Sensory Overload!

So many firsts are piling onto so many firsts! Fireworks exploding at 7.05 a.m., and at 1.59 p.m., and at any other moment on any given day. Clouds that roll in in minutes, and lightning that sends us scurrying--unplugging all the electronics. Fruit that look like entrails and tastes like heaven. Flocks of parrots acting like crowds of crows. The ever present sting of the fire ant. Darwinian-style driving (survival of the fastest). Throwing your toilet paper in a trash can, not in the toilet! Cheese-flavored icecream.

Last week we made an unplanned trip to the ER. After two x-rays the verdict was in, Finn had pneumonia! They gave him an IV and three nebulizer treatments. Heidi, a retired nurse, translated for us and asked all the right questions. After seven hours in the hospital, the pediatrician sent him home. After many nebulizer treatments and some other meds, Finn is beginning to eat, walk, and scream like his old self again. Thanks to all of you who prayed!

The green coconuts (Nature's Gatorade) are incredibly refreshing, and have kept us hydrated during our recent sicknesses.

A boy and his lizard

Since it's a little warmer down here, and we didn't want termites nesting in our hair, George and I decided to thin our canopies a little.

"It feels like my head has left my body," says George.
"Yes, I can feel my vertebrae decompressing as we speak," says Tim.


Nothing like a little hammock time to heal what ails you.

Most of my Grade 9 & 10 Language Arts class. On the first day of class, I began writing on the whiteboard and a gecko shot out from behind it. My dream come true!