Good morning (or a hearty Good night, if you be slumbering still…) and a happy belated Canada Day! We certainly
missed the fireworks and festivities, but we did have a glass of beer to toast
dear Canada…
Week 2 and 3 have come and gone just as quickly as week 1. I have lost track of the days and nights –
one day blends into another so seamlessly.
This is not to say that we haven’t been doing things. It just means that things done are soon
forgotten as they run together like mismatched beads on a necklace.
M has run the
gauntlet already: fevers, diarrhea, vomiting, and throat infection. Poor little guy. J has met with slightly more luck: a bad
diaper rash and mild diarrhea. On the
bright side, her appetite has picked up significantly. Hurray for Teta's cooking!
The children are
flourishing here surrounded as they are by love, family and food to an extraordinary
degree. They’re learning Arabic at a dizzying
pace. I can’t keep up. Uncles and aunts in the neighbourhood teach
them a new word every day. It’s
amazing!
I am learning how to
keep house the Lebanese way. Or, more
accurately, the Amira way! My MIL is a
whirlwind of cleanliness. She puts my
best days to shame. Despite the fact
that we keep our shoes on inside, I believe her floors are cleaner than mine
ever were. She washes the floor every day
and sometimes more! I have no problem with my kids eating the
crumbs off the floor… :o)
I am also learning, albeit slowly, how to cook a few Lebanese
dishes. Simple, delectable dishes:
stuffed zucchini, cracked wheat with chicken (DIVINE!), Romano beans in tomato
sauce. No pictures from my forays - a it's spur of the moment thing. :o( I'm usually summoned straight from playing with the kids, or from the shower to watch and help with dinner or lunch. Oh well.
We’ve been eating fresh from the
garden every day. Most of our food consists of vegetables, a little meat – mostly ground beef or chicken, and fruit. There are eggs galore too, and rice and
potatoes. I should mention that Dany's sister Therese has a huge garden where the kids like to play while the veggies are harvested. It's my dream come true. Except it's not my garden. Hehe. Details, details I say!
This will have to do by way of an update. The internet is a little slow and I'm worried it will cut out before I finish this post. At least you now know why my updates are few and far between! Lots of love from us here!
To my favorite traveling mama & her gorgeous clan,
ReplyDeleteCatching up on your blog, so jealous of the gardens although our own tomatoes have appeared but are far from ruby reds! So glad the move went well, save the airport drama, u must have just about died! I would have! Well hurray for delayed flights and safe travels :) praying for good health for your littlies and sending big hugs!! Xoxo Liz & miss C
Hurray for gardens and fresh tomatoes! Honestly, it's so hot here that the tomatoes ripen by the HOUR. (Well, it feels like it anyhow!) We're positively melting by day! Hope you're doing well yourself. Can't wait to catch up with YOUR adventures. Do update soon! xoxo And a big kiss to baby C!
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