Taking dinner at Mama Susan's

Kim, short for Kimani, named after his grandfather. He also has another cousin named Kim, named after the same grandfather, because in Kenya you name your first born son after the father's father. You are also given a baptismal name. I think Kim's is George. He has resently decided that he wants his name to be Ethan. Anyway, this young man is almost 6 and since he is Susan's nephew and Susan and Ashby are "sisters," Ashby considers him her nephew as well. Therefore we spoil him rotten and let him play with Ashby's camera.

Keith and Pete work hard at eating all the food on their plate. It's rude not to. Also in the picture is Mama Kim. Thus named after her first born child, the mother of Kim.

We were really excited about this moment when Kim was showing his grandma, Mama Susan (Susan's mother), a photo. She had a rare moment of smiles. Unfortunatly, the camera fired before the lense focused and the moment was gone. Clearly the fault of the camera.

Keith and Kim share a high five.

Kim recites his ABC's.

Kim small, Lenard, and Kim big

Taking chai after taking supper

Teaching her nephews how to play Angry birds on her iphone.

Aunt Susan and Kim small

Kim big and his father, Baba Kim.

Random Kenya Photos 6

This picture makes me remember playing hide and seek with the kids at the flat...

A means for natural light to get into the stair well.

Right outside my door, at the flats.

View of Ngong hills as the sun sets. Ngong is the Masi word for knuckles. Ngong is named for its hills that look like knuckles.

Glass in our living room window.

Friends from our flats in Matasia.

Giraffe Center 2

Did you see the baby twiga? Four days old and probably 4 ft tall.

There are 1000's of bird species in the Nairobi are.

Masks for sale at the twiga center

I got this really nice series of photos of this giraffe walking away from us. Got myself home, editing photos, finally saw that it was a giraffe needing a privacy...

The worthogs and giraffes get along well.

I miss Susan.

Worty.

Keith (call Keit by all the little mtato we met) kissed about a dozen giraffe. He made the mistake of putting the pellet between his teeth the first time (instead of just his lips), and got a full on twiga french smooch.

Twiga Center 1

Baby twiga is just 4 days old.

Everyone is talking except for Pete who's looking at the giraffe slobber on my face. (not really)

Just another inch...

You might think this was Ashby's first time feeding the twiga, not that she's come her at least once a year for the past ten years.

She may be a relative of Mr Ed.

How long is his tongue anyway? Let's see how far we can get him to stretch it.

Susan getting a kiss.

Gotta love the little girl's pink weave. I think her sister's was red...

Ngong Slums 3