another Baltimore weekend

One of the many fun things we did together this weekend was go to a children's museum, where Juma had a blast and thoroughly exhausted us in his three hours of play.

Besides exploring a three-story jungle gym, figuring out how to maneuver a wheelchair, getting his shoes soaked in the water-play area, and building with blocks, he also pretended to be a cowboy,





learned to throw a lasso,



and made a giant bubble.




Thank you, Justin and Juma, for driving all the way down to see me! Baltimore is going to be a fun city to live in.

Juma's performance at school

Every year, Juma's school has International Day. Each class learns about a different country and performs a song or skit about it. This year, his class had Turkey. The whole class performs a skit about Hoja, a character from trickster-style folk tales. Juma doesn't have a speaking part, but he is one of the characters who show up for lunch at Hoja's house.

Halloween

For Halloween, we decorated the house:






Juma dressed up in the coolest ninja costume:



and played with his friends:




I did my hair crazy and let spiders and bats take up residence in it:




And of course we took Juma trick-or-treating: