Faith's 5th Birthday

Faith turned five years old on January 4th!

She was really blessed this year to have her Nammy & Papa here to celebrate with her!

She also got several different celebrations this year because the Christmas Reading had to be scheduled on her actual birthday. The day after her birthday was her big party at her school!!

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Joseph's 6th birthday

Joseph's birthday is September 4th and this year he turned 6!! Yesterday it was fun to hear him walking around the house saying, "I'm six years old now!"

We had a Spiderman theme this year and we invited a bunch of his friends from his preschool class and from the village. It was the first time I had done a birthday party with local kids...I was pretty nervous.

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Random Feb/Mar pics

This is a pic of the kids' first face painting experience! So fun!

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Preschool Happenings

Joseph and Faith love school! It's such a joy to hear them say, "I love school, Mommy!" They wear uniforms three days a week and "sports clothes" on the other two days. One day they came home with a note that said they should wear "party clothes" on Thursday, since they were having a party. Here they are in their party clothes.

Of course they were excited about a party, who isn't? They came home that day full of sugar, but very happy! It was a special day for the preschool.

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Joseph's friends

Joseph is a very social boy and loves to interact with the boys in the village. The problem is that there's a language barrier. They don't understand him when he speaks to them in English. I guess we need to work on teaching him Arabic!

The other day he was at the center of this group of boys. He didn't mind being the center of attention! They were trying to practice their English with him. I told them to teach him Arabic!

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Faith's new friend

One of my new Arab friends has a sweet daughter who is a little younger than Faith. It's so cute to see them playing together. Faith speaks to her friend in English and then her friend responds in Arabic! The other day when they were at our house the girls played dress up...so cute!

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