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What we did over Christmas break without a computer

January 24, 2010

I am still trying to catch up from the time we spent offline for a whole week and a half at Christmas. I have gotten to all the emails that were important but still need to delete the rest. I have processed all the photos that were sitting on the digital cameras waiting [...]

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Schwarzer Peter (Old Maid card game)

November 22, 2009

I love the box for our Old Maid cards.
Notice how the man’s arms get longer as you slide the box open.
When I was a kid we played Old Maid with a regular deck of 52 cards. No matter what type of cards you play with, it is a fun game to pass the time [...]

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Meet Les Hérissons

June 4, 2009

My two youngest girls brought home these adorable hedgehogs from their school. We have decided to allow Les Hérissons (The Hedgehogs) to stay since they don’t eat much or require much cleaning up after.
I have no idea what herb or plant the hedgehogs are made from. The girls told me that their teacher said [...]

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Baitchai des enfants

February 25, 2009

The Baitchai for the children was a success. The kids were too cute walking around the village banging on pots, drums and tooting on horns as they stopped at one house after another to collect offerings of candy or money. Afterwards, the kids got to eat hot dogs and french fries at one [...]

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