mother's day

Happy Mother's Day to the best Mom I could ever hope for!

Me and Mom back in the day.

adventurous life

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starting 'em young

Out here on the farm we start chores young.

Next week he'll have to do it on his own. ;)

little monkeys

Last week my Dad sent me this picture of this bumper sticker:

I thought it was pretty funny as it highlights one of the cultural differences between Canadians and Zambians.  We often call kids little monkeys or refer to being silly as monkeying around, but in Zambia you would never hear a Zambian call his or her child a monkey as it is a huge insult.

When I told my Zambian friends that calling a child a little monkey was not an insult, they could not believe me.  One day one of my facebook friends posted about her child being a monkey so I showed the post to some Zambians who were so surprised at the comment and wondered why the mother did not like her child (because if you liked someone, you would never insult them by calling him or her an animal!).

While we think monkeys are cute little creatures and calling a child a monkey is not an insult, Zambians completely disagree and are likely to pop you one if you call their child a monkey.

let them eat cake

 

It is true.  A party is so much better with cake.

Today my sister-in-law, nephew and I made cake pops.  It was my first time making cake pops, and only my second time eating them (I missed the cake pop craze as it started when I was in Zambia).  We had a great time making (and eating) them.

hello spring!

I have missed the past couple of springs because I have been in Zambia so it is nice to be back home and enjoy all of the beautiful flowers starting to bloom.

thinking of africa

Even though I am back in Canada part of me is still back in Zambia.

As I was walking down the street in Vancouver this week I saw this tree with moss on it in a shape that reminded me of Africa.