December 2010
11 posts
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What are Ayla’s favorite things to do?
Ayla LOVES to play with rocks. Sounds weird, maybe, but it’s true. And lucky for her, there are rocks everywhere here. She’ll just squat down randomly when we’re walking and rake the red rocks around in the red dirt with her cute little fingers. She loves to pick up handfuls and shove them into her pockets. If she finds a big one she...
Sweating For Christmas
We are going to take a few days off from answering questions to write about the major holiday that most of our readers will be celebrating, Christmas. This Christmas will be quite different for us in several ways. I will be sweating instead of cold, there will be no lights in our home or on anyone else’s, or any barrage of Christmas advertising at stores or malls. We won’t be making...
Answer to Questions #7
Q: Are there movie theaters close by? If yes, what movies are showing this weekend? And what does it cost? And what about a national pastime?
A: The first 2 questions are going to be easy to answer. There aren’t any movie theaters to speak of except for the theater at the French cultural center, or at least that is what I hear. And, as far as I know, they show mostly French films in...
Important Interruption
Hey there everyone. We are taking a short break from our answering of questions to remind everyone about the photo request. We really want to have photos of as many of you as possible so that we are able to see your bright shiny faces. Now these can be Christmas cards, silly family photos, or whatever you want to send, but please send something.
Also, we have had a couple people already ask for...
Answer to Questions #6
Q: How does Ayla like sleeping under the mosquito net?
A: Well, Ayla seems to be doing just fine under the mosquito net. At the beginning we had to convince her not to pull on it mercilessly. But now it is just a normal thing for her. It makes getting her in and out of her crib a little more difficult, but she is even getting used to that.
Even though this question was directed at Ayla, I am...
Answer to Questions #5
Q: Is Ayla saying any French words?
A: Ayla’s French vocabulary hasn’t grown much since we moved from France, but here are some of the words she does say in French:
Bahjew (bonjour)
Ahvwah (au revoir)
Pootah (a plutard)
Saba (ca va?)
Mussy (merci)
Ah-looh (salut)
She’s getting pretty brave in talking to strangers, and properly greeting people when she meets them (like...
Answer to Questions #4
These might be odd questions to group together, but we’re a little odd anyway. So here goes nothing.
Q: How available is hot water?
A: Our hot water heater is run by propane, which comes in propane bottles just like the ones you would use for running your gas grill. This propane heats our hot water heater, stove and oven. It works on a need to use basis. When the hot water is turned on,...
Answer to Questions #3
My turn!
This is in response to Kat’s other two questions, the ones Nate decided I should answer. :) She wrote:
“Have you noticed many differences in the French language between France and Cameroon?”
There are definite pronunciation differences between the two different kinds of French. For example, instead of the guttural “r” in France, they roll their...
Answer to Questions #2
Here is the second installment. These questions come all the way from TN.
Q: How is the internet working for you guys? Is it satellite based? If you move to the hinterlands will you still be able to have service?
A: Currently we are getting our internet from the network that our work runs. This can be a little spotty because it spans across a couple different complexes that they operate. Also,...
Answer to Questions #1
First of all, we are loving the questions. Keep them coming and we will do our best to answer as many as we can. Secondly, if for some reason we are unable to answer a question on our blog, we will try to write the person who asked the question. That being said, I don’t think we are going to be able to take these in order necessarily because some are going to require more thought than...
Audience Participation
Alright everyone. We are shooting for audience participation in this post. We want to hear from you about what questions you have for us. Sometimes it is a little difficult to know what to write about. There are things we don’t think to tell you or things we become accustomed to and then forget to write about. So fire away. Just submit a question in the comment section on this post and we...