No gloomy faces

K

There are no gloomy faces here. Nope, none. You don't have parents with gloomy faces and missing you. Okay, we do miss you (A LOT) and at times we do have gloomy faces. (I am really praying for and wanting a call, soon, saying we need to come back to Ethiopia so we can bring you home.)

Yesterday we celebrated Christmas. We know in Ethiopia for Ganna, it is important to have a goat to help celebrate. Rest assured we had a goat to help celebrate Christmas here. Yep, a goat. Please don't think we went to the local goat stand and haggled over the price. Nope, there was no goat stand needed, just Hallmark. I know, Hallmark has goats. Your Grammie searched long and hard, but she finally found a Hallmark that sells goats. So Little Man, you are now the proud owner of a stuffed goat.

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Yep. Your goat looks like the one above. It isn't just any goat. It plays "The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound of Music. So once you are home, and you feel the need to act out selected scenes from The Sound of Music, we have the song about the goat covered. In addition to your stuffed goat, L made you an ornament with a goat on it. It is still at Grammie's house, so you will get to see it next year.

We didn't play yeferas guks (a game in Ethiopia involving horses and throwing lances at each other), but we will try to work in some doro wat next year. I know you will be celebrating Ganna on January 7th, maybe we will  be back in country by then.

We know presents are not a big part of the celebration in Ethiopia. K, you still got some really cool gifts. While at Grandma Kathy's today you got Big Bird Goes to China (from P and P) and this cool turtle toy (from Great Grandma and Grandpa), among other things. 

Missing and loving you lots Little Man,
Mom