PENDA DEAN

Born March 31, 2006 at 8:52 pm, weight in at 9 lbs 9 oz and measuring 22 inches long.

My name Penda is from a word Ependa which means a Hero in Oshiwambo. Penda also means Love in Swahili.

Dean in my grandfather's name!

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PENDA'S MANY FACES
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BOOKS

Books from my parents

  1. My trip to Africa

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GALLERY

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kapala's photos More of kapala's photos

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LINKS

Kapala.NET
Owen

Paxton

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ARCHIVES

October 2007
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June 27 , 2008
Summer is finally here! I just want to be outside and play, which makes it hard for me to nap or go to bed at night. My parents don't seem to understand how fun it is to play. School is over and I miss it. I ask my Mom often to go to school (the toddler classes we used to go together). I have been going to toddler gymnastic class and I enjoy that. I mostly enjoy running around and jumping on that treadmill like kind of a thing that they have there. My parents like it because it makes me tired and usually ready for bed after that. I like to sing, my favorite songs are twinkle twinkle little star, the ABC song, the Bubble Bee song and, Kakalakanga, (an Oshiwambo song). I am still enjoying books. My parents just found that I have memorized some of my favorite books. Meme was surprised when she read a word wrong and I corrected her and how I sometimes end sentences for her, when she seem slow. I understand a lot of Oshiwambo, but speaks more English. I can't climb much and am afraid of things that I'm not familiar with. I am still trying to get better eating by myself with utensils. I enjoy my little sister a lot and can't wait for her to grow a little bit more, so we can play together. Meme says it will happen soon, before I know it we are chasing each other.


a video of me playing and being creative

May 6, 2008
My baby sister is here. Her name is Kauna. I call her Baby Kauna. I like to touch her gentle on her head. My parents says I'm a good brother to her. I like to watch her when she is asleep and I don't like it when she cry and has a blanket on, this is probably because I don't like to sleep with a blanket on me.

touching Baby Kauna's hair

March 31, 2008
I'm two! If you ask me how old I'm, that's what I will say. I had a beautiful birthday! My parents made me a beautiful carrot cake, which I refuse to taste. I am not a fan of baked goods yet, beside bread. I won't eat any cake, banana bread, cookies, etc. I had a few friends over to celebrate my birthday with and I enjoyed opening my gifts and birthday cards. I also liked it when everybody sang Happy Birthday song to me, after that I wanted my parents to sing it to me again and again for a few days.
my birthday cake

January 19 , 2008
Sorry for the late update. I have been very busy playing with Meme's cousins who are here visiting us from Namibia. They are teaching me a lot of Oshiwambo words and songs and I like to do a lot of things with them. When they leave the house without me, I like to run around the house calling their names and trying to find them. I 'm really going to miss them when they return back to Namibia, but let's not talk about that right now, since they are still here for a while. Well, I'm now... how old am I again? I think I'm 21 months old turning 22 months old soon. I am now saying things like, "eenghaku (shoes) for Meme (Mom), opuwo, onda kuta (I'm done eating or I'm full), red cool car, yellow ombaka (duck), etc. I'm still into cars, trains, puzzles, books, etc. These days I am enjoying books like Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss and Are you my Mother? by PD Eastman.

I'm looking at the insects at the Science Museum in Seattle

December 16 , 2007
These days I'm into puzzles and coloring. I enjoy putting puzzles together and coloring in my book. Meme and Tate don't like it when I start to write everywhere. I'm also saying a few more words now, both in English and Oshiwambo. I enjoy playing with my friends too.

Here I'm busy putting together an alphabet puzzle

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