Cute Kids!

The youngest child in the orphange where I am working was born yesterday.  I had forgotten how small they could get!  I had thought that the babies I held today were small, but they are at least a month old.  But most of the day is spent with kids who can chatter all day.  I can sit and listen, but between their lisps and my limited vocabulary, I only catch a bit of what they are saying.  Sometimes I repeat some of the words I heard, but until I actually pronounce it right, they have no idea what I'm saying.  A prime example is the word for frog: Dufda'.  First I heard "tufdH" but judging from the confused looks I got back, that wasn't quite right.  Then I tried "DufdH" and that was close enough that some kids could tell what I was trying to say and correct me.  Thank goodness for kids who are willing to be brutally honest!  This picture is not of the kids that I work with in the orphanage, but they are just about as cute.  I ran into these cute kids at a town just outside of Amman called As-Salt.  Some fellow interns and I had just sat down on some stairs to catch some shade when these guys came out to meet us and offer us some of their green apricots.  Apparently that's the best way to eat apricots...  In return we took their picture.  What a trade!

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