Diaper Measles and the Master of the Babies

Yeah, Chonou is supposed to be getting potty trained. No, that isn't happening right now. And, yes, thanks for asking, he does have Super Desi Diaper Rash(aka, diaper measles)

The rash is probably because of the weirdness in the diapers, in addition to the fact that they are way too small, and either stores don't carry his size, or certain people *cough cough* insist on buying small diapers because "they 'fit' last time."

The following are some fun diaper packages that we have bought(there was also a brand called "camera" but I think we threw the package away already. It kinda creeped me out, when I would see the packaging, I would imagine that there was probably a camera inside the diaper. Yeah......

This, "no more rashes" brand is the same one that writes about diaper measles on the packaging.

Master of the babies! GRRRRRRRRR!

And of course, dispose off properly. If you can even find a trash can. Not like it matters though, everything ends up on the ground anyways, and REAL garbage, the stuff that truly can not be reused, will get burnt anyways.
Oh, and text us is you have any questions.

Pakistan vs India

So what? Pakistan LOST. It's awesome how excited people get about cricket here. Everyone had the second half of the day off to watch the match. There were texts floating around about how this game was not really a game, but it was a war. They showed the game at my brother and sister-in-law's university. People painted their faces(some with indian flags). The boys who had painted the indian flags on their faces were banned from watching the game for a while until they decided that since they were really pakistani, and actually were students of the school, and that they probably wouldn't actually kill the other students. I saw some videos, and the guys were going crazy. You know those protests you see, where they burn some country's flag? It looked just like that. Only, they were pakistanis, holding the pakistan flag in pride. There is way too much patriotism here, it's cool :) The power company also didn't take out our light in the afternoon like usual. I was told it was because if they DID take the light, there would be people out to kill them :P I spent most of the day enjoying the fact that there was power all day long, forgetting that there is, indeed power all day long back in the states.

Chonou went to watch the game at the university, but the loud cheering that the girls made scared Chonou, and he started crying and had to come home.

I also think that during the match, someone fired a bomb(not just a firecracker.) Me and chonou were outside when it happened, and it scared me, and chonou. He looked like he was about to cry. Later, baji told me she heard it too(the university is a few blocks away) but I don't know how loud it was for her. I think it was probably someone who got a little too excited, and bought a bomb in there with his firecrackers :P

The commercials during the game were pretty awesome too. The majority were incredibly patriotic, and most commercials were for mobile companies. The mobile companies were running some sort of deal that was only valid during the game.

The end of the game felt close, even though it really wasn't. Pakistan played terribly, I hear. I was watching the game at the end though. Even when I wasn't watching the game, I would still stop by the TV to see what the score was when I heard some cheering or just when it had been a long time since I'd checked.

You could actually hear the cheering all the way from India(or maybe it was coming from the Indian supporters in Pakistan. I also think that  maybe people just wanted to light their firecrackers anyways, since they went to all the trouble to actually buy them. I'm kinda glad they lost. If they had won, I wouldn't have been able to sleep at midnight. There would have been too much noise!

Sick.

I have pate ka dard. Dolor de estómago. Pain in stomach. Whatever language you want it in. I've no idea why either. Same pani, same food, no street food preceding the stomach pain. AND, its been over a month since I've been here, so I don't get it. Oh well. It's not as severe pain as it was yesterday. Today, the pain has just been occasionally showing up. Anyhow, just thought I would share, the coolness of NOT getting sick when we got here, but managing to get sick later for some mystery reason. Oh, and the coolness of having intense, stabbing, pate ka dard while also having to go hiking through the mountains. FUN STUFF!

4, 3, 0, 3, 2, 1 :(

My choosay, that is. :( First there were 4. Then there were 3. Then they got taken to a farm to live. Then I insisted that they come home. (They came home with poop stuck to their butts, for what it's worth.) Then there were 2. Then there was 1. One lonely choosa. It's the yellow one thats left. He's the strong/fast one anyways. Poor choosay, probably got eaten by some bird or something.

Poor lonely choosa. I put him in the cage so he doesn't get eaten too. He's been flying around the cage all upset and trying to break out(and he did break out successfully once.)

I think when my husband comes we are going to have to buy more chickens(because the main point of buying the choosay were to 1) replace the husband(since their dying off so quickly, does that mean the husband is coming sooner? I kinda hope so!) and 2) so I can slaughter and cook them when he DOES come. A welcome home gift. 

Banned from Bazaar

My baby is banned from the bazaar. His aunt said so. You wanna know why he is banned from bazaar? No, he didn't knock over a table of kupre, or a stand of sweets. He didn't pee on anyone, or actually jump off of the rickshaw(though he definitely tried, and not because he was upset or anything, I think he just thought it was a good idea or something.) Nope, he is banned because he is obsessed with motorbikes. Yep. We can't take him to bazaar, or even on a walk down the street, without him obsessing over going on one of the thousands of motorbikes parked in every possible spot. So he got banned. Maybe I'll carry him in the mei tai next time, if the in-laws let me. Its ajeeb how ajeeb desis find babywearing. It's even ajeeber to me that they decide to instead carry the baby in their arms. It's even way more ajeeber to me that they carry the baby in an incredibly warm sleep sack thing when I find it warm. 

There will be no janazah for him...

...because he was a choosa. Poor choosa. He is missing, and he probably got eaten by a much bigger bird. Alhamdulillah, he was rizq for that bird, and maybe the birds kiddos. Now there are only 3 choosay left, and they are growing up quite, uh, nicely? They're very dirty, and the three of them are all different sizes. We think one(or all) of them is(are) dying. I believe it means that at least one will be a rooster inshallah. We'll find out inshallah. And if we don't(assuming they all get eaten by something) we will just get some hens and a rooster from bazaar inshallah!

Quadruplets

I am the proud mother of 5 under 2. YAY! The quads share a birthday with my Jaanou Maanou, February 28. I adopted them just yesterday, March 3rd. They are a lot of work, but a blast. They are also really pretty. Did I mention that the quads are choosay? That means baby chickens for those of you non-pakistanis :P They're really pretty because they were colored with something, probably powder, so there are two orange ones, and two yellow green and pink ones. One of them kept trying to eat the other ones last night, so I put him in a separate box(they came in a shoebox.) Turns out, the cannibal one is also the jumpy one, and he just escaped out of the box, and back into the other box. We have them in a cage now though.

Chonou loves them. They were running around the terrace today. Chonou loves to pet them and poke them and try to feed them things, like roti and macaroni noodles.

They make a ton of noise and are always falling asleep. I love to hold them, and one(maybe both?) of the orange ones likes to be held. One of the orange ones has a spot on its beak. I don't know how I'm gonna tell them apart when they get older though. Not like it really matters though, right?

As of now, I'm gonna pretend I don't know the genders of them. Shhhhh! it's a secret ;) Well, its not like I really know anyways. I tried to check, but I'm no chicken sexer. As far as I know, I think they're all hens. I should know better in about 6 weeks, when they hit puberty or whatever. If I don't have any roosters, we might have to buy a live rooster, just because it would be awesome to have my own rooster that says RikaRikaROOOOO!

Ah, kids grow up so fast. Or perhaps I should save that line for when we get the goats? Mwahaha