Darth Vader on wheels and a petit chat

Today the kids dressed up for Mardi Gras. Didn't know until yesterday about the costume party but luckily they had things to wear. As you can see Luke is Darth Vader on wheels (he wore his Heley's) and Abby was a cat. For some reason she didn't want pictures of her taken this morning so this is all we got : )
Abby woke up this morning with money under her pillow. The tooth fairy remembered.. thank goodness because she was so excited and ran really fast when she remembered she forgot to look under her pillow. It was a nice crisp bill... Luke said... Abby from now on you will get dirty bills. Ha - his must have been dirtier than hers.
This morning on our way to school the President of Senegal (well we think) drove by. Ofcourse there were tons of military around and they were pretending to control traffic. For some reason when the police direct traffic it is worse. The traffic goes faster when you can just drive when and how you want. O-well. We did notice today that they police or military... who ever they are... had helmets on. It looked like riot gear. Who knows... sometimes you just get so used to things that maybe they always wear it and I am just noticing it.
The church where I grew up confirmed us speaking there this summer. It is HPN in Lakeland and will be on July 1st... which is a Wednesday night. Our time is really filling up this summer. I am sure we will have a great time but will probably look forward to resting in Rwanda after it is all over.
Today I need to go to the grocery store and the market for veggies. The Casino (which is the name of the supermarket) has these supersavor cards and you can get 5% off your total bill on Wednesdays. I need cheese, bread, meat and ofcourse some chips. I really hope they have tortillias.
Starting tomorrow the kids are out of school until March 2nd. Abby's birthday. Wow I can't believe she is turning 5. She is soooo ready to be 5.
Okay all for now I need to run some errands.
I love all of you and always remember... shake with your right hand in Senegal... it is rude to shake with your left.

april