he was up and ready early to fix the coffee cake with bananas. It was very good.
We then played more card games. Nathan really likes to win, and did the dance when he beat me, yet again. He was so sweet, kept making sure if I needed a nap.

A Day with Moses 2

When lunch came he cleaned his plate and got ice cream for dessert.

Another boda driver,Martin, picked us up and took us home, where he had a second movie until it was time to take him home. 
 
 
 

A Day with Moses

 
 
 
 

When Moses spent 24 hours with me, he had definate ideas about what he wanted to eat, where he wanted to go and what he wanted to do. Some of the things he had heard about from his siblings I'm sure, but he could add his own touches just the same. He didn't have sneakers so we had to nix the horseback riding, but he didn't seem too upset.

At 5 pm he was ready to leave home and come help fix macaroni-and-cheese-with-corn-from-scratch, with pan fried sausages as an extra. After dinner, it was time for the first movie – Cat In the Hat. When he finally went to bed he was asleep pretty quickly, having played with his siblings all day.

At 7 he was up and ready to flip the french toast we had for breakfast. He could hardly wait to get going. First we went by boda to Speke Resort, the pool he insisted on going to. He was convinced there would be other children there to swim with, as that is where his school class went swimming this last term. When we arrived, it was overcast, not a soul in sight and he was still eager. He jumped right in!!
After a bit of showing off his different strokes, he was ready to dive for coins. He got to keep the ones he found to spend later. After an hour or so, he was finished and ready to.

We caught a taxi/matatu and came back to Kansanga, debarking at Didi's World, the adventure ride land that was tops on his list. Unfortunately, the place isn't open until the following Friday. We walked along, discussing what we could do next. He opted first to buy some gum with his coins, then suggested going to Wacky Wood House, a restaurant/kids playground. We took a different boda there. Moses rode the zip line, the small “cars” and used all of the play equipment one way or another.