MY CAR IS HERE

I got the news the day before yesterday. my car arrived in Ouagadougou.  It will still be 4-6 weeks before i can drive it - that is how long it takes to be released from customs here and get the diplomatic plates...but i really dont care. i can see my freedom right around the corner. the unfortunate thing is that Otto will probably be gone, home for the summer, before we can use the car. Oh well. he doesnt care so much because his best friends live close enough to bike to.


i have a couple of random photos.  i will be so happy when i get a real camera. at first i thought i was pretty clever for just using my iPhone. but i am not, there are way to many good novice photo ops.

There is an annual Easter egg hunt and brunch at the Ambassadors residence. and it wouldnt be complete without the Easter bunny. this is one of our military colleagues and he made a darn good bunny.

End of quarter school elementary grade performance. can you find Otto? it was pretty long and chaotic, the kids were tired, but of course good to see all that they had been working on this quarter.  one of the amazing things they did was a song about the flags of the world. then kids made flags from the countries they are from, i would say in Otto's class alone there are 10 different countries represented - i didn't even recognize all the flags.  I just think this is such an amazing opportunity for Otto to be a part of the global community - i just hope he appreciates it when he is older.

Ahhh, the recorder section... Wasn't as painful as i remember when Otto performed with his class in the first grade.