Fun at the Fountain

Every morning Madina wakes up and wants to know if she is swimming that day. We’ve gone over the days of the week and calendar to show her when she will swim. She doesn’t really get it though. When we went to the quarry it was a Wednesday. So, leading up to that I said “swim Wednesday”. Then on Thursday she wakes up and says “swim Wednesday?”. Friday she wakes up and says “swim Wednesday?”…you get the picture. I feel bad I can’t explain this to her. It is her most favorite activity here so far. So Pam (host Mom to Manija) and I took the girls to the Birkdale Fountain where they could get wet. It worked out well and they loved it! We went for ice cream afterwards at Cold Stone. Both Madina and Manija ordered vanilla ice cream and wanted the M&M’s sprinkled on top (Yum!). Soon after, Pam and I noticed M&M’s flying through the air. Both girls were sitting on the bench flicking the candy out of the dish with their spoons because they didn’t like it. It’s very strange that so many of these kids don’t like chocolate. I think in their country if you don’t like something or are done with it you just throw it on the ground wherever you are. I had Madina in the backseat one day going down the road and she rolled the window down to throw out her popsicle wrapper. I luckily caught her, but I have to keep watch on this habit.