Ab Routines and Ugi
For the past few weeks, Kat and I have been doing an ab routine in the evenings. Some of the kids watch, some of them do it with us; never has exercising been such a bundle of fun for all involved. We often do the routine in the girls' room in Serengeti...especially on chapati nights, because we do the 10 minutes of crunches and then immediately show down on the chapati. (Chapati is a delicious thick tortilla, made with flour, water, sugar, oil and salt and cooked over a jicho, topped with sauteed cabbage and tomatoes.
The other day Happy and the girls were going to do the routine with us. They were all excited and getting into positions on the floor. Happy walked in with practically a tub of ugi, a porridge made from white flour that the kids eat every other day for breakfast. She put the tub down in her cubbie, after one final bite of course, and then got down on the floor, ready to go. It was Happy's first shot at the routine. After about 30 seconds, the girls were wailing, "owww this is hard!" Happy looked particularly unpleasantly surprised and stood up. I'm just going to dance, she proclaimed to the club-esque music we had playing from some portable speakers. Meanwhile, Kat and I were still in the throes of sit ups, and the other girls were doing their best to keep up. Happy grabbed her ugi bucket, spooned herself a bite, and began shaking it all around the room. At one point, she sat on my knees, wiggling her middle and eating ugi as I continued to try to 'crunch' far faster than I wanted to. I almost couldn't continue the laughter was so strong. The ab and ugi routine may very well end up being one of my funniest moments here.
For the past few weeks, Kat and I have been doing an ab routine in the evenings. Some of the kids watch, some of them do it with us; never has exercising been such a bundle of fun for all involved. We often do the routine in the girls' room in Serengeti...especially on chapati nights, because we do the 10 minutes of crunches and then immediately show down on the chapati. (Chapati is a delicious thick tortilla, made with flour, water, sugar, oil and salt and cooked over a jicho, topped with sauteed cabbage and tomatoes.
The other day Happy and the girls were going to do the routine with us. They were all excited and getting into positions on the floor. Happy walked in with practically a tub of ugi, a porridge made from white flour that the kids eat every other day for breakfast. She put the tub down in her cubbie, after one final bite of course, and then got down on the floor, ready to go. It was Happy's first shot at the routine. After about 30 seconds, the girls were wailing, "owww this is hard!" Happy looked particularly unpleasantly surprised and stood up. I'm just going to dance, she proclaimed to the club-esque music we had playing from some portable speakers. Meanwhile, Kat and I were still in the throes of sit ups, and the other girls were doing their best to keep up. Happy grabbed her ugi bucket, spooned herself a bite, and began shaking it all around the room. At one point, she sat on my knees, wiggling her middle and eating ugi as I continued to try to 'crunch' far faster than I wanted to. I almost couldn't continue the laughter was so strong. The ab and ugi routine may very well end up being one of my funniest moments here.
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