Saumu's 13th Birthday Celebration



So, Karim now has four teenage girls! Salma is 17; Neema is 15; Lucy is 13 and now Saumu is 13!  Yikes! They are all so beautiful and so smart!  Rehema will have her hands full with these girls!  Anyway, I decided to treat the four teenage girls to night out at Kibo Palace, a beautiful hotel where I stay, my last 2 nights. We had a suite with a king bed for the girls and a single bed for Mama! The girls were in awe, of the big room, a hot shower, a bath tub, a big screen TV, a fridge and a couch! When we arrived, we checked in, checked out the room, had a hot shower and then the swimsuites were put on and it was a race to the pool. We swam for hours and had lunch and danced by the pool with the ipad blarring to 'Dancing Queen' and 'Mama Mia' and now the new favorite 'Gangnam Style'!! Then back to the room for the second hot shower! Laid on the king size bed in our new pj's and watched a movie with soda pop and chips! After the movie, we got dressed for dinner. Off to dinner we went! We had a great dinner, lots of stories and giggles complete with music and dancing! Then the kitchen staff turned out all the lights, the girls got scared, and they all come out, banging on pots and pans, singing Happy Birthday to Saumu! She looked at me and got tears in her eyes! I cried, of course! Back to the room for a pajama party! We watched X Factor, Wipe Out ~ the girls killed themselves laughing at this, and anothe movie, the Three Muskateers! Finally, we fell asleep at almost midnight! This is extremely late, as the girls are usually in bed by 8:30 each night. Morning came fast, they did not sleep in! And they had their 3rd hot shower! They do not have hot showers at the Orphanage, they dont even have cold showers! They bucket bath! So, they were going to make sure they got good use out of the shower and the free shampoo! Then off to the buffet breakfast! "WHAT? We can take whatever we want, as much as we want AND go back for more?" Their eyes and mouths wide open! So they all had there very first omelette! Along with potatoes, sausage, beans, pancakes, waffles, fruit, cornflakes, toast, croissant, muffins, juice, hot chocolate!! Seriously, they tried everything! I've never seen girls eat so much! I thought they would be sick. Back to the room to put the swim suites back on and get one last swim! More swimming, more dancing, more smiles! At noon, back to the room for one last shower! The 4th hot shower!! They packed up their stuff their things, along with a few souveniers like shampoo, conditioner, lotion, shoe shine, mouth wash etc! Then the director/manager of the hotel, Salahuddin, drove us home to Karim. The girls gave me a big hug and a 'Thank you, Mama Linda'. It was one of my best Birthday Celebrations, ever!

 



the girls and I at dinner!

 



a very happy Birthday Girl!

 



Lucy


 

Saumu ~ the Birthday Girl!

 

Neema

 



Salma