Andrea & Eli, with sky-ball, waiting outside at the doc's
Eli in Ethiopia at the YGF
Hey, Eli, what was the best part of Ethiopia?
"Seeing baby sister."
What did you like there?
The proudest brother
"Giving her a bottle, reading her a book, playing skyball and playing with the kids."
Do you miss anyone?
"Baby sister and Ibrihim......"
Eli's portrait of Ibrihim
Eli rocked the trip. Ethiopians honestly like children. They really do. They say hello, Salam to them, shake their hand, teach them language, grab their cheeks. They like kids. Even Eli was a bit taken aback, at first, by all the attention. A shy child might find it really disconcerting, but he got with the program learned to say thank you (amasayganalho) and he could say everyone's names almost right away.
But pretty much anywhere we went, Eli had fun. He liked the surrealism of the lawn gnomes and mushrooms at the Sheraton, and the playground, even if our stay was very short.
Who knew they would have
Amanita muscaria in Ethiopia?
Andrea & Eli, with sky-ball, waiting outside at the doc's
The proudest brother
Eli's portrait of Ibrihim
The famous SKYBALL
Who knew they would have Amanita muscaria in Ethiopia?
2 comments:
She is magical - your little family is magical. You can see the love in each of your eyes. I cannot wait to meet her. xoxo
I love how there's so many pictures where she's looking right at the camera! she has the most expressive eyes...
thank you for doing the blog because I now feel like I know what your trip was like, was hard to imagine before.
love, love, love to you, see you in a few days!
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