When the visit ended and left Yorro's house, we were again surrounded by kids. Almamy had bought packages of cookies to give to the kids. Tod had brought photos of the children he had taken on his last trip.
Jodi gathered the children for more group photos (the last two photos here) As she motioned the children to move together, she said, "move closer". Several children then repeated the phase, "move closer" with perfect diction and inflection. It is quite amazing their learning of languages. They are all bilingual, Wolof and French. After Jodi told them her name, they would chant, "lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi" and point to her when they said "jeudi" and laugh. You don't see it in these photos but one thing that struck me about the children is their beautiful teeth. None of them will ever need braces and they are gleaming white! The children look a little somber in the pictures, but they were smiling and laughing the whole time they interacted with us.
We left and drove down the road a bit to stop and eat lunch beside a field. At this point it is close to 2 pm. We continued our return trip, after making a brief stop in Fattick on the way home. Tod and Almamy had been to a wedding in Fattick and Tod had taken photos, which he put on a CD and wanted to deliver them to the couple.
There are some things that I find difficult about writing these blogs--and that is loading photos and then writing text--I have no idea why the text moved over the right just now, separating the two group photos of the children. I have learned that I have to upload the photos in the opposite order that I want to appear on the blog. Once uploaded I can not move the photos around. I have tried to learn more about how to manage the blog but without success.
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