Thursday, May 26, 2011

Joe spent the day at the mechanic.  On our trip to Accra, we kept losing water.  Joe found that the water pump was leaking.  He also discovered oil leaking from the front axle.  So, he had them do several different things today.  They replaced the seals on the front and back axles.   They replaced the water pump.  They also discovered a hole in the radiator and fixed that.  He also took the parts that were shipped in only to discover that the brake drums are not the same ones that are on our vehicle.  He got back home just before supper.

This morning, we did two school lessons.  That leaves us with eleven to go.  

When the kids were up at the Luthers' house one day, the Luther kids were making clothes for their stuffed animals out of scrap material.  Gilbert has been begging me to make some clothes for his little lamb and his little monkey.  We made a shirt for the lamb yesterday.  He wanted a shirt and pants for the monkey.  The pants were a little tricky, but we finally got the monkey's outfit completed this evening.

The power went off at nap time and was off for a couple hours.  The kids played outside since the power was off.  When the boys got ready to go play with the Luthers, Bonnie said that she didn't want to go because she was too tired.  She climbed up on the couch next to me and fell asleep.

While supper was in the oven, Danny wanted me to come outside so that he could show me something "awesome."  He had an obstacle course set up on the porch for his bike.  He had shoes for speed bumps and even a piece of wood for a little jump.

After supper, we had popcorn and watched a movie.  I worked on the monkey's shirt.

A demain,

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie