Weekend Art and Dress Up

Hi all,
I know Harv is the usual blogger these days, but I wanted to put a few pictures up of the girls enjoying their weekend.

We spend many Saturdays creating art for our "art wall" in the living room.  The girls are enjoying creating art in their African dresses we had made in the market.

               Addie got a new Indian dress from our friends.  She loves dressing up!

                                      Emma dressed up in her Egyptian dress from LaLa.

We have been keeping busy with work and school.  Yesterday we visited an orphanage down the street from us. The girls picked some books and favorite toys to take to the children there.  They asked a lot of questions about the orphans and we had much discussion about sharing with others. I think it was a true learning experience for them.  We will go back and take more donations as well as hope to work with the children there when the graduate students come in May for their field visit.

I am headed to Abuja this week to present to the board on Study Abroad.  I have started teaching on online course at American University for graduate students that will include research and a field visit in May.  Harv is working on trying to get some research going and has been quite busy with classes.  The girls will begin their after school program this week and will take part in the dance class I will be teaching today.

We are sending love and happiness to you all, Jess