International Triplets: Introduction

They're Here!!!

August 17, 2014: We finally have both of our boys! We were all very excited to meet each other for the first time. We talked most of the 3 hour drive home, and talked about agriculture. We compared our bean and corn crops to those in Africa. We ordered pizza for supper and played Frisbee afterwards. Check off 2 American activities!

Meet Our Family

Back Row: Peyton (22, Lynney's boyfriend), Lynney (21, Senior at Iowa State, History major), Alexander (16, Junior at FMHS), Kayley (19, Sophomore at Iowa State, Dietetics major), Jameson (16, Junior at FMHS), and Jermaya (16, Junior at FMHS).

Front Row: Karley (7, 1st Grade at Richardson), and Kaydey (7, 1st Grade at Richardson).

The International Triplets

Alex is from Nigeria, Jameson is from the States, and Jermaya is from Egypt.

Purpose of the Blog

We are constantly learning new things from our students. This blog is an effort to share what we have learned with others, while making information and photos available to IRIS as well. It is fascinating to hear about different cultures, and to actually live with them is amazing. We want to share with you their accomplishments as teenagers living in a different world. This blog is "a day in the life of" as well as a format for comparing and contrasting the 3 cultures. Please enjoy it and please leave your feedback! We will periodically be posting interesting questions for all 3 boys to answer, so if you have a question, please let us know!

Aug. 11: (Alex came the 10th) Jim took Alex to get a sports physical so he could participate in cross country. He is eager to run with the team.

Aug. 12: First day of cross country practice for Alex. He ran 3 miles and was pretty tired when he got home. We are so proud of him for participating in this grueling sport! Go, Alex!

Aug. 15: We had a fire and went fishing and made S'Mores. Alex had his first S'More! He liked them so much he had another one. He also LOVED fishing and would have stayed out for hours if it hadn't been so dark.

Aug. 19: We went to church and met the congregation, then took the boys to the high school. They were expressing a little nervousness about finding classes. We split up and took the boys on a tour and walked through their schedules for them, so they would be able to find their rooms. We showed them what to do about lunch and explained the lunch account. They felt much better about school after that! We ate lunch at home and then went off to shop for clothes! The boys came with only a few things, so we need to get the wardrobes ASAP! First stop was Goodwill, where we purchased several pairs of dress shorts and running shorts as well as T-shirts and polos for both boys. Next was Wal-Mart, where we picked up some unders, socks, and jeans. We finished up at Kohls, where we found running shoes! It was a time-consuming affair, but the boys really enjoyed it. They were good bargain shoppers, too! We watched a movie while we ate supper of popcorn, cheese, crackers, & fruit, which is a family tradition on Sunday nights.

Aug. 20: The first day of school! Of course, I had to take pictures of all of the kids. I think they thought I was a little weird, but I explained that it is an American tradition to take pictures every year on the first day.

The boys were troupers, and survived the very hot classrooms with no air conditioning. Alex's favorite class is English, Jermaya's is Business Foundations, and Jamo's is Business Law.

Aug. 21: Jermaya accepted the Ice Bucket Challenge, to help raise money for ALS. We are so proud of him! I promised Jamo and Alex I would call them chicken on the blog if they did not participate. Alex=chicken, Jamo= chicken. I keep my promises!

We went to our organic garden and I showed the boys how to pick tomatoes, broccoli, and cauliflower. They were amazed at the size of our tomatoes! Alex said their tomatoes are much smaller, about an inch or 2 in diameter. Jermaya said Egyptian tomatoes are more like the size of your fist. Wow! I had to admit that these tomatoes are monsters, even for us :).