Valentine's Day

Every Wednesday night (without fail) the power goes out. Courtney, Mallory and I did ballet by candlelight :), and in then I was reading with my flashlight. It was perfect.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE ingredients! Courtney brought a bag of chocolate chips from the U.S. that she was saving for a special purpose (you can't find chocolate chips anywhere in Kenya), and we thought Valentine's Day was special enough. 

We took turns stirring, and here are the results. :) 

We made about 70 small ones like this to give to the kids, and a few large ones for ourselves. Greg and Mary Rose also gave us each a single pack of Oreo's, which was so kind of them. It's good that there aren't desserts in Kenya most of the time- Mallory and I agree that we feel healthier because of the absence of snacks and sweet things. Thursday was an exception, though, in the best way possible. 

Mmm.......

The brown cow in this picture has a heart-shaped white patch on her face. I couldn't get a picture of it, but I thought I would mention that :) -and it's really nice to have cows next door, it reminds me of home.