Christmas in Moshi and Suji

Hello everyone! How was your christmas? Me and my parents had wonderful days in Moshi and Suji. Santa gave me lots of cool stuff and I am busy playing with it now. Up here you see me unwrapping gifts with my Baba.

On the 25th we climbed in our car and drove to Suji, which is in the Pare Mountains, 3 hours drive from Moshi. I did well on the trip, reading my books and sleeping and just occasionally asking for Mama and her milk. ; )
Look at those mountains! Here we are already way up and heading towards the clouds. The "road" was so bumpy, it just sent me off to sleep.
Now we arrived and I met some other kids to play with. Obviously we are all related and I felt like a real Mpare in my homeland. Waiting for my Bibi and Babu.

Where are they???

Later that evening we finally met them and went home to their house. It had been raining a lot and the way through the village was very muddy and we were just skating along in the car. I was asleep anyway, but my Mama got quite scared I was told.

Here you see me with my brother/cousin/??? hanging out in the livingroom. We had a blast playing and I shared all my uncles foods. The poor aunties only got a "NOOO!" though, every time they wanted to play with me or carry me. Only Bibi was allowed to talk to me and she even got a kiss!
Here she is with Baba and me on the morning of the 27th. We sadly have to leave again.

Bye mountains! Bye Bibi, bye Babu, bye everybody! Above you can see the road we used 2 days ago. Now a big piece is missing after all the rain. Scary!
Hope you enjoyed the pictures! See you in 2010!

Love,
Tamari

Merry Xmas TO YOU!

Wishing you a very merry xmas today and a "nice glide" (as they say in Germany) into a happy and healthy 2010.
I listen yo Xmas songs every day now and I love to sing "To you". Neema likes it too, so we put the CDplayer on repeat and drive poor Mama nuts!
Love you all!

XXX,
Tamari

Time is flying!

Long time no see... Moshi is getting better and better with all of my friends, Santa Claus coming and a new Cafe with playground! Yes! Besides I had to do the household (see above) because Neema, our housegirl, went on vacation and got stuck in the tanzanian countryside. Help! We had to manage 5 weeks without her and frankly, my Mama just seriously needed my help!

To relax in between, we went to Playgroup at my friend Sahil's house and cooled down in the pool. Boy, we had some fun!

Okay, back to work... here you can see me cleaning the lounge.

Here I am having fun scrubbing the sink in the bathroom. If you splash enough, the floor is done as well. No idea why my Mama didn't like my approach to cleaning.

And now, watch this! Here I am, getting my hair cut again! Last time (January 2009), my Omama did it on our front porch. This time, Omama was in Hameln, so we went to a lovely lady called Alice and got it done on her front porch. I wasn't completely convinced though...

What do you think???

I had to recover fast, because Mama's friend Manal from Germany came to visit. I showed her around Moshi and here we sit at the bar of the place where the Moshi Christmas Market took place. I met so many people I know and had a lot of fun. We sang for Santa Claus and had german waffles and Punsch.

How are you guys? I am fine and growing real fast! Just running around the place, climbing on tables, etc. I can say loads of words in German ( komm, schlafen, Kuh, Auto, bauen, malen, Ball, essen, Klo, Katze, ja, Schuhe, Baer, Saft, etc.), Swahili (kaa, lala, mkubwa, mtoto, mbwa, Bibi, Babu, sitaki, mkate, embe, ndizi, etc.) and in English (nooooo!!!, bye, jump, juice, etc.).
Baba and Mama and me are having a great time and we can't wait to see all of you again! Enjoy the season!
Love, Tamari