a Kenyan-Texan family

• new url 9 years ago Starting in 2015, I will be posting from akenyantexanfamily.blogspot.com. I know how annoying it is to have to update your readers -- pole sana (very sorry)! I've been using this as our identity on this blog for a long time, now and I want to reflect it in the url. This blog will stay open, so that...
• The (Kenyan) Christmas Song 10 years ago If The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) had been written in Kenya:Cashews roasting on an open fireHot sun scorching all the restChristian songs being sung by a choirAnd folks dressed up in Sunday bestEv'rybody knows some freshly made treatsHelp to start the day off rightTiny tots...
• 2014 10 years ago JanuaryNate turned 4 in January, and we pondered over how it was possible that 4 years had passed since that very eventful day when he came into the world. My parents also made their second trip to Kenya in January. We took themseveral new places, including Arabuko-Sokoke forest and Sabaki...
• Santa is not that critical 10 years ago Rodgers grew up without Santa Claus at all - he doesn't come to Kenya. I grew up with a fictional Santa, but we didn't believe in him - my parents' choice. Rodgers and I saw no reason to have our kids believe in Santa. We both feel Christmas is full without him. Not surprisingly, complete strangers...
• Lamu 10 years ago Lamu from a boatLiz and me in a boat taxiSince becoming parents, I have done many an overnight with the kids without Rodgers. I have spent some nights away from the kids, with Rodgers. But I have never left them with him overnight. It's not that I didn't want to, I just had no reason to - nowhere...

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