We hosted several Christmas parties at our apartment. LB taught our guests some important Christmas songs.

Since we hosted a party at our apartment Christmas morning, we decided to exchange gifts Christmas Eve. Most of the gifts under the tree were empty packages.

LB and others contributed in providing us with some delicious traditional food. Special thanks to our friend who picked up 2 pizzas on her way to our house.

LB made sugar cookies everyday for an entire week.

The dog's normal size snack weenie.

KB's Christmas gift to the dog.

We decorated our Christmas tree yesterday. It is not the best looking tree, but it will do. To the left of the tree is our blue/white plaid couch. The couch came with the apartment. To the right of the tree is our coat rack with our heavy winter coats hanging on it. Hanging on the bookshelf to the right of the coat rack are our stockings. The bottom stocking is for the dog.

We are riding in a taxi on a one-way street near our apartment. Notice anything unusual? The bus is going the "wrong" direction. The rules of the road here are a lot different than what we are used to.


Outside our school is a little courtyard. Sometimes during our break between classes I will go for a walk in the courtyard.


This month we have been dog-sitting for our friend. The dog's name is Mimi.

Seasons Greetings!!!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Thanksgiving with our new American friends. We had all the traditional foods we eat in America (except turkey since it is not available). After our dinner we played pin the hat on the turkey. L won!

















Cheese was a precious resource here in our city. We went a while with out it, but now that we have convinced the stores to order it for us we really need to buy it often so that they do not stop getting it for us - at $5.43 USD a block.
















Just like in the US, Christmas parties here start right after Thanksgiving. We went to a really fun one last night. We ate tasty party food, and when playing a game K got up to sing and dance L joined him. It looks like it may snow tomorrow. We are so excited, sort of....
















We love you all, K & L