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Somehow I have managed to completely neglect this blog for the past couple months. Vraiment pardon, sorry, me paa wo cho! Claire is now 15+ months and doing great. She has a repertoire of about 30 words and small phrases, and is totally sleeping through the night by herself, which is a huge feat for us. There actually have been few highlights since she and I returned from the States, but all in all, life is good and everyone is doing well.

It is now March, which means that the hot season is really starting to heat up. This weekend we went to the pool in the late afternoon, but on week days she usually staying cool in a bucket. We tend to store water in the "trash" can so that Comfort can wash diapers every day and we can take a bucket bath should the tap fail to flow and the tank runs out.

Note the tooth brush floating in the bucket.....that is all it is good for. Any advice on getting teeth brushed would be greatly appreciated.

Happy Birthday

Post halloween dress-up

We were all set for a little Halloween party at the U.S. Embassy and at a friend's nursery school; the plan was to wear her chicken costume, from her Nani, if it arrived on time, and to resort to her ZoomLion trash-collector get-up if the chicken came late. As it turned out, neither costume was used as Claire came down with malaria that Thursday which killed any chance for Halloween fun. Oh well. But we did have fun, well sort of, dressing up at home the next week.

Sunday lunch

Fun in a bucket

She is a New Yorker reader

Melanie says goodbye

On Melanie's last day we went to Coco Beach for a fun afternoon of swimming. Claire and I got out after about an hour, but Melanie stayed in all afternoon. It was a fantastic last day, and a terrific month. We miss her so much!