A new home

Hello out there! After four weeks of looking and quite a few disappointments we have finally found a flat. I went this past Thursday to sign the contract. The owner is going to paint it the color of our choice and do a little bit of work on it before we can move in. We also need to finish out the month here. So we plan to move in after Christmas. We'll keep you updated and try to get some pictures up for you all to see.

Santa Claus in Egypt????

Yes....he does travel all over the world! Every year the big American School here in Cairo has a big Christmas Baazar. It is always so much fun. There are lots of shops selling ornaments crafts made from Egyptians. The money goes to help the needy. There are also fun games for the children and of course Santa is there. As you can see Alia didn't think to much of this bearded character. However, Lydia was quite prepared. She gave him a letter she wrote (random letters she has learned) and asked him for a train. I'm not sure why she wants a train. Alia just wanted to leave as quickly as possible.

A Thanksgiving Breakfast

We spent Thanksgiving day with some close friends. Instead of having the normal big turkey meal we decided to have a huge breakfast. Our friends have a big enclosed balcony at their flat so we had a bright and cheery breakfast. We made belgian waffles, spinach egg quisch, German breads, and fresh juice. We then spent the rest of the day together playing games and watching movies. Unfortunately, we had no American Football. We hope everyone out there had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Cooking time with Mama

Jill loves to bake during the holidays. She always tries to include the girls. She started out this season with making some cookies for Thanksgiving.





As you can see in the pictures the girls did more eating than helping Mom.

The benefits of Home schooling

One of the benefits of home schooling is that you can do it anyplace. While we were at the beach, Lydia had two days of school with a great view. Even though she had a lot of distractions, Lydia paid attention amazingly well and learned the letter "G". Maybe we all need a beautiful environment to work in.

A little break...

After looking for flats for a couple of weeks and working at the same time we needed a couple of days at the beach. The nice thing about Egypt is that even in November the weather isn't too cold to enjoy some time at the beach. Here are a few pictures from our time the past couple of days.

Moving.....

As some of you may know, we have made the decision to move from our present location. I've been looking all over the city for a new flat for our family. We have chosen a new area called Helliopolis for our family. The past couple of weeks I've been looking for flats in this area. We will keep everyone up to date on our new home and location.

Alia walks

This is an older video shot but I thought it was cute and I wanted to try out video on our blog.

First sighting of Baby Inman

Hello, here is a first sighting of baby Inman number three! Let us know what you think.....I mean is it a boy or a girl???????

What do you think????

We are expecting our third child!!! We are so excited of this wonderful blessing! Jill is due the first of April. We thought it would be fun for everyone to get involved the next few months by voting for what you think it is; boy or girl?? We have chosen not to find out until the little one is born. To the right, you'll find a poll to vote. So everyone, tell us what you think??? Who know maybe there will be a reward for those who answer correctly......don't get your hopes up.

First Week of School

As most of you know, we decided to home school Lydia. This week completed the first three days for her. We were able to rent a small flat and we spent a couple of days setting it up. Lydia started school on Tuesday. Our schedule for her is about two hours per day, five days a week. Three days out of the week we have an Egyptian friend who is coming to teach her Arabic for a half an hour. After the first day, she came home pretty tired and while she was watching cartoons she just started crying and told me she can't write her name very well. Poor thing. I think we have a little perfectionist on our hands. The second day, Jill said they were coming home and Lydia said, "Mommy my head hurts!" Jill is doing a great job and after three days Lydia is enjoying it.



Setting up the classroom


Lydia's first day


Jill and Lydia walk about 10 minutes every morning to school. Lydia was a little nervous the first day. :)


Mommy and Lydia at school!

What's the weather like there?????

One of the most asked questions while we were in the states was "what's the weather like?" Well, now you can keep up to date with the weather for Cairo. However, please be aware that in the hot summer the temperature is actually hotter than what is shown on the internet. I don't know the answer to why this is so. Maybe some of you do! Anyway, if you look in our links to the right I've added a link to a great website that shows the weather for Cairo.

MEET SCOOTER

......or is it snowball or just plain "kitty" (Lydia can't make up her mind). When we got back to Egypt Lydia kept asking for a kitty and we finally caved. So far she seems to be a very good kitten. We've had her for two days now and every night she's slept with Lydia and she sits right beside Lydia while watching cartoons. The good thing for us is that she knows how to use the litter box well!

102 degrees here...how 'bout you?

Hi everyone!! Lydia and Alia here. We usually don't write but Mama and Daddy are unpacking all our clothes while we play in the pool. It's hot here....but it's a dry heat...ha ha! The weather here is quite a bit different than at Grandma and Grandpa's house in America. I hope you're keeping cool too.

Benadryl is our friend

After a week long packing frenzy, sad good byes to family, and a gruelling 29 hours of travel we have made it to our home in Egypt. We left from Jill's parents house around 1:30 pm Saturday and arrived in Egypt at 2:30 am Monday morning. Egypt is eight hours ahead of Central time U.S. The girls did pretty good. We gave them both a little Benadryl and they were out most of the way on both flights. Lydia was a little upset because she was so excited that they were going to show "Over the Hedge" on the plane and then she missed it because she was sleeping. Oh well!!! Anyway, we are all doing well....just getting back on schedule through some jet lag. It feels good to be back. We are just shocked our time in the states went so fast!!

We have a 5 year old???!!!???

It's hard to believe that five years ago we gave birth to our first child. I look at our little girl and can't imagine that she was a little baby. She's so grown up! She can even write her name now. Jill and I used to say things like, "I can see us having a baby or toddler but not a school aged child". Well, now Lydia will be starting kindergarten and she'll soon be learning to read. How exciting! We decided to celebrate her birthday early so that most of the family could wish her happy birthday. We actually had two parties. One in Sedalia with my family and one in St. Louis with Jill's family.

We had a wonderful time at Partitown in Sedalia a couple of week ago.

Lydia got to go to Chuck E. Cheeze's in St. Louis for the first time.

Thanks for the visit!!!

We have had such a wonderful visit with friends and family while being here in the states this summer. We are now saying some of our last good bye's as we get ready to fly back to our home in Cairo the first part of September. We also have quite a bit of packing to do. :) Here are some pictures of the past couple weeks.


Lydia watches a puppet show at the Missouri State Fair


Lydia and Faith (Calvin's brother's daughter) enjoy a snow cone at the fair


Jill's Dad seen with the governor won Grand Champion bacon at the Missouri State Fair

Welcome!!

We would like to welcome everyone to our blog. This will hopefully be an easy and convenient way to hear about our many adventures of our life in Cairo, Egypt.