A Darker Shade of Pale

Gusi looks a lot like his father at first glance. They both have fair complexions to my dark one. (Yet, if you look closely, you will see me in our son.) And now it seems that we've been in Senegal long enough that both father and son are starting to tan. It's not like we've been sitting under the sun at the beach or pool. Quite the opposite; we go to the beach around four in the afternoon when the sun isn't strong, we use sunscreen and I never take Gusi to the pool around noon when the sun is the strongest.

Despite all of these precautions, he is getting tan. His little arms are getting a tanner glow to them, a tan that seems to recede to paleness at the sleeve line. His father is going through the same thing. PapaGus's neckline is a dark red which goes white at the collar of his shirt.

And me? Well, I'm not staying too far behind either. I feel the tans are more noticeable on them but as a whole, the entire family is getting darker. Our Christmas photos should be interesting this year.