Last week at the orphanage!

So, here we are. Day 27. Crazy isn't it? We've spent the last month now at the orphanage, and it's been really awesome in the past week or so because it seems like we're no longer guests, but part of Ashalaya. The kids are finally completely comfortable with us, however sometimes too much :) but you know, we deal! This past week, we introduced the Macerena which proved to be quite the hit! De de ne na de ne na de ne na na........ we've heard it many times now! It first began with just the two of us, but the other night we were downstairs with all of the boys, and somehow within seconds everyone was doing it with us! it was fantastic, we were actually laughing so hard because it was so incredibly out of the blue! We also bought jenga, and my o my those kids can get quite competitive! They love it, even though it sometimes causes injury. But we all get through it :) We also got to take a trip up to what the call the "hill station," which is pretty much like a mountain range! It was beautiful, slightly less smoggy (Simone's lungs got a chance to finally breath), and we even got to feed monkeys!!!!!! For the most part, everything is quite the same as per usual, the heat, the smells, the food... HOWEVER... we're taking the kids to Essel World this Saturday!!!!! Very exciting - its supposedly like Indian version of Disneyland! So we're pretty pumped right now, and the kids are too because nobody has ever been, so I'm sure it'll be quite the adventure, otherwise known as gongshow! Then on Sunday we're seeing the elephant caves (which we dont really know what they are, but Im sure they're great), and on monday, we get to see Anthony Loenen!!! Pumped. Sadly though, we are at our last stretch, and on wednesday we'll be leaving up to the Punjab region to visit Neetu, a friend of ours :) Its going to be really hard to leave all the kids as it seems we've just got comfortable with them recently, but its also going to be sweet to be able to see another side of India. Thanks for keeping us in your prayers :)