Home Security and Tummy Cheers

From these photos you can see the security gate and screen on our front door. It protects us from possible intruders, but also from mosquitoes, our bigger concern. No expat lives here without a massive keychain for the various locks around a home - for instance, we have 3 locks just for this door. All our windows have bars and screens on them. We don't even notice them anymore. The other security device we have is our tiny Rottweiler, Ellie, full grown at 50 pounds. Black dogs here are more feared than others, and we've heard it is because of the belief of black being evil. She's hardly evil, but does put up a good bark which is enough to scare the mightiest foes, even though they may only be wandering cats or goats.

I think all 3 in this photo are watching Dusty work on his piki-piki (motorbike). Jack, on this particular evening was so filthy after dinner that I removed his shirt, whereupon Tessa insisted on removing hers as well and then running over to Jack for "tummy cheers." Picture fraternity boys doing the belly bump, but on a toddler scale. Jack was clueless, but still thought it was funny, and I couldn't resist snapping a photo of them afterwards watching their Daddy at the door.

The next day they got to help him work on the piki-piki and play with the tools. Yes, Jack is indeed teething on a bisi-bisi (screwdriver). What a stud! Who needs baby toys when you can chew on tools?