A School Day

6:00 am rise and shine and eat some breakfast. Breakfast is typically bread with butter and bananas. One day a week we have pancakes. This was a pancake day. A great start!

7:10 head for the school taxi/bus. Check out the school uniforms.

Our short walk to school.

7:15 arrive at bus stop with our fellow WCIA classmates.

7:20 to 7:45 Bus arrives

Taxi/bus has 20+ in it, meant for 14 (Americans would think 14 was tight)

Wow and that is just getting the kids to school. It is hard to explain all the differences from America but safe to say it is all different for us. You know they will be fine, but you still say a small or long prayer depending on your day that your kids will be ok and wave goodbye.

8:00 school starts. Their subjects include Math, Science, Social Studies, Bible, Literacy, Language and Soccer.

9:30 snack of tea (which our kids are starting to like) and either bread, fruit or porridge.

Here is Henry's in his class. He has 12 students, that is his teacher in the front.

Here is Avery's class she has 8 in her class and she made the girl count 2. The other girl Sharon just right of Avery was very excited.

1:00 lunch of rice and beans or posho and beans. Special occasions include cabbage. Posho is a cornmeal like starch. No forks or napkins, so you eat with your fingers. Our kids seem to like this, we asked and they said they would do what all the other kids do. Not sure I would be so brave.

Here is the bathroom, don't forget to ask the teacher for toilet paper before you go.

4:15 bus arrives unless it rains and then it can be later like after 5.

5:00 arrive back at bus stop. 5 minutes later arrive home. Time to wash and polish shoes, mom cleans off uniforms and socks (they only have one uniform). Kids shower and get pajamas on.

7:00 Dinner, kids work on their homework and we recap our days.

8:30 Bed. End of a great day and wonder why you worried in the first place.