So, once again it was an event-filled week. All of the parents were invited to go to Katherine's school to watch what a day is like for them. This was them doing their morning exercises. This was my favorite part (even though Katherine got scared with so many people watching and started to cry) I have seen her do the execises before, but I was hoping to get it on video this time. I actually did get video...just not of her doing anything. It was just a little too overwhelming. My other favorite part was in the classroom. Her teacher talks a million miles a minute in the local language then all of a sudden would say in English "Who can try!" and all the little kids would raise their hands and yell, "I can try!" It was very cute!
Here's my older two all dressed up for school. They had a fun day with costumes and games. I am glad we brought dress up clothes with us and that they still fit into them.
Here is Lauren sporting her new top. Ayi thought it was much too cold to take her outside without long-sleeves and a jacket, so I had to go buy her some clothes. I tried to get away with the little sweater vest, but Ayi insisted on a jacket as well. She doesn't seem to mind as long as she gets to go out.
The highlight of the week was a trip to the zoo. It was a lot of fun and the kids had a blast. This particular zoo is home to over half of the white tiger population in the world. One of the tigers was named Kelly and was from the United States. I felt a special bond to the big guy and had to feed him some food. :) Don't worry. He was really far away with a huge ravine in between and we were high above behind a wall, so you had to have a decent arm to get the food to him (it was meat that you could get from the workers) He was very grateful for the morning snack!...more zoo pictures later.
I had to put this in for my fellow Nuclear Medicine friends :) Last week, Lauren was pretty sick. I figured it was a virus and it just had to run it's coarse, but after a week of high fever and not eating (she was drinking tons though) I decided to take her to the hospital. It wasn't the best experience and we actually left the hospital, but I did get this picture...now if I could just see what the equipment looks like here :) Oh, I ended up taking Lauren to an international doctor's office where they speak English. Turns our that I was right, it was a virus, but she did have some allergies, so they gave her some meds for that and she is back to her normal happy self!
I thought this little pineapple was cute. Don't really have anything to say about it :)
I went with Mary to a street market one morning this week. While we were there, I saw this lady shooping for clothes with the chicken hanging from her bicycle. That in itself was not too unusual, but I was completely surprised when it fell off her bike and tried to get away. It was not very successful since it's feet were tied together. I see people riding home with their chickens on their bike from time to time, but I always thought they were already dead. Turns out that they are just paralyzed. Apparently, that's what happens when you hang a chicken upside down. I'm sure I should have known that, but I learn something new every day.
We went to this market on a weekday because it was not crowded. I have not been on a weekend to see what "crowded" looks like, but I will probably go back some time with my neighbor and find out.
Here's something else I was surprised to find for sale. Snakes! All kinds and all alive! I asked my teacher if they really eat them and she said yes. She said they are very expensive. I have also been told that it warms your body when it's cold out. I think I'll stick with vegetable soup :) 
We got these little house shoes at the market for Lauren. She seemed to like them. It's nearly impossible to buy clothes there and know if it's going to fit. You just have to guess by looking at the items and hope that you are right because the sizes inside mean nothing. We have bought anywhere from a size 3-6months to 5-6years for Lauren. They are very inconsistant.
I was kindof wishing we had a birthday this week when I saw this lady ride buy with all her balloons for sale. Maybe we will see her again in December for Regan's bday :)
Here's my pretty plant that I got. Mary carried it home. It was really funny because she set a taxi's car alarm off as we walked by. I have enjoyed it on my balcony. 
More zoo pictures.
This was Regan's favorite part of the zoo. In case you don't know...a giraffe is her favorite animal. Each of the kids (except Lauren who fell asleep by this point) got to feed the giraffes a branch. I got tons of pictures, but only put some highlights on here.
Each of the kids got one souvenir, but Benjamin used the rest of his own money to buy a second one. He was really cute wearing the hat.
There wee many baby tigers in "cub nusery" They had little bitty ones in incubators, this size, toddler ones, and little kids ones. I was quite impressed.
This was Katherine's favorite animal at the zoo. She actually wanted to know if she could have 2 favorites. I said sure. She said that she liked the white tiger and the orange tiger.
Katherine and Lauren got to ride the carousel.
The kids all got dressed up again to go to a friend's house to play. They don't do Halloween here, so this was their alternative. They played and ate spider gummies and ate orange cupcakes.
Now it was time for Mamaw and Papaw to leave. Lauren was leading the way. She had a bag and was ready to get on the elevator all by herself. (I'm working on Katherine's sense of style. She likes to dress herself, but doesn't always pick what I would). :)
Regan was not going to take her dress up clothes off for anything....makes for a cute picture though (and some stares from others)
Here's our last picture right before Mamaw and Papaw left to go home. It makes me laugh because no one could keep their eyes open because it was so bright outside.
