quick update

Last night Hannah and I had a homework assignment from Rekha to practice our Nepali with the didis. As they were cleaning up after dinner, we went in the kitchen and asked our first, incredibly basic Nepali question: "Tapaaiko naam ke ho?" (What is your name?) and they immediately burst into an uproar. They thought we were hilarious. We spent a lot of time talking to them, and they were very patient with us. Then, later when we were getting ready for bed, Susma (one of the didis) peeked into our room, gestured to the chairs in the living room, and said, "Talk?" So we sat up and talked to them until we had exhausted all the Nepali and English phrases we both knew. They kept asking us if we were tired and wanted to go to bed: "Problem?" No, no problem, we're not tired. We were so excited they wanted to talk to us!

We've got to get back to the house--the kids are home from school. Yesterday it was raining but today it looks like it will hold off, so we will get a chance to play outside with them.