DVD

Today Zaki was with Me ( this time Bill) at the plumbing store getting a part for the toilet. As I was talking to the shop owner Zaki whispered in my ear , " I should go to the car and get him a DVD about Jesus." As most people here, the man was pleased to take it from us. We then went to buy some Pepsi for lunch and Zaki brought another DVD in with him and gave it to the lady at the cash register. I asked Zaki why we give these to people and he said "because people do bad things." It is those bad things we agreed are the reason that people need to hear about Jesus and his ability to save them from their sin. Needless to say I enjoyed my Saturday morning errand run.

Straightening out the grape vines

We have some grape vines behind the house which have not been tended to in many years. We had to rebuild the trellis for the vines and get the vines out of the tree they had been growing in.

Update

I need to do a better job at jotting down the things the boys are saying, sad or crazy.

Jonas is showing himself to be a bit of an introvert. Combine that with knowing no Arabic, school has been hard for our little man. He doesn't cry anymore, and if we ask he says he "wasn't a lump". He holds onto his backpack as security. The nun has told me she takes everything out of his pack before they take their walks to lighten it. But he still doesn't play with the other kids. I asked him the other day if he played with a boy or girl, "I pushed the girl, I was mean to her"
Jonas "I don't have friends at school, Zaky's my friend". Awwww

Zaky has made a couple of friends, the one he talks about the most is Ali -who's bigger then him, never just Ali. I asked the teacher which one was Ali, she said there wasn't an Ali, Basam is his buddy. He apparently just calls them all Ali until he knows their name, to funny!!!

Anna Lena has met one of my favorite milestones - sleeping through the night !!!

Zaky's teacher told me he started crying at school today and it was not clear why. I slowly got out of him he does not like the class upstairs. After talking to the teacher found out this is Arabic class. I was telling my in-laws this on skype in front of Zaky and his British buddies, they both chimed in how they don't like Arabic either. I was thankful to hear Zaky is normal.

Words and phrases popping out of their mouths: some I'm not sure where they come from
Ridiculous
not fair at all
lets have a chat (Peppa the pig)

The picture Zaky took of Jo in the car

Pie

Berry and strawberry pie, coming up! Our little chefs took notice " the berries stayed the same, but the strawberries got all smushed". I put our helpers in charge of cutting the stems off the strawberries and snipping the stems off the berries. My disclaimer for chewy stems and bad strawberries were served with each slice. Turned out "delicious" as Jonas likes to say

Anna-Lena's wheels

Anna-Lena enjoys her wheels almost as much as she likes the attention of her brothers.

New tree

We discovered raspberry type berries on two of our trees. They are a little sour. But I am looking forward to a berry and strawberry pie tomorrow.

Happy place

Feraah Melaahee Translated is happy place. The boy's buddies, neighbors from our old apartment, invited us out to the play place outside of town. Being spring break I'm glad we did something, although not having school is plenty fun for the boys. These places are our amusement parks from the mid 80's, old but maintained. Maintained meaning a variety of things. Only 3 bumper cars worked, but 3 bumper cars did work. Zaky's favorite was the train, Jonas' was the slide. I really enjoy this family and am very thankful for friends for me and the boys. If you are able zoom in on Jo's face driving his big rig VERY intently .