Don’t you just love toddlers? They are into everything and trying every new button they can reach to push. Fortunately, they are small enough to fit almost anywhere! Everyone has a picture of themselves as a toddler fitting somewhere strange, right? They look so cute sitting in the dryer, inside Read more…
In true European style houses here are traditionally built without closets. How else could those 4 kids get into the land of Narnia?? They needed a wardrobe! (or armoire if you will) Well, we have 3 bedrooms and no armoires built yet, so everything was folded and put back in Read more…
Aside from music and the strength of relationships, one of my favorite things about life in Congo is the incredible fabrics! Local fabrics are brought from all over West Africa (I’ve heard it said that Dakar is the ‘Paris’ of African fashion…), and sold in 6 meter lengths (or 6 Read more…
Last week Joel had a simple assignment: Make up a city and paint a picture of it. We had just learned about differences between the ‘country’ and the ‘city’ and what kind of buildings he might have in a city. So Joel paints this: I really like it, don’t get Read more…
Okay Carrie, I know I am about 6 weeks late on keeping my promise of dog pictures, but better late than never, right? We are proud dogsitters of two puppies. I should know their breeds but don’t. I’m not that cool. All I know is Kali is made for Norway, Read more…
James had a great day on his birthday. We decided to stick to routines and still have school, but snuck in a few treats and surprises along the way. Some mornings the ‘men’ in our family go for an early walk and stop by the neighbor’s beignet shop on the Read more…
Joel: Only a few kinds of Star Wars ships are real. Dad: Oh, really? Joel: Well, I KNOW X-wings are real! Dad: You think X-wings are real? James: They’re not real yet… But that’ll change when I grow up.
There’s nothing spectacular about stick figures. When I took Elementary Art Education class they taught us the developmental stages of ‘art’ beginning with stick figures. The first ‘stage’ had large heads with limbs coming directly out. Both boys drew those first. Not Anna. She skipped that and headed straight for Read more…
Well, since moving to Congo Anna has really needed a haircut. I was originally planning to be a ‘purist’ about long hair, and didn’t want to cut her hair -ever. But God gave us a little girl with enough hair for 2 people. Kent and I were always told we Read more…
Here is the sofa we designed and had local carpenters build (next door actually) extra long so that Kent can actually stretch out on the couch and take a nap. Yes, at over 6 feet tall, he needed a 2-meter couch. One of his favorite things is to stretch out Read more…