Safari Day

Remember the night I woke up at 1 AM and didn't go back to sleep? Well that also happened to be the day that we went on safari.  Don't I just have impeccable timing?  Mama and Papa were great sports and Mama packed a bunch of snacks hoping I would stay awake long enough to see the giraffes.

Mr. Peter was our driver and he was very nice.  He taught me how to say "sawa, sawa," which means okay in Swahili.  He would stop and let us see the animals and when we were ready to move on I would say "sawa, sawa!"

We spent the entire morning looking for a cat, but we never saw one.  So sad, because I REALLY wanted to pat one.  Mama said if we found one we would just look and not touch.  I'm not sure we were talking about the same kind of cat. 

I saw buffalo, zebras, monkeys, antelope, rhinos, flamingos and all sorts of birds. 

I fell asleep around 10:15, but Mama says I didn't miss much.  Since it's "summer" here a lot of animals were already napping by then.  Mama and Papa woke me up to see the waterfall. I was still a little sleepy.

Then we saw SO many giraffes!  They were hanging out under the trees, because it was so hot.  I'm so glad I didn't miss them!

I really loved it and my absolute favorite animal was the giraffe.  What's your favorite safari animal?

Love,
Lucy

BFFs

Julia came to visit me in America last year we had so much fun together, and I really couldn't wait to see her again.  Mama and Papa have been talking about visiting Julia for weeks. So, naturally, I assumed we would see Julia as soon as we got off the first plane. Nope. Maybe the second plane? Nope. Maybe the next day? Nope. Finally! On Monday after a VERY long, bumpy van ride, I saw Julia!!!

Since then, I've only seen Mama and Papa at meals, nap time and bedtime.  We're having so much fun! We play and sing with the babies at the baby house, ride Julia's bicycle, swing on the swing set, and today we're being fairies!

Oh, did you know that the baby house has REAL babies? I thought it was a house full of baby DOLLS.  Who knew?

Gotta run! Julia and I are headed back outside.

Hugs, 

Lucy

What Time Is It?

OK, so I’m confused. I get sleepy during the day and I’m wide awake at night. I try to convince Mama and Papa that it’s time to be awake, but they don’t seem convinced. Our first day in Nairobi, I thought I had it figured out. I woke up while it was still dark outside, but I had an announcement to make. “It’s daytime somewhere!”
Papa told me I was right, but that it wasn’t daytime in Nairobi. Here’s where things get a little fuzzy. According to Mama, my sleep schedule went like this:

Day 1 - Awake at 4:00AM
Day 2 - Awake at 2:00AM
Day 3 - Awake at 1:00AM

Papa said I was “going the wrong direction,” whatever that means. On all those days, I didn’t go back to sleep after I woke up. Sometimes, I got in trouble because I kept asking Mama and Papa questions while they were trying to sleep, but one night was the most fun night I’ve ever had.

It was the 2:00AM day and I woke up when the power went out in our room. That meant the fan went off and it was really really quiet. It also meant that I had to go potty in the dark. Well, not really dark because Mama had a flashlight. That’s when the fun began.

Do you know how much fun a flashlight can be when it is really really dark? Papa decided that since we were all awake anyway, he should get out his flashlight, too, and we could have a flashlight war.

It really wasn’t much of a war, but it was a lot of fun! We made animal shapes with our hands and Papa made a HUGE shadow of my head on the wall. We found out that if you put the flashlight under the blanket and shine it at the ceiling, it makes a funny pattern. We also learned that you can make the whole room blue like you’re in the ocean by shining the light through a blue bottle of water.

That was a lot of fun and I’m glad Mama and Papa were good sports. I think they thought if I got out a little energy, I would go back to sleep. WRONG! It’s hard to sleep when your body wants to be awake. And it’s hard to be awake when your body wants to sleep. After the 2:00AM day, we drove to Nakuru with our driver, Mr. Peter. He was funny, but I was really really tired, so I fell asleep.

I woke up just before we got to Nakuru and I got to spend the rest of the day with my friend Julia. I’ll tell you about that next time! But for now, you’ll be glad to know that I FINALLY slept until the sun came up. Mama and Papa seemed really happy this morning and said I slept until 6:45AM. Papa said they’ve ever been happy for me to get up that early, but this is Africa!

I’m having so much fun here, but for now, I need to go, because Mama says it’s time for a nap. I’m TOTALLY not tired, but (yawn)...I guess I’ll go...night-night...now...