so, the kids had their first official day of paid work today, as part of a group of about 12-15 kids singing and dancing for a french language learning video/dvd (no, they don’t speak french, it consisted mostly of oooo’s and la la la’s, and a few easy french phrases they learned on the spot). They were pretty excited to earn $40 each and be fed pizza and sushi for lunch like real professional actor types. Initially Lucy was hired on, but then there was only one boy and 13 girls, so when mark and dex were at the pharmacy, someone came in and asked if he wanted to be in the video too, as they needed more boys. So Dex got to join in, and he only got reprimanded once!! He’s kind of crazy, as some of you know, so I was happy with telling him that since they requested ages 7 – 9, he wouldn’t be able to do it, because in any type of high-pressure situation he is likely to say something insanely inappropriate, or wrestle his sister to the ground, or try to fire the director or something like that. But no, dad says he did just fine — he did try to wrestle his sister to the ground right at first, but the director shrewdly placed him elsewhere and talked him up real good, so he was keen to behave. good times.
While they were out, I got a chance to browse for books on amazon, and even made a wishlist, filled up a cart…and then they came home and I didn’t get a chance to actually buy anything. We’re trying not to spend any money on anything right now, in anticipation of our trip to africa, and because mark’s cheep motorcycle is now, of course, falling apart and in need of many repairs….it’s always something, ain’t it? But even though we have a moratorium on spending, our children’s bookshelf is in dire need of a little africanization, and of course, we need the appropriate adoption-themed books. I’d make a cute little list of them, like some considerate and helpful bloggers do, but I’ve got to get to bed! I’ll link to my amazon wishlist so you can see what fabulous books my research led me to… http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/9J8ZJ8NTLC16
I’m hoping to bring a few with us when we travel to africa for our fostering period — do you think maybe having cutie little children’s books will help the kids we’re adopting to not wonder what the hell is going on, and where are these white people taking us?? that’s what we’re hoping too…
