My Dad gave us the letters you all wrote. Asante sana ( thank you very much!). We really enjoyed reading them! Thank you for the books as well!
Even Zahra likes the books!
The second week in December, we went and stayed at the base of Mount Kenya for a few nights. Mount Kenya is the second largest mountain in all of Africa. There is snow at the top.
We caught more chameleons here.
Muffin got to hold a Colobus Monkey. They are local to the area. We saw many of them.
We also saw many of these monkeys - Sykes Monkey.
Marabou Storks were everywhere as well. They look like old men when they walk.
Zahra enjoyed chasing the peacocks around.
For Christmas Eve we visited an orphanage for older girls.
Their Christmas dinner was a goat. We watched them butcher it.
And then helped them cook it. They cooked the head, lower legs and testicles in the fire.
Muffin passed out some Silly Bands to the girls that she collected back in Canada.
Mister discovered a large termite mound.
For Christmas we decorated a Baobab tree with some locally made ornaments.
After Christmas, we walked to a park that is close to our house and rode a camel. The camel ride was only 60 cents!
'Getting up and down really freaked me out cause it felt like I was going to fall off!' - Mister
Other than that, we have been having fun making new friends, discovering new bugs, catching toads and playing with our new sister.
In the new year, we plan to start volunteering weekly with a local orphanage. Thank you for all of the donations you collected! We have been passing out some items already to street boys in need, and will see what can be used at the local orphanages. There is such great need here - but we will make sure that these things go to where they are most needed. We are also planning a trip to visit our Plan Canada sponsor child - in a small village outside of Nairobi.
We hope you all have a great New Year!! Can't wait to see you all in the spring!
