Garlic

The following demonstration of how to crush garlic in typical Mozambican culinary fashion is provided for you by Christian Kern.

Tasty!

In all the packing, Christian has been my right-hand man. Actually, mostly just AT my right hand...pulling everything out of the boxes just as fast as I pack them in. At one point I found him playing with this wooden mortar and pistal--just like he's seen Fernanda do this past year. Mozambicans typically put the cloves of garlic in the base with a bit of salt, and then grind it to a pulp for seasoning meat dishes and other food. And they always put it on the ground when crushing the garlic because you have better leverage. As you can see from the pictures above, Christian has picked up the general idea.

Opa's visit

We have so enjoyed this past month of March with Stefan's father here visiting. The boys loved getting to know their "Opa" from Germany. They all got in a morning routine of drinking coffee (well, Daddy and Opa had coffee, the boys got their juice) on the front porch.


Opa helped out around the house by feeding Christian (which, in this household is actually quite a chore!) :)

We made a trip to the Savane beach with some friends.

Stefan, Opa, and Cohen took a walk on the beach.

Stefan and his father also shared their birthday together at the end of March--we counted it up and this was only the 8th time in Stefan's 36 years that he has actually been with his father on their birthdays! It was particularly special to share it in Mozambique together!