• Untitled post 4447

    Escalade No – not a giant SUV with chrome spinnners on the oversized wheels – that’s an /ɛs kəˈleɪd/ – I mean /es.ka.lad/ – rock climbing. Jonah has been doing rock climbing as his Wednesday activity this year (since kids don’t have school on Wednesday – for more on that see here) Last week was…

  • Escalade

    Escalade

    No – not a giant SUV with chrome spinners on the oversized wheels – that’s an /ɛs kəˈleɪd/ – I mean /es.ka.lad/ – rock climbing. Jonah has been doing rock climbing as his Wednesday activity this year (since kids don’t have school on Wednesday – for more on that see here) Last week was his first time…

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    Le Petit chèvre de Micah In school this week Micah’s class had some special guests – some petits chèvres…baby goats. Last week his class made goat cheese (also confusingly referred to as “chèvre”) at school.  We asked him how exactly they did this – but the response seemed a bit suspicious (hint: it included cinnamon).  I…

  • Le Petit chèvre de Micah

    In school this week Micah’s class had some special guests – some petits chèvres…baby goats. Last week his class made goat cheese (also confusingly referred to as “chèvre”) at school.  We asked him how exactly they did this – but the response seemed a bit suspicious (hint: it included cinnamon).  I don’t know how exactly one…

  • Formatoin Civique

    Formatoin Civique

    Formation Civique translated… basically civic training – a course to help you understand life in France: how does the democracy work, why is the flag red, white & blue, what about separation of church and state, how does the medical system work etc. etc. It is a course for people trying to immigrate permanently to France, or get into…

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    Last Sunday was plant-the-window-box-herb-garden day.  The various plants have already given sacrificially of themselves so that others may live – or at least eat – better.

  • herbs

    Last Sunday was plant-the-window-box-herb-garden day.  The various plants have already given sacrificially of themselves so that others may live – or at least eat – better.

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    Recital – voix et corps On Friday the kids had their ‘concert’ for their school music program. They don’t have a regular music teacher at the school.  Both in the sense that there is not a music teacher there on a regular basis, and in the sense that the music teacher they do have is…

  • a little taste of the recital (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • Recital – voix et corps

    On Friday the kids had their ‘concert’ for their school music program. They don’t have a regular music teacher at the school.  Both in the sense that there is not a music teacher there on a regular basis, and in the sense that the music teacher they do have is not exactly what most would…

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    Lac Achard On Saturday we went for a family hike with our friends the Pavey’s.  It was a beautiful sunny day for a hike to an alpine lake.  It was over 18 degrees up at the ski resort parking lot where we started –  so you would think that ski season was over..but nope. We had to…

  • Lac Achard

    On Saturday we went for a family hike with our friends the Pavey’s.  It was a beautiful sunny day for a hike to an alpine lake.  It was over 18 degrees up at the ski resort parking lot where we started –  so you would think that ski season was over..but nope. We had to dodge a…

  • Education…for the real world

    Yesterday the kids had some sort of ‘cheese tasting’ at school.  It was supposed to be a few weeks ago – but somehow got bumped to this week.  Now, this is not to be confused with the chevrettes [baby goats] that are coming to the school later for the kids to learn about, play with…

  • Education…for the real world

    Education…for the real world

    Yesterday the kids had some sort of ‘cheese tasting’ at school.  It was supposed to be a few weeks ago – but somehow got bumped to this week.  Now, this is not to be confused with the chevrettes [baby goats] that are coming to the school later for the kids to learn about, play with…

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    Sprung This weekend we were blessed with fantastic weather. The first really warm days this year.  We spent most of the weekend outside –  the kids played in the yard, we went to the park twice, sat on patios, went on bike rides, had a  pic-nic lunch, cooked hot-dogs over a fire in our yard,…

  • Sprung

    This weekend we were blessed with fantastic weather. The first really warm days this year.  We spent most of the weekend outside –  the kids played in the yard, we went to the park twice, sat on patios, went on bike rides, had a  pic-nic lunch, cooked hot-dogs over a fire in our yard, the…

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    Not so illegal anymore. Notice anythind different about us?   As of Tuesday – we’re legal residents of France. No – not ‘resident’ as in ‘long-term resident’- I just mean that use being here for this year is no longer without any legal standing. What started with sending documents from Canada to France last spring,…

  • Not so illegal anymore.

    Notice anythind different about us? As of Tuesday – we’re legal residents of France. No – not ‘resident’ as in ‘long-term resident’- I just mean that use being here for this year is no longer without any legal standing. What started with sending documents from Canada to France last spring, a 2500km drive to get us…