August: Cassave Root

We had cassava root for a snack in the village. You peel off the bark and eat unil the core. Yumm!

July: Eating With Our Hands

I put one hand behind my back so I will remember to eat only with my right hand (because your lfet hand is your potty and nose picking hand in Africa). -E

July: Doing Laundry

I like to help my friend Amanda* (or Amelia Bedelia) do cleaning. Our washer wasn't working so she was washing our clothes by hand. I like to play with the water and soap! -E

June: Staying with Friends

Mommy & Daddy went on an anniversary trip to England and we stayed with Uncle Arnett & Aunt Crystal. I had fun playing with Baby Z and all his toys too!

April: Moto Ride

Don't worry it was only in our courtyard!

March: E turns 4!

The Bee day girl.

Lots of friends came to her party and some even dressed like bees for her "Bumble Bee Birthday."

Blowing out the candles!

"We had a fantastic time and it was a real feast. We went to our friend's house and we got to play with our friends while our parents talked to the adults. In the morning before we went we baked cookies and got ready to go. My favorite food that we had there was the cookies that we made and the pumkin pie with whipped cream someone else brought. That night we talked to our family on skype. I had a good time talking to our family." -C

"We had a real turkey. We had a good feast. My favorite was the rolls Aunt Crystal made and the turkey. My favorite part of the day was talking to our family on skype. I hope you had a great feast too!" -H

E enjoyed "helping" with the cookies (mostly the eating) and playing with her friends. She also enjoyed trying to get in front of the camera and wish everyone a "Happy Tanksgiving!" while we were skyping.

Afternoon in the village

"The village very unusual place then what we are used to. They keep baby goats in little houses. My favorite thing was to see the cotton field. I sat under a big tree with the kids and I got to take lots of pictures of them. They don't get their picture taken very much. I think they liked it. They smiled a lot." -C
"The village was very nice. It had nice people. The cotton was very pretty. The African kids were very nice and friendly. A lot of the girls had their brothers and sisters on their backs. I was really glad they gave us some peanuts to take home and make boiled peanuts. My favorite thing was getting to see the fields and animals." -H
E spent the afternoon entertaining the kids and chasing the animals. She had a ball!

E

Me just being me; the ham that I am. :)

Silly E

I like to help Mommy in the kitchen. I helped her wash and fill our new canisters.

I got this funky thing on my arm. It started out as a bug bite or scratch and I kept scratching it. The doctor thought it was a fungus. It is finally starting to get better but please pray that it will continue healing and that Mommy & Daddy can keep me from scratching it.

I'm a silly head. After C got her bday morning picture taken I wanted my picture taken too.

I love care packages! Ponies and yummy popcorn; yay!

Koolaid; I am addicted to koolaid! And of course some sunscreen. We can't have too much sunscreen around here! Thank you Miller family!

Here I am being a ham on my new sheets. Thank you Aunt Lisa and Uncle Phil!!!

Here I am ready to go have some fun at the Fall Festival at C & H's school.

Here I am helping out another team because they had some watermelon to eat first! I love me some watermelon!!!

Life With E

When we go to the Super Marche I like to look at the French coloring books and play on the boxes and cases of beer while Mommy & Daddy get our groceries and practice their french with the workers. I also like to hold a basket and help carry our things.

Tuesday Toe Day: The day where we cut our toe nails and get them painted. (This way I don't bite them!)

One of my chores is to fold the washclothes. I'm getting really good at it.

We ate african food at a restraunt with our french teacher. I really liked it and ate alot, but look at this HUGE plate of food they gave me for less than $2 USD. I liked the cabbage. The owner of the restraunt really liked me and called me his wife. I liked all the attention. He did something similar to "this little piggy" to me with my hand. It made me laugh.

We went to a village about an hour away from where we live to meet our french teachers' family and spend time with some new friends. Ms.E's family was very nice and I had a great time playing with her nephews. One of them was just my size and age and a ham just like me! We had a great time together. While we waited for lunch to be prepared we ate peanuts for a snack.

We also spent some time with new friends. We ate pizza for dinner at their house and I got to use this Barbie cup. I wanted Mommy to take a picture of it. We played and had lots of fun at their house and even got to spend the night.

Love, E

More E Happenings

Sometimes at "Siesta" time during the day (the hottest part of the day around 1:00-4:00 when life around Africa slows down) I end up falling asleep even though I usually don't take naps anymore.

I got this hippo after my first hippo turned my hands purple becasue it was dyed instead of being made out of dark wood. This one is the real thing made out of dark wood.

I love going to the bakery. This is my favorite. A yummy doughnut the size of my head!!! What more could a girl ask for?!

One night we had hamburgers for dinner. I decided to put my zucchini on my burger instead of on the side like everybody else. Mabye I am a future chef?

Today we went to the outdoor Market and I got a pair of flip-flops. (Mine got left in the US.) I kept saying, "Thank you, Mommy, Daddy, my new flip-flops." (Daddy got a new pair too. His got left behind too.)

Love, E

My Life in Senegal

So far I am really enjoying Senegal. My favorite thing about Senegal so far is talking to friends and family on skype. Everytime I go by the computer I say, "Talka ______!" And I fill in all the names of the people I have talked to on skpe.

Here is a little about my daily life here...

I enjoy getting as dirty as I possibly can. (But still being a princess while doing it!)

Here is my favorite hiding spot. It's just my size and I entertain myself here often.

Whenever Mommy goes out to hang up or take down clothes I am right there tagging along. Sometimes I "help" other times I just explore in the yard or stomp on ants.

There are lots of seashells here and i like to entertain others by pretending to be a pirate with a seashell in my eye.

I wanted to show you a picture of "my room!"

I like to go to this restaurant so that I can play with the toys and the server knows me by name. I like the french fries.

I love to go searching for seashells at the beach and make Mommy hold them all. Every itty bitty one I find. I do not really like the sand in my shoes, but I am getting used to it.

Love, E