Sahel Academy Spirit Week!

Last week at my school it was Spirit Week where we dress up and do fun stuff. We do it to encourage our baseball teams before they play in a big tournament here in Niamey. Each day we dress up for a different theme. Monday was rock star so I spiked my hair and wore sunglasses.

Tuesday was crazy hat day. I put 4 hats on: 1 of my sisters, my bike helmet, another baseball cap & an african hat.

The rest of the week my mom forgot to take pictures! Wednesday was Fairy Tale day and I was the Frog Prince, Thursday was Somewhere Else Day and I went late because I had an infection in my eye and so didn't get dressed up. Friday was Spirit Day and we all wore our School Colors and we had a Pep Rally to encourage the teams. And there was a competition for cheers and my class won for the elementary grades. Our prize was a BIG chocolate cake mmmmm yum. The Sahel Suns won the tournament so I guess our cheers worked. All the teams for Sahel Academy were: Social Suns, Scorpions and Sahel Suns. It was a fun weekend!

Glasses & Bike!!

September 29th I got glasses!! I wasn't seeing very good at school so I & my teacher asked my parents if I could get my eyes checked. The father of one of the students from Sahel Academy who is an opthamologist here in Niamey asked me a bunch of questions like "Can you see this better than this" and stuff like that. He gave my parents a piece a paper and we got the glasses at his clinic. They only cost 13,000FCFA. My parents were very happy about that!!

This is a picture of me with Ethel, Sunflower and my bike. My bike is from Canada and it came in a container that our new team members brought out. Me and my best friend Youssouf go for bike rides and I know lots of tricks now. I like my bike very much and it's fun.