Since I have a definitive aversion to children’s birthday parties (and especially organizing them) and Tierney also (thankfully) didn’t want a class birthday, we decided to go to Ngorongoro Farm House for her birthday celebration. Tierney’s best friend, Udine, and the Banks family joined us. Tierney originally wanted to go camping for her birthday (love this girl!), but Matt was in Kenya all week and wasn’t going to get home until lunch on Saturday and then had to leave again for Kenya on Monday morning, so a night away at a lodge seemed much more realistic for all of us…and we love the Ngorongoro Farm House for birthdays.
Children were under my surervision while they were swimming.
This girl loves her meat.
They added dance moves this time.
T is a little embarrassed by the attention. (You can still see a little bit of the pink highlights in her hair)
Presents!!!
We encountered a crazy dust storm on the way home. You couldn’t even see the road in front of us.
The girls were tired from all the swimming in celebrating and slept right through it.
Happy 8th Birthday, TCB!
I’ve also been on a mission to photograph the Arusha maasai that have recently been through their circumcision ceremony. This only happens once every seven or so years when a whole age-set is done together. After they have healed enough and been in isolation for about a month (a group together with an elder that is there to teach them), they are then off to hang out with their age-mates. During that time they wear dark shukas (wraps) and paint their faces either black or white. Maasai are striking enough in their traditional clothes, but now they are even more so.
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