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Mo and her best bud Jonathan reading and playing in Charlie's pack and play. That's his blue mosquito net hanging from the ceiling. Sorry, buddy. Yes, you are sleeping in a pink crib :(

Charlie loves Hausa food!  I try to feed him toast or a muffin for breakfast, but if he sees Anna's food, he reaches for that instead. Anna calls Charlie, "Buh How She," which means a Hausa boy.

Reading books in Moriah's "princess" bed, which is how we get her to sleep under the mosquito net. As above, Charlie is almost always just in his diaper while we're inside the house.

Our usually friendly, but very annoying, new house guests called earwigs. The compound gets an invasion every year at harvest time and our house has some nice entry points unfortunately. Thankfully, they haven't made homes in our bed, but they love any dark, slightly damp place, such as under drying dishes or inside hanging towels. Lovely! We have been vigorously spraying a child-safe pesticide permethrin and using a powder form available in the village to try and minimize the pests. I could easily sweep up this many critters in our bedroom most mornings even if I've swept before bed. They last several weeks, but we see an end in sight! They aren't around forever.

Making forts with Daddy at lunch time!  Most days, Nick is able to come home for coffee break from 10-10:30am and then lunch from 1-3pm. His work hrs are usually 8-6:30, not including call (every 3-4 days). He is busy, and work is intense, but we like seeing him a few times throughout the day!