Our International House of People: March 2009

Friday, March 20, 2009

14 Months

Lennah in her recital costume

Delylah in her dance attire

We told Delylah to put her coat on and here's what she did LOL

Sharing my snacks with Jesse

What a face!

Delylah diapering her baby

This is what happens when Daddy picks out the outfits

It is hard to believe but Delylah is 14 months old today. She is progressing so fast. Delylah just started dance class several weeks ago and she loves it. She is the youngest in her class but she started learning all the dances from going and watching Lennah so they said even though she is young we might as well enroll her since she knows a lot of the dances. She is also talking a lot. I guess a lot of it comes from having a big sister to keep up with. She follows Lennah around and tries to do whatever Lennah does. This does also cause major problems because they are constantly fighting over toys but Delylah can hold her own. Actually Delylah now can really instigate some fights. Several weeks ago we were in target and they have there carts where the kids can face each other and it became a hair pulling fest in the store that Delylah started. I can laugh about it now but boy was that incident embarassing. Other than the occasional hair pulling and fighting the girls are doing really good. Lennah now hugs and kisses Delylah good night which is so cute.
We are also getting ready for our Disney trip which is really exciting. We leave in less than 3 months and Lennah is really excited. We talk about how she is going to Disney to see the Princesses and she gets all happy and yells YEAHHH! Hopefully Delylah will have a good time like Lennah did last year even though she is so young.

History of Ethiopia

Ethiopia is one of the oldest known cradles of civilization known to man. Christianity was brought to the Kingdom of Axum around the 4th century AD and later in the 7th century Islam was introduced. Foreign missionaries were introduced to the region around the 1630's. Because of these unwelcomed guest Ethiopia did not welcome foreign Christians and Europeans into their lands. Its isolationism may have saved the country from 19th century colonialism. In 1936 Italian facists entered the region and forced its emperor into isolation but was later returned when the British and the French defeated the Italians. Civil unrest would lead to the demise of the aging emperor and in 1974 a socialist sort of government was named. The country went through a period of red terror that was funded by the Soviets and Cuba. This lead to the implementation of a communist government being installed in the late 1970's, early 1980's. In 1989 the country went through a period of famine that also lead to a change in governments. Finally, in 1994 the country would declare its independence and later hold free elections.

History of Vietnam

For about two thousand years Vietnam was ruled by China, following this period it would become independent for the next almost thousand years. In the 1800's it would be colonized by the French. The early 20th century would bring about visions of an independent republic. In 1945 Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam independent and renamed it the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. By 1947 a full-scale war would break out between the French and the Viet Minh (Ho CHi Minh's followers). China also began to aid the Viet Minh at this time due to its own communist revolution. July, 1954 the Geneva Accords would be sign paving the road to France leaving Vietnam; however, it would partition Vietnam into 2 independent states seperated by the 17th parallel. The South was helped by the United States, while the North would be dominated by the Viet Minh. By 1963 the South's government was very unstable. 1965 President Lyndon Johnson would send troops into Vietnam. The North would lead a massive attack in 1968 destroying much of the South. In 1969, Ho Chi Minh died but his forces remained in tact. By the early 1970's many Americans viewed the war as unwinnable and would prove unsuccessful at containing communism. January 1973 the Paris Peace Accords were signed ending the United States role in the war. In 1975 Saigon would fall to the North Vietnamese and in July of 1976 the two parts were reunified into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The war was disastrous for the Vietnamese people leaving an estimated 1 million to become boat people, 1 million imprisioned, and more than 100,000 killed. Today, Vietnam still has a communist form of government and although they are a developing nation many people remain extremely poor.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Lennah's Dance Pics

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Ho Chi Minh City

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