Thursday, November 15, 2007

Good News - Doctor Update

We took Akins to the surgeon today to again follow up on his belly button. As you may recall the last visit did not go so well as fluid had built up in the belly that had to be drained and we were told this could recur many times. Well... we go in with much apprehension and are very pleased to say he got an all clear! This resulted in the doctor getting a big high five and us all going out for Sushi tonight to try out the chopsticks and celebrate! 13 sushi rolls later that belly button looked like it had fluid in it!

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Words and their meanings

Since there are so many kids coming home soon I thought I would share some words that took some time to understand and translate. Hopefully, this will help some of you as you are getting used to the accent and different word usage. Here we go and remember most words fall off with no ending. For reference listen to Assata on the DVD that I took in August as she sings you will note she does not end the words or rather they all end in a vowel this is true of speaking too. Once you figure this out it gets a little easier.

OUR ENGLISH
Napkin, paper towel, cotton and toilet paper = Tissue (this might also include confusing things that look like tissue or cotton for example cotton candy.
Toilet = cah-mode (camode)
People bad = pooh poohl ba (he says this a lot) we thought it was something entirely different and just figured it out
People = pooh poohl
Fight = Fi
Police, uniformed person = important man or woman (the kids find these people scary at first)
Scary = sharry
Stomache or Belly = gut
Sandals = slippers
Slippers = confusion!
Little = sma (small)
House = How
TV = video
Hair Gel, Lotion = gree (grease)This can also include anything that might be confused as lotion or hair gel like cool whip which got rubbed in his hair and on his face as he delightfully said "gree"
No = Nuk

This post will be a work in progress as I think of words I should be adding. Stay tuned. I wish I had been doing this all along it would have been a great tool and a fun reminder to look back at later.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Chopstick pro!

Lorea returned from her week long trip with a surprise for Akins. Chopsticks to learn to properly eat his sushi. I think the sushi thing is more alive than ever. Yuckie! I must admit he is pretty good at it. Corn and grapes make good practice items!