So we have started a new activity at the Ruschman household, we have international dinner night. Each child gets to have a turn picking a country and we make dinner from there and then we get to do activities or look up and learn about that country. Our first was Thailand.
After eating our Thai chicken curry roles, we put TJ to bed. Adam Sr. was at class, so the kids and I hit the internet. We learned how their names would each look printed in Thai and then they asked questions (good ones too)
What kind of games do kids play in Thailand?
What are their holidays?
What do they make there?
and so on.
I pulled up a picture of some Thai children celebrating a holiday. Ashley looks and informs me that the international child that recently started at their daycare (she was adopted by a couple here) is Thai. I was truly impressed. I said, "Does she look like these children?" Ashley replied, "Yes, she's black." I answered, "Ashley these children are not black, they are Thai, that is different. Many black children have family that came from Africa a long time ago, and that is a whole different country than Thailand." She replied, "Well she's not WHITE so I just thought she was BLACK." We have so much to learn. I think we are doing Brazil and Korea next, this should be interesting!
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