Grasshoppers and airplanes

Jordan can sit up now so I can bathe her in the sink (a lot more easier on my back!). She loved it even though I don't think she is going to fit in there for very long. I'll guess we'll upgrade to the big bath next.

It is mangwin (type of grasshopper) season here right now. They always come as dry season starts. People attach fluorescent lights to high poles with a sheet on metal behind them and a bucket underneath. At night the grasshoppers fly into the light, hit the metal, and fall into the bucket. Then for a reason I don't understand they can't get out.  They are an expensive delicacy for $10 a bucket. They fly into the house ever so often and the boys have fun catching them. A couple of days ago I told Seth to take one out and he said he wanted to eat it (he eats them at his friends). So when our friend offered us some yesterday, Jake took a handful. I got my friend to cook them (I have no idea). They boil them first, them fry them. Jake and Seth enjoyed them but Josh and I were too chicken (the little eyes bug me!). I'm sure they are great protein though.

So the President still has not come to Bamenda. He was meant to be here this week but it is now postponed to the 9th. It makes life a little more complicated as there is a curfew at night and lots of police check points set up. I'll be glad when he has come and gone! They are going to do an air show when he is here and 3 jets and 3 helicopters have been flying over often. I remember Jake's Great Grandma telling me that when she was a girl the teacher used to let them out of the classroom if a plane was flying over so they could see it. Well, I'm doing that too, the boys go crazy over it! They usually never get to see planes flying over. Then when I was down at the meat market yesterday and the jets flew over and the whole place erupted, people were cheering, shouting, and dancing. It was like Cameroon had scored a goal in the world cup or something. It was cool to experience, enjoying the simpler things of life.