April 30th

Play group was great yesterday. Lorri didn’t know what to do with all the babies her age. Chikirah and Lorri were the only girls though among six boys. Chikirah is Lorri’s one year old friend from church. Her mother Lisa brought us to the play group. We are going shopping together today. The grocery store in Manukau is much cheaper than the store I can walk to.
On Friday night I was invited to go to a ladies gathering at Mcdonalds. They drink coffee and plan fund raisers. It sounded like fun (the drinking coffee part mostly), but Dale’s birthday is on Friday and I don’t want to leave him on his birthday. I think they meet every Friday night, so I can catch up the next week.
Tuesday Lorri and I are joining another play group, so now we have play group on Tuesdays and WednesdaysJ We are definitely getting to know the community here.
Dale is overwhelmed at this point with school. He wishes he had more time to prepare, but he is making do with the time he has in the evenings. The kids are really tough he says and it’s going to be a rough school year to get through. He’s up for the challenge though.