stolen goods, painted walls, new baby

no, i didn't fall off the face of the earth, but it's been a somewhat crazy week. let's see, popo got mugged and had his phone taken, then someone stole his laundry right off the line (so lame), victor had his wallet stolen getting onto the matatu yesterday. good times. but in happy news, baby Joy has arrived. she's coming home today and we're having a party with lots of family this afternoon. baraka has been acting crazy all week; i think he knows something is up. plus he's almost two so that's part of it as well.

i thought lilian's baby was also scared of me b/c i'm white. she kept crying everytime she saw me today. but i think it was popo who started it b/c he gets really loud and acts all goofy and basically tries to scare her. it's really funny but today she didn't like it. and lilian kept saying, no it's not you, she's not afraid of muzungus, it's popo.

the mural is nearly finished at the juvenile. except that all the parts left are way, way up high. what started as a project for just part of the wall has now expanded to the entire thing, and i have no clue how to reach the top. we were standing on chairs on top of tables and that's not even close. the only ladder they have there is super sketch, so hmmm. i'm thinking of getting a paint roller and attaching it to a stick. you get creative here? the kids were freaking me out though b/c they were hanging off of doors reaching way high and one kid tried to stack another chair on top of the chair on the table. until i started frantically waving my hands yelling no, no. and then when we finished i discovered that several of them had taken paint and started painting the chairs. one was outside covered in green. most had soccer teams like manchester united painted all over them. so that was fun scrubbing it offf. the thing is that no one probably would even care b/c the furniture has graffiti all over it anyway. and the chairs are metal, painted blue and all the paint is flaking off. and no teachers are around half the time so it could be weeks before they notice anyway.