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I thought I was just taking Bambuul out to potty.  30 seconds, tops, right?  Nope!  The neighborhood kids were out and they LOVE Bams.  They ran around with and threw a tennis ball for her.  Then I handed over my camera and let them go.  We were outside for about an hour.  Then five of them asked to come in for some water which turned into an hour-long "Tehas Poker" tournament.  Below are the photos they took.

4th & 5th "Olympics"

4th & 5th grades are just learning English so they don't really have any competitions. But last year Choibalsan decided to have a sort of Team Olympics for them. It all started at 8am on Saturday morning. Ugh. Good thing the kids are so damn cute! Koty and I dictated the listening. Dornod Institute English teachers judged (was nice to be off the hook for that!).

My participating 4th graders.

My participating 5th graders (and, although I shouldn't admit it, my favorite kids).

Shine Khogjil represent!

The awards ceremony kicked off with a solo by this young woman.

Then a duet.

Then this young man did a great dance.

 

Then this young man playing a flute. Too bad we could barely hear him over the music. :(

There was a final group dance I took video of but the internet has been really slow lately and the upload keeps failing.

We took some photos on the walk home. This is the flour factory.

They make a damn good sourdough.

The old sports complex.

The power plant.

Hello smokestack!

A Dornod sign, missing the final "D" so...

...I'm a Cyrillic "D" to complete it!

Oh hi. I'm just chillaxin'.


No clue what this building is, but there was a ger and a sign so we had to take pictures!

Knock! Knock!

A nicer pose.

Yeah Choibalsan!

Damn tree.

Thanks again Grand-dog-parents!

Bams got some new rawhide bones in my last care package. Nom nom nom!

She had the right idea at first...

...chewing on it...

...but now she just carries it around the house. Silly monkey!

Not your average "Grand Slam" breakfast

Watch out Denny's! Breakfast with run-of-the-mill chicken eggs is SOOOO 2011. Turkey eggs are where it's at! One of the community organizations I'm doing some work for raises turkeys and geese for the orphange they support. After finishing up some work on Friday, I was given a bag of five turkey eggs. Seems strange to travel half-way across the globe to eat turkey eggs!

They're slightly larger than chicken eggs. This particular breed drops speckled eggs. They were wiped off, but still so fresh I had to wash them with dish soap to get rid of the odor (and any bacteria).

The membrane between the shell and white/yolk is thicker so they were harder to crack. I fried them over easy, not breaking the yolk but cooking them through just in case.

Then I set them on toast, slapped a half cheddar single on each and completed the meal with a hot dog (there is no breakfast sausage and I don't usually have bacon in the house).