Santa made it to Gabon!

Here's our tree as it stood on Christmas morning, guarded by a bronze pygmy king and queen pair. We sure were glad to see Santa made it all the way down here to our house. Seems his bag was too heavy to bring every wooden Thomas train Jourdain had asked for, but we've been told a few more will be on their way via Canada, when Todd (apparently a good friend of Santa) brings them over in January.

We added our very own little pygmy to the scene and we were set to open the presents!


In an effort to ensure the kids don't grow up ignorant of their American heritage, I managed to make some gingerbread men and women last week using the jar of mollases from our shipment last year. OK, so no one liked the taste, but that just means I get to eat them all. I'm hoping it's a taste that'll grow on them, but we'll have to wait and see next year!