London calling

I'm gearing up for London (2 days away!!!) and spent the last few weeks preparing both work and the house for my departure. Some things we managed to do in the last few weeks in Nairobi:

We had our last Daisy girl scout meeting. Well, technically not Livi's but I'm not sure if she's going to keep going if I'm not there. For this one we met at a fellow Dasiy's house who has a zip line in her backyard to help work on being courageous and strong.

A tour of a local cheese farm with some friends:

chili chive cheddar...yum!

so much yummy cheese! The only thing I missed was being able to pair the wines with the cheese...

Oscar's pinewood Derby for Boy scouts - everyone built their own car. Oscar's car came him first place for his first heat, but was eliminated in the 4th heat.

getting ready for the race

his car is on the track!

1st place in the 1st heat, Livi was so proud!

Not part of the pinewood derby..Livi and I headed out to a birthday party
while the boys finished the racing.
She truly enjoyed the manicures and pedicures!

Other pics from around the house:

sorting through Oscar's old papers while mama packs

Thank you cards turned body art

Last week Oscar took a two night trip to Naivasha with his class. Overall it sounds like he had a great trip (hiking, swimming in sulphur springs, visiting a geothermal plant...), but was so exhausted when he got home Thursday that he was also a little homesick. We were all happy to have the family together for our last weekend for a little while!

Yesterday we took a hike to Ngong Hills. "Ngong" means knuckles in Masai, and the hills look like them from the distance. While there are 4 in total we only did 2 but were still afforded beautiful vistas and nice cool breezes.

8 months!

soaking in the view

a tired mountain goat

Livi with the windmills near the start of the hike