Jonas' first cavity

His first cavity was a doozy. He by nature is very physical (he hits).  I prayed all afternoon for him while he was at the dentist. Bill had the honor of taking him. I took the last child who bit down a little to hard on the poor dentist.  I called after the appointment was over and asked Jonas how he did

"I didn't even hit him" 

"Daddy held my legs down, but I didn't kick him either"

"Daddy bought me a Santa Clause hat and is giving me a green money, I earned it!"

Brazil

Each class has a theme.

Anna-Lena's Christmas at School

Sidon's new fountain

This year Sidon built a nice fountain. Once they bought a generator for it things really took off.  

IDE Al Barbara

One of the high lites of the year Saint Barbara Day.  Jonas aka Batman (pronounced in Arabic as Butt Man), Pirate Zaky, and their friend Ali aka Spider Man.

Tra-laa-laa

Anna Lena's first turn to put the star on the tree.  My compulsion to buy Christmas trees is now complete. Every time a foreigner moved I bought their tree over the past few years, and we have known many friends move. I now have a total of 6 trees of all sizes! Tra-laa- la la la

Jack o Lantern

The kids watch enough tv that they know you are suppose to carve a pumpkin, not just eat them.  So after some good behavior we went out last Saturday and bought a big one.  I told the kids "two days and then I'll have to cut him up."  We lit the candle inside him just briefly.  They were very upset with me when I told them he was no more but was now the pumkin pies, some soup, and mixed into the sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving.  

Pine cone painting

It's was one of our craft success stories, now to be repeated every year.  JuJu started the tradition last year, and your pine cone still sits on our bookshelf.  This year I plan to give away a painted pine cone with cookies to the kids teachers.