Grace was wearing different clothes when Donné fetched her from school today, which was surprising seen as there were school photos and they had specifically asked everyone to wear blue/red/white or a combination of those. Grace’s teacher said that after the class photo she turned around and Grace was sitting on the ground and, “there were just plumes of dust,” as she rubbed her legs on the ground and threw sand up in the air around her.

She was wearing white pants

Donné was..um…to put it mildly…unimpressed, and one of the consequences was that she had to wash her own clothes. So she was given a bar of soap and bucket of water and sent down to the river to beat her clothes with a rock.

Washing clothes (not really down at the river)

This was hard work for Grace, because Donné supervised to make sure that she was putting enough shoulder grease into it and she expected Grace to do a decent job of it.

At the end of the day Grace says to me, “I’m going to have a dust bath at school tomorrow, so I can get gooder (sic).” I’m a bit confused, so I ask her, “Grace, what do you want to get better at?” She replies, “I need to get better at washing my clothes.” Oh, no…backfire!

We’ve all been enjoying having a pool, even if the water is still quite cold (like it was last week). Eli and Grace have only ever known heated pools (at swimming instructors and the gym), so it is hard work for their bodies (and minds) to adjust to the cold.

Kicking away to stay warm

Karen gave Grace a lilo for her birthday, and she is finally getting to enjoy it. It also gives her the chance to be in the pool without actually having to be in the pool

My boat is fun!

Even Donné made it into the water today

Swimming as fast as she can in a circle to get out of the cold water as quickly as possible

It’s just a little bit too cold dad!