Saturday, October 22, 2011

A Day of Beauty




All of us had a day of beauty including Mama Linda, Aunty Heather and Dada Joy! It was saturday and no school so it was play day for sure. Heather had some makeup so we decided to do up the girls faces but the boys were feeling a little left out so, what the heck lets put a little lipstick on them too. We hired a lady to come by the house to do our hair. She was good, very fast and very cheap but OMG was she rough! It was more painful the dentist! Seriously! It reminded me when I was little and my mother was doing my hair..this lady just slapped my head around like a beach ball! I was making faces and gritting my teeth and the kids were laughing and asking "is it pain, Mama?" Heather and Joy's hair went quick and easy cause they have long hair...I have short hair so she tried a second time trying to get it tighter!! TIGHTER!! She was already ripping out my hair trying to get it tight so all the little hairs would stay in in. Now we are on the third try...and the scissors come out! What the heck do we need scissors for? This is getting a little scary now. All I wanted was my hair braided! I said if it is too short, lets just forget it and I was in enough pain already. Heather said "oh know, you are not backing out now, I did it and now you are too" So the lady starts cutting pieces of her hair to add into my hair!! Haha I have real african extentions! Heather was killing herself laughing. Anyway, us three got our hair braided and the kids had their makeup done. We had glow sticks, popcorn and we danced the night away to 'Mama Mia' , a little Michael Jackson and some Black Eyed Peas...their favorite dancing song "Tonite's going to be a good good night" and that it was for sure!!

Progress of Rafiki House

Well, I must say, I am very impressed with the progress of the 'Rafiki House'. Especially considering the rain we have had. The rain has stopped and the sun is finally here. Yeeaahh. The 'fundi's', contractors, are working so hard. And so they should! Besides paying them well, they get coca cola & popcorn as a snack and today Heather bought pizza for everyone! What a treat! They took a 15 minute break, gobbled down their pizza and coca cola and back to work. Love these guys. They are quite funny. Everyday I go out and check on things, make sure everything is going the way planned and take pictures. They always have this worried face on when 'Mama Linda" comes around. They stop working while I walk around and when I give them the 2 thumbs up, there's a big smile and a sigh of relief! And back to work they go.