the one thing that grandparents do really well is to spoil our children. we aren't upset by this, but have come to know it as a fact of life.
now for a story....
I needed to go to the store and danielle was just entering her two hours for class. The plan was that I would go and leave the kids with our house helper (jacklyn). so I carefully explained in swahili what I was doing and that I'd be back in half an hour. she said "Okay" (this could mean about anything). and i left...
...found what I needed at a little store beside the road before I even got to town and headed back home....
once I arrived the kids were all happy and M especially so. I had left her with a banana for snack and she was sitting in her chair asking for more. so I put some banana on her tray and she picked it up and put it back on the table. the continued to ask for more. so I asked M what she wanted more of and was getting more sure it was not the banana. e & j were both working with school work and e lifted up her head just enough to look at me and say she thinks that M wanted more chapati (flat bread that jacklyn was making at the stove). J added that they had all had a few small pieces.
I don't know how much food the kids were given after "snack time". I guess that we will see how much they ate if they seem not interested in lunch.
so don't worry about the kids not getting some "spoilin" ...that is being taken care of!
Just because the Fosters have a "schedule" they stick to most of the time doesn't mean everyone does, in fact most don't! Some American children and many in Kenya too (maybe) just "graze" all day eating snacks randomly throughout the day; not really spoiling, just their way of life. A little spoiling won't hurt them though! Love you all!
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