This past weekend, Joe took an overnight trip to a village at the base of Mount Toubkal. He will blog about his amazing adventure, but here is a snap shot of my night. I had two children who BEGGED merciless to sleep in mom's bed. So, being a sucker, I gave in. Chad, as usual, is using Happy as a pillow. This happens often when they sleep together.
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Happy Pillow
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Our Saturday was very eventful, we went to the veggie market and bought our veggies with Nick and Anna and showed them 'the ways' of the veggie market. We then dressed our children up in their Halloween costumes for some expat community trick or treating. I made Happy's costume from stolen felt from my classroom that a previous teacher brought from The States, a purchased green shirt, and a borrowed sewing kit from my lovely friend Danielle. Chad's costume on the other hand was purchased from the United Kingdom and brought back. Yep, a Spiderman costume would have cost me about $100 USD... ouch. Here are my little cuties: Mike Wazouski and Batman!
Of course, I had to capture our family all dressed up before we took off to trick or treat around the apartment complex. Malin organized which apartments to go to, so Joe stayed home and answered the door while I trucked around with our two crazy kids.
This is our good friend Nick with his victim Amelie. As you can see, Dracula likes British children...
So off we went, knocking door to door asking for candy. Chad has the routine down pat. Happy on the other hand, was trying to eat all the candy right when she got it... of course, she squeezed each person and said thank you! She is too cute for her own good.
A larger group of kiddos gathered to continue trick or treating through the rest of Nakhil. The children have really grown to love on another and often run around playing apartment to apartment. It has been really nice for Chad and Claire-- they just run up the stairs to either Maia's apartment or Laiad's apartment to play! Sometimes, our door bell rings endlessly and we have 5 to 7 children just playing about the apartment. I definately think more children are easier to take care of when they are all not yours. FREE ENTERAINMENT.
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| Maia as a scary witch. Her 'rawr' face! |
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| Joe handing out candy to trick or treaters. |
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| A very Happy Dad with very happy children |
Meet Ritchie, she is from the Philippines and is beyond amazing. She purchased a special treat for Batman:) Happy wanted to hold Ritchie's hand and continue trick or treating with her all through building F.
We knocked on Patrick's apartment door to go trick or treating and he had a bowl of mushrooms for the kids. Maia, she loves mushrooms so she fell for the trick. She even bit into it. Patrick was just waiting for the kids to ask for candy, but no one did. He probably could have kept it all for himself:) All the kids, young and old stared awkwardly except for Maia and Claire kept saying "I want a mushroom."
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| Maia's mushroom face |
Danielle, my lovely teaching partner. She is beyond amazing. Especially as a panda.
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| Claire, Danielle, Maia, and Chad |
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| Amy and Claire |
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| Laiad took a ride in the stroller |
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| Teaching partners and friends! |
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| Danielle, Lexie, Patrick (the mushroom man), Cari |
We all gathered in the courtyard to walk to Malin's house at Hotel Toulassain. She had donuts, cider, treats and lots of sofa space. We all talked and enjoyed each other's company. It was a fantastic day.
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| The expat community in the courtyard |
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| Ceibel and Diego |
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| Chaddy! |
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| A candy tired Happy |
We called it a night and walked home. The kids ate their nutritious dinner (aka not candy) and watched Despicable Me II. As you can tell by the Chad Man, they were tired from the sugar crash.
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| Real nutrition for the belly! Candy break:) |
While the kids ate, Joe and I decided that we would bring in our patio table into the kitchen. The kitchen happens to be our only escape and paradise from our children. We have continuously kicked them out of the kitchen because they like to play in there. So, we shoved the refrigerator to the door, the washer to the window and shoved our two adult bodies to enjoy our time together. We set up cribbage, ate hobz bread and drank adult beverages. Now, the problem with this is... the children have taken the table as an invite to hangout in the kitchen. I am pretty sure they are trying to teach us a lesson. Smart kids.
I finally got around to putting our veggies away from the veggie market. You know your fruits and veggies are fresh when you find a new friend inside the bag. Chad and Joe made him a new home. Chad predicts that he is going to turn into a butterfly.
On Sunday, we decided to spend time with Nick and Anna. I love the souks. I alway buys something.
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| Amelie crashed out |
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| Happy crashed out |
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| Chad waiting patiently in the blanket shop |
Anna and I walked ahead of the men. (They kept stopping and shopping... couldn't keep up!) The scarf guy gave us a demo of the different dyes and colors. He decided to wrap me up and call me Fatima Berber.
And Maia...
And Anna... who was dubbed Aisha Couscous...
Joe purchased a Moroccan tobac pipe. Maia really wanted to look like Joe. This my friends, is called good parenting. By the way, we are NOT her parents:) We might claim her though.
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| My baby holding a baby... STOP it Claire! |
In the end, we made some great purchases. I love my new souk shoes. Real leather and super comfy. Moroccan footwear at its finest!
