The more things change, the more they stay the same

My internet connection is generally so poor I'm going to focus all my energy on just getting some pictures up rather than writing a story. So here we have the requisite holiday montage, African-style.

Halloween

The kids went trick or treating at the Embassy. Josh was a Bionicle (if you don't know what that is then you must not have an Elementary aged boy). Ben was a pirate (for the second or third year in a row. Go Ben). And Josie was a princess. If I was more clever I could write an ode about how much I hated that costume. It was supposed to be a size 4-6 but there's no way in hell it was any bigger than a size 2. I spent 30 minutes trying to take it off after Josie's school party. I finally cut the back.

Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving at a friend's house. They had at least 30 people there! We had two turkeys, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, home made rolls, gravy and, of course pies. I think I counted 6 pies. After it was all over Bob stayed up and watched the Packers play football. He was in Heaven. There was so much left over turkey that we had a full Thanksgiving dinner the next day (and then he watched Planes, Trains, and Automobiles).

Josh was a happy camper.

Ben loved his dinner. His Dutch friend wasn't so sure...

And this isn't all of them.

Thanksgiving Round 2