Friday, May 27, 2011

This morning, Joe went over to the Siekberts' house with Prince and Martin.  Prince is working on getting the Siekberts' house ready for their mid-June arrival.  

We had school this morning.  We just did one lesson today so that we could get finished a little earlier than usual to go grocery shopping.  Danny had a rough school day.  Gilbert's class was having "Western Day," but Danny's class wasn't doing anything special.  We made it through.

We went to a new restaurant today.  It is called the Han Chinese Palace.  It was very nicely decorated.  The people who met us at the door bowed.  Their uniforms looked very Chinese.  The tablecloths were quite fancy.  The waiter spread out each person's napkin.  He tucked the kids' napkins in their shirts.  Danny was not too impressed; the napkin was itchy.  The poor man who got to keep picking Danny's napkin up and putting it back in Danny's lap definitely drew the short straw. They brought us a hot washcloth to wipe our hands before eating. The food was very good.  I think that may be one of the first times that a billboard told the truth about a restaurant in Ghana.

We stopped at Melcoms.  That store sells a little bit of everything.  Joe went across the street to the stationery store to get paper for our printer.  Everyone was asking if the boys were twins.  We had to go upstairs to get a new broom and mop.  Joe found us upstairs.  We headed back down with our purchases.  After paying the cashier, you then have to take all of your purchases and your receipt to another table.  They check off each item on the receipt before bagging it.  The final step is to get your receipt stamped before going out the door.  We got back in the car and went around the market circle to the grocery store.  We did stop along the way to get a mop bucket; at Melcoms, "they were finished." (In other words, they were all out of them.)  While the kids and I did the grocery shopping, Joe went to try to get phone minutes.  He came back empty handed.  We had to go back to the main phone office after the grocery shopping.  

When we got home, the kids went to play with the Luthers.  It was already 4:00; so, it was too late for naps.  Danny fell asleep on the way home, but the other two were still going strong.

At supper time, Gilbert was having a hard time.  He prayed, and he kept saying the same phrases over again.  Then, he said, "I don't have a fork," and his fork was in his hand.  He must have been too tired.

Bonnie was asleep seconds after her head hit the pillow.  The boys followed shortly thereafter.

A demain,

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie