top 10 list

1. best recycled t-shirt worn by a ugandan:  "Europeans Love Bush"

2.  best TIA (this is africa !?!) moment of the week:

"i'd like a dry white wine."
"okay" as she scribbles something on her palm.
out comes a glass of red wine.
"no, i asked for a dry white wine."
"well, our bar man isn't hear yet."
what!?! to help you distinguish between red and white?

3.  best kid moment- we're in the car on the way home from school.

jude, "mommy! on friday we're supposed to dress up because it's career day!"
bryn, "yeah! i'm going to be an architect!"
me,"that's great bryn! what are you going to be jude?"
jude, "a vampire magician!"
me, "but jude, isn't it career day? not halloween?"
jude, "yes mommy! i want to be a vampire magician! why are you laughing?"

4. sweetest moment-  mike asked the kids what they'll miss most about mommy when she's away in kenya for the week- i got- snuggling, reading with me, and her laugh

5. best food experience: aubergine, pumpkin, feta, sundried tomato stack at the gately in entebbe tonight- delicious

6. funniest food experience while at the gately:
"can we have african tea?"
"yes.  with spice?"
"no spice, just tea."
out comes the pot.  
"mike is it me, or is this just milk and spice? but no tea?"
"yes.  in fact, there is no tea in the tea, but there is spice."

7. best medical moment of the week- having dr. jean of 'save the mothers' available to perform a stat c-section for a friends ugandan nanny 

8.  worst medical moment of the week- pulling 100s of little poison caterpillar hairs from zoe's foot that i only noticed after putting on my glasses and looking with a head lamp.


9. best quote of the week- "know thy self" socrates (followed by zoe listing 10 qualities about herself - i was happy that there 8 likes, and only 2 dislikes!


10. best face of the week-