Get ready for AdvEntURe!
We've had some great family adventures in Uganda. But when we were in the USA a few weeks ago, I was SHOCKED when my kids were shocked that I got on a horse. Upon further inquiry, I learned that my kids' image of me did not include adventurous . WHAT? Me, who has lived my life bouncing from one foreign country to the next, not adventurous? Me, who has been river rafting on the Nile at least a dozen times not adventurous ? Me, who has worked in an African war zone? Over the next few weeks of our US vacation, I took every opportunity to show them an adventurous side of me that I imagined 11 and 12 year olds could understand. I went on roller coasters, I body surfed in the ocean, I played with the Wii, and I even let them go to the movies by themselves. Lord knows, I can't stop with the adventures now - with near teens in the house, my reputation as a mom is at stake! So I'm planning some fun family adventures during our last months in Uganda, including some of the wonderf...