Moving!

More to come, but here's a quick visual record of our trip and first day at Rosslyn Academy in Nairobi, Kenya.

Sometimes we felt like this on the plane...

...but most of the times we felt like this.

Ainsley checking out the safety announcements
for our first flight...

...and perusing the in flight magazine (in Spanish, no less).

Ainsley and Daddy napping.

Claire enjoying one of many snacks.

The new headphones worked out great!

A quick stop in Chicago!

Claire was so tired that in London, she fell asleep in the stroller.
We were able to push her through security while she slept.

Ainsley and Daddy figuring out where we needed to go next after clearing security in London.

The last flight: London to Nairobi. 

Finally home! Claire and Ainsley's room.  We're still figuring out the configuration. 

Cereal at midnight?  Sure! 

Our room.  Our host family made our beds so that they were all ready for us! 

Bath at around 1am on Friday. 

The first large bug sighting. 

Good morning Africa!  We woke up nice and early on Friday morning
and went for a walk around the campus.  This is the front of our side of the duplex.

The view from our front door.  The small building is laundry for
houses without washers in them (thankfully our house has one!).  It's also where
the back up generator for our part of the campus is; we heard it start up when the power
clicked off on Friday night. 

We're going for a hippo hunt, but shhhh!  They're sleeping.

We brought along some friends to help us look for hippos.

 We were still in our PJs, but needed some coats as well!

The pool, where we'll probably spend a lot of time.

Mommy and the girls in front of the administration building at Rosslyn. 

The high school building, where Daddy will teach.

There are so many beautiful plants!

Outside the woodshop.

There are many seating areas scattered around the campus. 

One of several playgrounds that we still need to explore.  On the other side of the wall is US Embassy housing. 

Claire outside her preschool classroom. 

All of the classrooms have little plaques with the names of the teacher(s). 

The preschool and elementary area of campus.

A crazy looking plant on the way back to the house; we think that it might be carnivorous! (See next photo.)

A spider that was crawling along our washer outside.  Kirk tried to get it
with a tissue, which it just shrugged off.  One of Claire's shoes did the trick.
(While there are bugs, there aren't THAT many bugs.)

A monkey sitting on top of the neighbors' house, probably the same
one that watched us have a picnic in our yard today.