Sumer is iguwen ut

Lhude sing cuccu!

Ok so probably not many of you got my parody on obscure poetry...alright, so maybe no one did.  But it's hard to believe the summer is "iguwen ut" (ahem...translation: a-going out) already!  Here are a few snapshots from the last couple months.

I had fun teaching the girls to crochet.  They each want to make a bag.  A few of them caught on amazingly quickly.

Concentrating...

Aren't they cute?

Manis started a small music group with the same girls.  We had several practices, and they have sung a few songs for the church, as well as for another church in a near-by area.  Here we are trying to coordinate some movements to one of the songs.

 Obviously, we weren't all on the same page here, as is evidenced by Modelene's pose of confusion behind my right shoulder.

 This is slightly better...

 I had fun playing the bongo drum and pretending like I knew what I was doing.  I'll have to listen to a bit more konpa to get it right, though.

There is a new, frequent visitor to my office.  He was given to us to help with the mice.  

 

We found him one day in this strange napping pose.  

When we removed the pillow he just sank down, collapsing in half.  I truly thought he was dead (he looks it, doesn't he?!).  It was only when someone picked him up that he shook himself back into life. 

Speaking of visitors to my office, I sure did miss one little lady who was gone for two months!  It didn't take long for things to go back to normal....

...yes, this is normal.

C'mon, don't you play your ukelele in your underwear and high heels?

Today, I caught the girls goofing off on a rare coffee break.  

 

Olenda--on the left in the blue shirt and baseball cap--has more than once questioned me with wonder in her eyes as to how I drink coffee every single day...here is a short excerpt:

Olenda:  "Will you get sick if you don't drink it?"

Me:  "Well, some people get a head-ache."

Olenda:  (very seriously) "Ooohhh....so, it's kind of like people who smoke cigarettes, huh?"