Friday, October 7, 2011

One More Time At School

Washington DC

Hello,

Yesterday, Leroy, Sarah, Natalie, and I all went to school for a lunch celebration of Hispanic culture month. It was great to see Lexi get so excited about showing her classmates her little sister. All of the kids seemed quite interested in this new baby. Sarah commented that now all of the students in the class have at least four in their family.

Each parent who came brought a dish to pass. There were many dishes that I was ignorant about. It was fun to sample things from several South American countries. Many of the parents were from the country that their food represented. Most of the students tasted a little bit of almost everything; however I heard many comments about not liking this or that.

In the week and two days that we have been here I have gone to school for some function four days. School is now on fall brake so that will be the last time I will go for now. Leroy and I have enjoyed walking Lexi to and from school; consequently I am a bit sorry that there is no school. It is good that we are here to help Sarah during the day with both children in the house.

This morning we took a walk before breakfast accompanied by Lexi. On a calm side street an older gentleman on a bicycle came right up to us called out, “Good morning.” Then he proceeded to tell us that his grandchildren lived in another country so he did not see them very often. He then sang a song that must have lasted three minutes.  This song was about children growing up.

Natalie seems quite contented now that she has on demand feeding. We all got quite excited when she pooped as that was another issue that the Dr. was concerned about. Can’t say if she has gained any weight, but she is eating and resting so one assumes that combination works for growth.

Paula


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