Middle School One Acts

Jaffa has been on stage a lot lately!

About 10 days after JagArts, she performed in the Middle School One Acts. In her performance about

 a science fair, she had done a project on glitter. How much is too much? She fed it to her hamsters: 

1 teaspoon a day, two teaspoons a day, and twelve teaspoons a day. The chart on the left is the pain 

they suffered when they died. 

Other projects included: The Solar System - fact or fiction, What Detergent Cleans the Best, and My Mother's Facelift.

It was very funny, and the kids did a great job!!

6th grade folktales

For the school's JagArts (Jaguar Arts) celebration, the 6th grade performed a number of folktales 

from around the world. They did a great job! In this one, Jaffa was the heron.. who transformed 

herself into a human to marry the man who had saved her life.

(here, she was a rice ball.. slight tangent in the story line)

Ta da!!

Lac (qui n'est pas) Rose

Sunday before Memere left, we had an adventure out to Lac Rose (Pink Lake). Apparently we missed

 the pink part.. the wind and the sun have to be just right.. and THEN you see it.

We didn't see it. 

Instead, we ladies had a really nice lunch with a nice view. We got out of Dakar and just enjoyed 

ourselves. These are some of my favorite ladies in the world <3  It was Memere, Jaffa, Aissatou, 

Kady and Kady's daughter Morjale. Aissatou was my boss in Kin, and is like a big sister to me. Kady 

was Dad's secretary in Mali; she was brand new to USAID and she says that Dad was the best boss 

she ever had.  It was a terrific afternoon. 

I'm really glad we squished in the car and braved the roads to do it!

Aissa and Morjale

Peanut is a girl

A girl, confirmed by the vet. 

Marche Kermel, part 2

Memere was brave! She decided to venture into Marche Kermel in spite of a bad belly.. 

and she got through it having seen the sights, and smelled the smells!

The fish section is still fascinating to me.

I also found the spices!

Next time.. I will take pictures of the vegetables (and the ladies that go with them).

Halloween

So we had costumes and candy, we made monster cupcakes, and we had something that was close enough to trick-or-treating.. 

so it was a success!

Don't forget the pre-trick-or-treat swim at the neighbors...

.. and then we cruised around the neighborhood (to five pre-determined expat homes).

Perhaps a bit different than Halloween in the US, but close enough!!

Les Echo Cotiers

We had to think of something exciting to keep Memere awake the day after she arrived, so we took

 her down to the beach in Popenguine. We hadn't yet tried this restaurant.. and it turned out to be very

 nice! Some food.. a dip in the ocean.. some more food and drinks.. and a dip in the ocean..

The birds for sale just next door were crackin' me up.

Memere made it to Dakar

Yay!! Memere made it to Dakar.. and we gave her some very tough jobs (as you can see!)

Baaba Maal comes to the US Embassy

We were so lucky to have met Senegalese musician Baaba Maal. Because I had been in the French

 class, I was included in the lunch with him where he told us about his life and answered questions

 about his experiences and the music industry in Senegal. He spent three years traveling around West Africa learning the folklore and the traditional songs
that he then incorporated into his own music. After the lunch, he played for us in the atrium and it was amazing!!

(Baaba is the one on the right, wearing the floral jacket.)