Sunday lunch

Snails are raised by locals as a French delicacy and enjoyed by the Christians. Someone brought several pots for our church lunch for everyone. Bill and I both tried one, and only one. But when the table full of kids next to us was slamming them down we decided to offer them to our second culture kids. Zaky liked them, Jonas was less impressed. Aggh!

Not to be out done

Well he wouldn't be out done by his brother, how proud his Pop Pop must be.

Her first

Her first taste of fine dining, McDonalds ice cream. She must be ready for Grandad's visit. Zaky and Jonas are also preparing, since our return they are both able to finish their own cone.

Still an odor

There was STILL an odor! So we broke out the laundry soap, and with my little helpers in hand, we tackled it again.

The last of it

The boys carpet saw the worst of the rats, it stunk!!! We washed it twice with the rug cleaner, it still stunk, we hung it out in the sun for 2 days, and it still stunk. So our last attempt was to clean it Arab style with a hose and on hands and knees. It seems to have worked, will pull it back inside tomorrow.

Hangin

Just hanging in the yard, today was teachers day so no school. 2 boys were very un upset about their day off. We were also motivated to be outside because our house was a good 15 degrees colder.

Pioneer woman

Who's the pioneer baker now. The rats had built a home under my oven causing it to not stay lit. Thankfully the washing machine repair man was able to look at it and said it was the "sensor" in Arabic "sin-sir" love words with such simple translations. So my cake turned out well enough to take it to the church lunch the next day, pretty darn impressed with my self, even if it was a box cake mix!