The kids have returned to school now so the house feels quite empty. Feli passed her Primary Leaving Exam (PLE) with a good score so she will skip Primary 7 and go straight to high school (Senior 1). The grades were released a month late due to 'technical issues' so she won't begin class until February 24th but everyone else began classes yesterday. Tendo is now in Primary 1 and Dora and Derrick are both in their final year of high school.
This weekend, before they all returned to school, I finally fulfilled my promise of teaching the family how to swim and it was a blast. On Sunday we all piled into the car and went to Lake Nabugabo.
This weekend, before they all returned to school, I finally fulfilled my promise of teaching the family how to swim and it was a blast. On Sunday we all piled into the car and went to Lake Nabugabo.
It was a gorgeous, hot day but quite windy so there was a lot of waves on the surface of the lake. Luckily, the water was warm and shallow, although sand got EVERwhere! None of the kids or my host mom had ever been in the water before (can you imagine that!) so it was quite a big step for all of them, especially my mom. Tendo, Feli and I went in first and Tendo was at home immediately. He has jumping and falling face first; he wasn't too concerned with learning how to swim. I showed Feli how to float and then how to body surf a bit on the waves. She really enjoyed that and was soon pulling herself along the bottom and kicking her legs in earnest.
My host mom was a bit terrified to go in but once she saw the kids having fun, she joined as well. She never imagined she would ever go in a lake or any water body but she did it, and even got comfortable by the end!
Next came Derrick and Dora who tried their best to float as well. The waves caused some problems so eventually they all just played in the water, racing and jumping.
We took some family photos and then sat down to a delicious fried fish lunch! It was a really great day :)
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