Getting ready for Summer

When we arrived in Nairobi in July it was really pretty chilly and wet. Now as the weather is getting colder back in Illinois, it is getting much warmer (and sometimes really hot) here in Kenya. The kids love being outside and there are a lot of kids on the compound for them to play with. The school where Jason teaches has a new pool that we can use on the weekends. We have had the sprinkler out, and of course there is always football.
Lexi has been learning to ride a bike (with training wheels) and has gotten pretty good at it. Both she and Nate love to go on walks looking for birds we haven't seen yet. (one of the missionaries on the compound is a pretty serious bird watcher and has both of the kids hooked.)
Jason is the only one of us who is likely to miss snow this year, but even he admits the weather is absolutely beautiful. (We did have a pretty serious hail storm a few weeks ago - which are apparently very rare in Nairobi - so for a few minutes it looked a little like snow had fallen.)
So, for the first time in our lives we are looking forward to applying sunblock in December!