Obo Addy

Last week we went to an incredible African drum and dance performance. We went to see Obo Addy. He is a Ghanaian drummer. The kids with amazed with the dancers. We went during a school performance so the whole auditorium was filled with elementary aged kids. Obo Addy engaged them and they were all clapping to the music and yelling along with the songs.

They have been making drums out of Tupperware containers and plastic wrap since then. It was something they will not soon forget.

He who cannot dance will say: "The drum is bad".

African Proverb

Diligent and Disappointed

Where have we been?

That is a really good question. For those of you who have been diligently checking for new and exciting posts, sorry to have disappointed you lately. There is one quick update for now, and then I am off for a weekend with a few girlfriends to get rested and recharged. Have a great weekend, I am hoping to!

The Big 0-8!

I can't believe our boys are eight!

Crazy Fox and Digging Badger celebrated their 8th birthday with a round of miniature golf. That is all they wanted to do. Grandma and Grandpa were visiting, so we all hit the links. I wanted to take a picture by the 8th hole sign since they are 8. There are about 25 different varieties of this same picture . . . apparently the boys are entering the "ahhhh mom" stage of their lives. Just smile and hold still.

On the morning of their actual birthday, we started our day with cinnamon rolls. Of course we put candles in them and sang happy birthday.

There is no better way to start a new year of life than with cinnamon rolls and chocolate milk.

Crazy Fox . . .My candles are sparking.

Digging Badger . . . Dude, your candles are bending, I'm glad I have my own cake.

The boys enjoyed their cakes and shooting their new BB guns with a few friends. What more could an eight year old boy want?