Mr. Bubbles

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A Garden Pot

One of his favorite places.

Bon-Bon Glace

One of his favorite things.

It's Christmastime!

Time to bust out the Christmas music and decorations put up the tree!

Micah had fun playing with the decorations…

…and playing in the empty boxes!




Did Hannah label that tin?



Me and my boy



Micah helped with the decorating.

I have video of him last year sitting under the tree in his carseat, he couldn’t reach the ornaments with his hands so he scooted down and was kicking at them with his feet. I wonder if he remembers that?

Micah's First Thanksgiving

This year for thanksgiving we were invited to spend it with some other M folks in Tahoua. Us, the Mannixes and Sarah’s friend April, and the two Southern Baptist couples that live there. Nine adults and three small children gathered ‘round the table made for a festive meal. We had most of the Thanksgiving essentials, excepts for cranberry sauce and my mama’s sweet potatoes—three small chickens stood in for the turkey, and of course there were mashed potatoes and gravy, Stovetop stuffing, and green bean casserole (onions and cream of mushroom sent from the states—great ideas for holdiday care packages!), plus yummy meatballs!

After lunch the kiddos played. Well, Caleb and Micah played, I think they were a little too much for the other little boy…those crazy bush kids! Then they watched a movie before settling in for their afternoon naps…

One of the few pictures I have where my son is actually wearing clothes!

Micah Playing Peek-A-Boo

He does this almost every time I put a diaper on :)

Market Day

Alkassoum and Aboubacar. The ‘grocery store’ where I buy most of my Abalak staples.



Someone bought a new bed. And a sack of rice. Donkey carts are one of the main modes of transport around here.



Sometimes I buy fabric from this guy.




Need a broom?



Meat Market. They leave the tail on so you can tell if you’re buying sheep or goat. This one’s a sheep.



This one is for Erica Brim...This is how bush people charge their phones.



Tuareg leather tents. Much cooler than a plastic tarp!




Haussa woman cooking for the market day crowd.



Peanuts, tomatoes, and peppers.



Wow, those are big horns!



People bring grass from places that have it and sell it for about 50 cents a bag.

I don’t know that people actually cook with these but they pound them up and use them in makeup and they also string them into necklaces. The smell of them reminds me of Christmas.