Our Africans take snow in stride
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 5:37PM 
It is weird to see how quickly Metsu and Abebu absorb things. Still kind of slow on English because they speak a lot of Sidamo to each other, but that's a fair trade-off for their clear comfort level with us--understanding they still get to act like a 4- and 2-year-old, respectively, and throw fits now and then.
Anyway, first snow for them while I'm in China. They head right out and play in it, like they've seen it a hundred times.
Several inches last night, so today, after workday put in (easy when jet lag wakes you up at 0400!), I go out and shovel up a ramp going down front lawn and into our cul-de-sac, and I get it smoothed out by putting Metsu in a blow-up inner tube and hurling her down the incline. She hops on readily like she's fully read into the subject already, and whoosh! Down she goes several times until the path is hard and slick. Then she takes turns with Abebu, Vonne Mei and Jerry. Abebu watches Metsu do it once and then she's eager to step up and get whisked down the lawn. No fear whatsoever.
I guess I was expecting more wonderment. Instead, the two of them dive right in like the rest. I mean, these two grew up about five degrees above the equator. I can't believe they have anything to compare it to, but they just laugh it all off.
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Cool (if you'll pardon the pun!) Thanks for the occasional update.