Mardi Gras at the preschool

Lucy's class celebrated mardi gras with costumes and a big party ... here's her class photo ... she was tinker bell/periwinkle of course.

The Lighthouse

Every day we drive by a lighthouse - Phares des Mamelles - and last Monday when the kids were out of school, we drove up the winding steep hill to check it out. My favorite line of the day was from Charlie, after being told how heavy the light was (1000 kilos), he remarked: "it must have been hard getting it all the way up here."

Happy Purim!

We had fun today celebrating Purim in Dakar! Charlie helped bake hamantashen - we made ones filled with nutella, raspberry jelly and apricot jelly. We also dressed up in costumes and went to a party where we listened to the Megillah, exchanged shalach manot baskets, ate, drank, and of course ... went home with more noisemakers! The picture Fred took of us was at the end of the party - when our soccer player, explorer and princess were a bit partied out.