Full House

We have just waved goodbye to some friends who have been visiting Kenya and us for the last couple of weeks. It has been great fun and the kids have really enjoyed having a full house for the last weeks of the holiday and taking our friends and their 2 young kids to see the sights. We've seen elephants and giraffe in Nairobi, hippos and flamingos and all sorts of other birds near lake Naivasha and elephants and much more with Kilimanjaro as a backdrop in Amboseli. We've also done loads of swimming, some catching up with Nairobi friends and Matthew fitted in a 4 day cricket tournament, narrowly losing in the final (held at a very faded former international ground which was just great for him). Tim and I also managed to get on with the daily chores, go to work, complete school uniform shopping and keep the house stocked with food and drink. Its been busy!

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Up until now most of our visitors have just been passing through and stay for a few nights, either as part of their work with Tim or to have a weekend break once the work is done. All our visitors provide a good excuse to go to some of our favourite places again and for the kids to talk about Kenya and make the most of having different people to read bed time stories or play sport with in the garden. We in turn make the most of our guests by stocking up on UK news and treats and asking for volunteers to detangle Katie's hair - a task she has deemed both her parents incapable of.

I grew up in a house full of visitors and enjoyed meeting new people and big, noisy mealtimes. But I also know that isn't for everyone and its important to let people have space to do their own thing. that's of course much easier here where even if we are in the cooler part of the year kids can be outside most of the day. Having a huge 8 seater landcruiser also helps with outings as everyone just bundles in. And there are always people around at home so no-one has to go if they just want to curl up at home and read. The help at home also made me brave enough to suggest our friends' kids stayed with us for a few days whilst their parents went to see the wildebeest migration in the Mara. Tim opted to go away for work and I had an insight into life as a mother of five - it was relatively straightforward all things considered but after 48 hours I knew that we were right to think 3 is enough for us.










Anne