Author Archives: Brenda Kimaro

How to Get Great Photos of Your Kids

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

Note: This post is a little something different than the usual what-are-Max-and-Elly-up-to posts. I’ve been wanting to expand my blogging focus and try to add a little value to what you read here. Something I am often complimented on and … Continue reading →

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5 Photo Friday: Flat Stanley Visits Tanzania

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

The second grade class at Cambridge Elementary School in Cambridge, Illinois, is reading the book Flat Stanley. Do you know that story? Stanley is a boy who is flattened when a bulletin board falls on him, and his flatness allows … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts, Family Time, Photography, Tanzanian Culture, Twin Fun, Urban Homesteading | 1 Comment

How We Ended Up on House Hunters International

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

It all started with this blog. Last year a casting producer for House Hunters International contacted me through my About page. If you aren’t familiar with the House Hunters International you are apparently in the minority because I’ve been told it’s one … Continue reading →

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5 Photo Friday: Food

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

It’s 5 Photo Friday and today we’re talking about food! Here are five types of food that you might encounter should you visit us here in Tanzania (and we hope you will!):

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Crafting with Max and Elly: Toilet Paper Roll Butterflies

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

With a family of seven there’s no shortage of empty toilet paper rolls in our house. So I had been contemplating for a while what sort of craft project Max and Elly could do with them. Grandma and Aunt Carla … Continue reading →

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5 Photo Friday: School Uniforms

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

Max and Elly have been attending The Tanganyika School for seven weeks now and they are loving it. They are showing progress in counting, the alphabet and colors. And lately I’ve overheard Max singing the Tanzanian national anthem to himself … Continue reading →

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5 Photo Friday: Happy Birthday, Brenda!

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

Wednesday was Brenda’s 20th birthday! Our home is officially free of teenagers! (At least for another 9 years.) For this week’s 5 Photo Friday, I’m sharing a few highlights of our family’s celebration of Brenda’s milestone birthday.

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5 Photo Friday: Education

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

Earlier this month Max and Elly started preschool so in honor of that important milestone, this week’s 5 Photo Friday theme is education.

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5 Photo Friday: Welcome 2015!

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

Happy New Year! After enjoying Christmas in Arusha we went to the village for a few days to ring in the New Year. While we were there Max and Elly put on some of their new Christmas clothes and we did an impromptu … Continue reading →

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ELIMAA School: Supporting Education in Our Community

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Brenda Kimaro

For a few months now, Kakasii and I have been working on a project that is something we are supporting personally as well as part of the Social and Environmental Care projects we are supporting through Tanzania Choice Safaris.

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