He treated us to a song about a drunken sailor at a school assembly this morning - An interesting choice, but he is quite a fan of the pirate genre. And I thought I'd post a picture of the new snakes and ladders games painted outside of his classroom, for a class parent I know in Manhattan at the moment who would love to see the product of so much of her efforts
Here are a couple of shots by Jacob with his new camera from aunt Phyl and uncle Ken, including one self portrait and part of his series of his friend Andre 
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Accra was in the direct shadow of the eclipse. We went out and shared the event with everyone, but took our last looks before it was over at home when this picture was taken.
Jake and Grandma, with a little help from Tess and Aunt Mary, made a big batch of Christmas cookies. We were getting ready not only for Christmas, but for Tess's christening as well.
We were very happy Father Carr was able to make the trip to Cheyenne to perform the ceremony and to help us celebrate another special day in the lives of our family.
We celebrated Christmas in Phoenix at Grandma's house. The sound of absolute delight echoed around when Tess
opened her present.
Tess and Aunt Nancy started the new year with a new style, but it was also Tess's first haircut.
Despite eating cake at every opportunity these kids still look like we don't feed them enough... that is at least according to comments of some of our Ghanian friends.
We had a combined party to celebrate both the kids' recent birthdays in a big way. They chose a "Scooby-Doo" theme and we did our best to make it happen. They had balloons, a bouncy castle, a pinata and played pin the nose on Scooby!
Jake was heard to say, "This is so cool!"
Jacob looks on as his friend Marley gives her best shot at the pinata. Everyone, including Thanksgiving guests Carmen and Grace, helped to make a fairly convincing version of a wolf, if not exactly Scooby-Doo.
Patrick gave his best effort to appear as Shaggy for the birthday bash... Maybe not exactly like Shaggy, but more like him than the pinata looked like the real Scooby.
Scooby-Doo came for the birthday bash and this one looks almost like the real thing.
Tess turned 2 on Tuesday. We had a little family party and will have a big blowout for both kids before we go on home leave. The next morning, Tess declared that she wasn't going to wear diapers anymore - being 2 is serious business!
Tess has learned that money buys ... lollipops! Here she has bought one for brother too - couldn't wait to wake him up from a nap to share.
Jeanne and Patrick have started a new photo-blog called Wozspace. We hope to get up a few photos of our glam life and family here in Ghana, but it might take us time challenged types a little while to get our act together. We are actively working on it so check back often.
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We aren't sure why she adores her brother so much, but he is pretty nice to her most of the time.
Remember the shirt Jakes is wearing in this picture, because you'll see it again
Halloween Arrives in Ghana 
Tess and Jacob dressed as their heroes for this Halloween - Jacob opted for Superman, but Tess really just wanted to be her brother. Dad made the Superman logo and muscles, and Mom took them out for a little trick-or-treating - since Halloween isn't celebrated here, this really was a trick for Mom to pull off.
He was asked to dress up in our national costume for the 50th anniversary of his school. Seeing how he has out grown those cowboys he loved so much, we thought baseball was the next best option.
She can be quite the tomboy, but she also enjoys a variety of creams and beauty products too... Today she finally got her hands on that lipstick
