Well, Hari Raya (literally - celebration day) started this week. That means the fasting month is over. We all got new baju's this year, and Addison got 4 (all from neighbors). Angela was given material from one of my teachers, and we had the dress made for her. Mine was the easiest - go to the store, spend a bit of money, and walk away with one ready made :). Here are pictures we took before the day of visiting houses began:
Pictures from house #1 at about 11AM. Each house had food to eat and cookies:
Pictures from house #2 at about 12 noon:
House #3 at 1:00 - sorry, no pictures.
Then we came home and took naps. We left to drive 2 hours to our neighbor's village at about 5, go there at 7, and Addison LOVED running around with the kids:
We stayed the night, which was hard on Addison (it was noisy till 1AM with fireworks, music, talking, kids running around, etc). She did get to sleep, a few times, and finally stayed sleeping by 11:30PM. The next day, we went to a few more houses with the family we visited and then left to come home at around 5. Taking care of Addison outside the home for 24 hours felt like several days! She did give out her share of lovies (hugs) and made a lot of people smile.