Ethiopia - Part 3

So, the weekend was finally here and there really wasn't much going on so we made our own fun. Saturday was the Ethiopian Christmas so most restaurants and stores were closed for the first part of the day.  Bob and the girls decided to go for a walk and had quite an adventure. I always say that if Bob has the opportunity, he will meet and make friends with just about anybody that crosses his path. So the three of them found a cafe and had tiramisu, cokes, and a macchiato (of course)! They met new friends and had quite the adventure. I was sorry to miss out on that little excursion.

We then decided to take our girls and Kathleen's son to the Sheraton to swim for a few hours.  The kids had a ball!

Kathleen was going a little stir crazy so we conviced her to go to dinner with us. What we realized was that this was Beza's first dinner out. We had such a good time. 

Sunday was another quiet day, so we started the day off with a walk around town. We hit the grocery store for some apple juice and other non-essential things like chocolate!

The next day was our court day.  I was a nervous wreck.  We took a picture of the 4 of us, thinking that when we returned we would be a family of 5.  Unfortunately, that was not the case due some missing documents. 

However, we pulled ourselved together and enjoyed the afternoon.  We went to lunch at Lucy's (a restaurant by the National Museum) and then headed to Kechene, the government girl's orphanage.  These girls were amazing and LOVED our girls.  At one point I didn't think they were going let Abby come home with me.  Poor Sara started feeling ill (remember, she is my adventurous one and tried lots of different foods) and by the time we were headed out of the orphanage, she was losing her lunch.  Gross, I know!  But my reason for sharing that piece of information was that the Kechene girls saw us stop and then saw what was happening.  This mob of girls ran to the car and were trying to get to Sara to help her out.  They were almost pushing Bob out of the way to get to her. In the midst of their "discomfort" they were trying to comfort my little one!  That is something I will never forget.

Due to Sara's illness, it was an early night in and lots of rest!!