Visiting Santa

Here's the yearly picture with Santa. Lydia was excited...Kinzy really didn't know what was going on...and Alia was scared out of her mind (I've never seen her suck her thumb before). I guess it is pretty traumatizing to see a fat man with a white beard saying, Ho Ho Ho.

Girl Scout Christmas Party

There are several other Girl Scout troops in Cairo and they all had a large Christmas party at a local school. There were all kinds of games and competitions for the girls to do. Lydia had so much fun!

Three girls

We were taking pictures of the girls the other day for Christmas time and I just couldn't resist putting this one up for all to see. I'm afraid that 10 or 15 years from now I'm going to have to get a big stick to beat those Egyptian boys off of them. What do you think? ....maybe I'm biased

Girl Scout Cookies

A couple of months ago, Jill started a Brownie Girl Scout troop for Lydia and other like-minded girls in our area. So since then, every other week for about an hour and a half our house is filled with 6-8 girls Lydia's age. I have learned what people mean when they say, "giggly girls". The girls are from all different nationalities. They have learned what to do in case of a fire and first-aid skills. A couple of weeks ago, they all came for a couple of weeks to bake and decorate Christmas cookies. The cookies were then sent to our armed forces in Iraq for Christmas.

Christmas Greetings from the Inman Girls!

Last year Grandma decided it would be fun to give us this little snowman with a dog that sings jingle bells and shakes and makes holiday noise. Of course, the girls found it first when we got out the Christmas stuff this year. Mom and Dad really appreciate it so much because it's helped us really learn the jingle bells song well. :) As you can see from the video, the girls enjoy it.

Puttin' up the Tree

Last week we put up the Tree! The girls had so much fun. We splurged and bought some imports to have a snacky night with popcorn and chips with dip. We decorated our tree and our home with some simple Christmasy things. We watched the Grinch and laughed. Which we needed! Then we started our Christmas countdown with the Nativity Calendar and Advent wreath. It was a great family night together.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

We had such a wonderful thanksgiving with friends. The great thing here in Egypt is that we get our Turkey fresh...I mean fresh...like killed the day before or that day. We soaked him in a brine overnight and baked him crispy brown. We had friends over and ate and ate and ate! We put a poster board on the wall for everyone to write what they are thankful for. We have so much to be thankful for! We trust you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

A Ronald McDonald Birthday!

We recently went to a birthday party at McDonald's with some friends. The music was loud and the games were fun! Every parent's dream! I thought you might enjoy some of these pictures.

A trip to the dentist

I don't think many people like to go to the dentist. Unfortunately, Lydia's first visit wasn't just a cleaning. Lydia started telling us that her tooth hurt when she brushed...then she started saying that it hurt when she ate. So we took her to our dentist and sure enough there was a cavity between two of her back molars. The dentist was so good and gentle. He talked her through everything he did. I think the experience was more traumatic for Momma but there were a couple times when Lydia's whole body tensed up...like when the drill was digging around. But she got a toy and a new toothbrush afterward and her tooth doesn't hurt anymore. Now, hadn't you better schedule your next appointment? :)

A Halloween party

Sorry for the long time without updating. Here's some pics of a halloween party we had at the house. We had some friends over and we each hid behind a door and had the kids walk around the house knocking on room doors saying "trick or treat". It was fun. We also were able to go to a party hosted by a local British school.

Trick or treating at the house

Party at the British school

I got candy!!!