We have a Christmas Tree! :)

We were very excited to find a Christmas tree here. We brought some special ornaments along with us and added some from here with some pretty cool lights. Liz even made a cool gold star out of some garland. It's helped us feel pretty festive! We are thankful to our friends who gave us a gift to be able to get it.

Sunny Day at the Park!

We were all so thankful that on Sunday we had our first sunny day in quite some time. We had a great time at a local park. It's a little different than our parks- no big grassy areas- actually not really any grass at all, but it was still very beautiful! While at the park we saw some animals and rode a ride- see the next 2 posts.

A fair?

At most parks here- there is small "fair" area with rides for kids. Jacob had a very good time riding the rooster. The kids were given little nets to try to catch plastic balls out of the water and collect them in their basket. Pretty fun stuff.

A zoo?

Jacob and Daddy had fun going to a small zoo at the park. It was a little more interesting than other zoos we have seen, but Jacob really enjoyed seeing the animals- a special treat.

Funny words: Lame and Elephone

We got jacob a little present for being such a big boy and not having any accidents all week. We are so proud of him! We found this cool little toy/book basket that has some cool English on it. You can see the "lame chick" and on the bottom it says "elephone". pretty funny stuff

Also- the post of our new baby has the pic of Liz and the kids under the photo of the workers. The English text says "Life Becomes Warm, Because of Us". :)

Fun Dinner with friends

We had a great time on Sunday night with some new friends.
We have a friend who we providentially met in Tulsa who is from our city here. She is very nice and connected us to her classmates that live here (that have been very helpful) and her parents. Her parents took us out to eat a very nice restaurant and we all had a great time. There was a bird who spoke a lot- pretty funny. He said Happy Birthday in another language. :) Jacob and Lydia enjoyed all of the attention and they ate a lot of watermelon!

Jacob's a big boy!

Jacob was such a big boy today! He asked to wear underwear this morning and kept himself dry all day (except for a small accident when out shopping). He even kept himself dry during his nap. We went out to Papa John's to celebrate and he went poo-poo in the squatty-potty there! We were all so excited and so proud! The second picture is of his new potty that we got at a garage sale here, we think it has been a large part of his inspiration.