Zac's first haircut

Before:



After:



He didn't cry at all. And Scott did a great job! Isn't he the cutest little guy??!

Spinners, and squinters, and handsome guys

Emily, a.k.a. the queen of spin, doing a twirly dance for us.



It's so rare that the sun really shines this bright. We enjoyed it for several hours before lunchtime. After lunch.... thunderstorms that were so wild they disturbed naptime for 25% of the nappers! (Okay, so that's just one kid.... who came out for cuddles while our language tutor was here.) :)



As we were walking around, a couple of older ladies stopped to point out how cute Emily and Aubrey are... but when they examined Zac, they declared him the cutest of the whole lot. :) We've been pleasantly surprised by the locals' reactions to the Ethiopians.

For the love of dogs and babies

We went to our neighbors house to visit, and let our 4 kids play with their 2 boys. These neighbors have been soooo sweet to us through our couple years here! They recently moved to this new place.... and boy is it pretty! On the 23rd floor... great view... stinks when the power (regularly) goes out though. :) They said at their Christmas eve party their friends had to hoof it up the 23 flights of stairs! (Power outage on Christmas eve... hit us too... we thought it was cool... candlelight Christmas eve... but quite cold!)



Isn't Scott looking younger and skinnier all the time??? I don't know how he does it. He has started eating some vegetables though. He even ate some broccoli a few days ago.... stir fried with tomato and garlic.... and... wait for it.... said it tasted "GOOD"!




Eliana really liked the dog. When he sat, she would sit beside him. When he laid on the floor, she would lay on the floor too. She would pat him with her hand, he would pat her with his paw. It was really cute. Maybe he's fond of coconut oil? We use it on her hair. :)




The dog grew so fond of Eliana's companionship that when I went to pick Eliana up and move her, the sweet golden retriever growled at me quite seriously! He seems to be under the impression that she is his baby now.