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Monday, August 30, 2010Anders conquers a climb Anders and I took a climbing outing on Sunday and Anders is truning into quite the climber. Here he is after finishing a 4+ climb up a vertical wall.  Thursday, August 26, 20101st grade questionnaire by Anders Luffman
1. What I liked best about kindergarten was "activities and painting".
2. In first grade I would like to learn "how far are all the planets". 3. My favorite thing to do at school is "recess time". 4. I already know about "3X3=9". 5. I'm really good at "soccer!" 6. My favorite book is "Moby Dick", a comic book edition. 7. If I could do anything I wanted, "I would jump over a car with my bike, or crash through walls". 8. One more thing you should know about me is "I like to eat".  Saturday, August 07, 2010I don't like bargaining Aaron and I had this brilliant idea we would buy a tall wooden giraffe and use it as the kids growth chart. So on a rainy Saturday Aaron and I ventured out to the Artisan Market. The merchants were hungry for business and were very aggressive. We didn't blend in enough to peruse comfortably and wearing a bright pink shirt (brilliant) didn't help matters. We were bargaining hard for our giraffe. I did not like the bargaining process. I have been doing it since I was a high schooler in Rome, but I am still not use to it. We got it down to 60% off his asking price (which is normal), but he just seemed defeated. We argued over $10?! I mean really, that could have fed his whole family for a week and what is 10 bucks to me?! It is solid wood and took someone awhile to hand carve. Here we are taking it home to paint the kids height on. Needless to say, Aaron and I had a hard time recording their height on it. There was big section of hand carvers working so I spent a lot of time mesmerized by their work.  I also took some time off work and went to the Bazin factory. The local woman work over these huge boiling pots and dip beautiful fabric into the boiling dye. I could hardly stand the heat myself, I can't imagine doing that all day. After dyeing and dipping in starch about 8 men used large heavy wooden hammers and hammered away over wood until it laid flat. Thank goodness for my iron!
 I didn't have to bargain this time (YAY)and bought this beautiful royal blue bazin. I am tempted to make a bubu, but I think I am going to make a top with it. That way I can even wear in the States. They do great embroidery, so now I just need to get my creative juices running to come up with something. And that is not me at all.  Aisha, Anders' and Brooks' nanny, told me I can't wash it. I guess I understand that, it has a waxy appearance and any messes could be easily wiped off. But I think I might still wash it, LOL. FYI-These are NOT my pictures of the bazin factory. I forgot my camera. Monday, August 02, 2010Rainbows over Bamako A tiny rain shower tonight produced a great rainbow. It looked like we could walk down the block and touch it. We didn't. But maybe we could have. Sunday, July 11, 2010A Week in Bamako Anders is showing off his new found reading skills and Rhys is enthralled.  Here, Rhys is showing off his new found eating skills. Robyn is clearly enthralled.  Here, a Malian musician showing off his electric flute skills - he was the best electric flautist I've ever seen! The entire audience was enthalled. Here's Aaron (me) showing off his new found big climb leaders skills and no one is enthralled. |
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