Merry Christmas from Dakar!
My new African outfit!
Lucas helping Dan give our Christmas tree a bath.
Wow! What a dirty tree!
Good job Lucas!
Alexis helping Dan give the Christmas tree a bath.
This is a fun new experience in Africa!
Our Christmas tree!
I like these shiny ornaments!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree...
Lucas jammin' to Christmas carols.
Look at us Mommy!
Our little people toys had a snowball fight.
Then we had a snowball fight!
Alexis reading quietly by the tree.
Lucas and Alexis decided to read a Nativity book under the umbrella.
Alexis and Lucas practicing being Mary & Joseph.
Listening while Dad reads the Christmas story.
Such a cute “Joseph”!
“Mary” has a new look!
Our trip to Goree Island. The kids loved their first boat ride!
What an adventure!
A historic museum on Goree Island.
There are people who still live on the island year round.
Looking out over the island.
Looking back across the ocean at Dakar.
The kids loved seeing a monkey but it was chained up.
We looked at castle ruins on this end of the island.
Lucas by a Baobob tree. Baobobs grow to be massive trees.
The castle ruins are on top of the cliffs.
Guys entertaining as we looked around.
A museum.
Waiting for the boat to come take us home.
Lucas playing toys.
We're pretending to be in a boat!
We love suckers!
I'm not sleepy!
I'm a little sleepy!
How about this for my PJs?
Lucas loved riding this front loader at a very “American” store here named Orca.
Alexis talking to grandparents on the phone.
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!! It's amazing what you can find here!
What color is the water in your bathtub? Ours is usually yellow...from all the sand. Makes you feel real clean doesn't it?
Some things that we find here still amaze us!
