Reward Day

Today Maika and I took four kids out for the day as a reward. First we went to the biggest bookstore in Kathmandu, which is actually quite big, and had a lot of fun looking at everything. They were thrilled. From there we walked to a restaurant for lunch, where they enjoyed "boogers" (no matter how many times I tell them, they just can't say BURGER! and pizza. After that we walked around in the huge mall, and they had tons of fun in the stores as well as in the elevator! After that we took them bowling! None of them had ever been bowling. The two boys, Ashish (14) and Prakash (12) were actually really good and quite competitive. Sangeeta (12- above) couldn't get it and just did it between her legs, but she still got about 50! Manju, our oldest, who is 15, just couldn't even slightly get the hang of it and had a cumulative score of 5. And I know for a fact that 2 of those points were a computer error. She actually only knocked down 3 pins. HA HA HA HA HA! I didn't even know this was possible. She is just so absolutely not competitive that it makes me laugh! Well, we enjoyed our day!

Am I Crazy?

Am I crazy? The kids all have a month or so off of school, and they look forward to this time to be able to do fun stuff. We wanted to take them on a big trip, but since we didn't get funding for it, I came up with a "great" idea. On Monday we'll be leaving to go "trekking." This means we'll take a van to a little village 20 minutes away, and then walk about five hours up to this ridge overlooking Kathmandu Valley on one side and the Himalayas on the other. We'll spend the night in a hotel (yippee! None of them have ever done that before!), play around all day, spend another night in a hotel, and then walk back down the same way we came. I just hope that everybody (including myself!) can make it- I hope we don't all get blisters and wish we could get on the next bus out of there! Because we'll be walking in the middle of nowhere, so that won't be an option. HA! Everybody is very excited.................. I'll definitely post pics when we get back!