28th September 2011. Time is truly flying – I cannot believe we are only a few days away from October! So much has happened in this year, but even so, it is going so very fast. Even more amazing is just how well and how quickly we’ve settled into a good routine here in Nairobi, making good friends and enjoying our environment.
We’ve had a great run of good weather, which I am loving. The sun has been out, letting us play outside and swim and enjoy the heat. Evan it seems has lost all of the swimming skills he learned during his 8 months at swimming lessons in Jo’burg and is actually a little scared of the pool, preferring to splash in his shell on hot days. The swimming class I was hoping to take him to here has been cancelled, so I’m going to have to slowly try and reintroduce him to the pool and get his confidence back up so that he enjoys the water more. Having said that, the pool in our compound is so indescribably cold that I cannot really blame him for not wanting in!
Evan is settling nicely in school and starting to participate a bit more in the activities they do. This morning we had a coffee meeting for all the parents in his class where the head-mistress and his teacher told us what they’ll be doing this year, what they should achieve etc. It was great to meet the other parents and get all the info. Having said that, I was the one who cornered the headmistress last week and told her she really should have an orientation morning for us newbie parents … so she’s probably going to start ducking each time she sees me now and label me as ‘one of those busybody mums’ from now on. Mark and I found it very informative though & were very happy to meet the other parents, so it was worth being pushy!
We’ve also been doing some local sight-seeing with Mark’s mum here. Last week we took her to visit the giraffes and feed them and this week we went to the Crocodile village. I’d not been here before and we loved it. Fuzzy wouldn’t touch one – but Evan and I got up close and personal with some baby crocs and some tortoises too. They also had a bit of a funfair area, so Evan got to ride around on some cars and play on the trampoline while we were there too. A great day out.
We’ve also been quite busy socially, enjoying time with new friends and meeting more people. This town is so expat-friendly, there are so many opportunities to be social and find your feet – we are truly lucky to have been sent here. We’re off to Nakuru on Friday for a long weekend away to see more game and more of Kenya with Mark’s mum, so looking forward to that & will post pics and details early next week.
In the meantime, lots of love & congratulations go out to Claire and Andrew from us on the birth of their girl twins Morgan and Andrew – we cannot wait to meet them. Also, very happy birthday wishes to both my parents and my ‘adopted’ mum, Rosemary (who is unfortunately in hospital at the moment) for a great year ahead.
Chat to you all next week. Love and laughter xxx.
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