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Parked cars in France are…very French

April 20, 2010

Picture taken from my Inlaws upstairs window of their house. It made me think of one of my first posts on this blog.  :) I still miss France very much even if I love living in Switzerland.   After all, I am French in my heart.

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A peak inside Alsace

August 13, 2009

Today, we are very, very happy to be back in our tiny village in the Jura of Switzerland. You just can’t imagine how happy. Since coming home after a week away, I have picked a large bowls worth of green beans from our garden along with at least seven zucchini.  One of the zucchini is [...]

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La Petite souris

December 11, 2008

My six year old lost a tooth the other night.  It is her fourth that she has lost so far. And, she still has two more wiggly teeth that haven’t came out yet! She let me pull her super lose tooth out right before she went to bed.  It practically fell out. She quickly decorated [...]

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Oxford First French Words book – Giveaway

November 21, 2008

Oxford First French Words (author Neil Morris) is a beautifully illustrated word book full of wonderful bird’s eye views taken from a typical day out of a child’s life. It is available in German and Spanish as well. Book description taken from the website of Oxford University Press (US): The Oxford First Words books give [...]

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I got my Swiss drivers license!!!

May 19, 2008

Since Ohio only states the date that you renew your drivers license and not the date that you first got a drivers license, I had to prove to the Swiss that I have been driving longer than three years. If I hadn’t I would have been considered a new driver which required me to take [...]

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My husband, the French

April 18, 2008

…was not happy that the French will sing a mostly English song in the next Eurovision. It is the first time that France will sing a song in another language other than French since the Eurovision began over fifty years ago. Read about it here on BBC NEWS. My French husband did what would have [...]

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Wait a second…I am still in Switzerland, right?

March 7, 2008

I just turned on Cartoon Network for the kids. I heard, “You jerk!”, coming from a characters mouth. Immediately, I had a sense that something wasn’t right. It took me a couple seconds to realize it was because the cartoon was in English and not translated into French. It is the first time after living [...]

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Counting with your fingers in English vs. in French

February 27, 2008

In English, you start counting on your fingers with your index finger while in French you start with your thumb. I taught my bilingual children to count in English and French starting with the correct finger depending on the language. When they count in each language they switch their starting finger without thinking about it. [...]

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Adjustment period

February 7, 2008

My new slippers I found for 5 Swiss francs! I have found that I, personally, have an adjustment period as an expat. It took about 10 months for me to start feeling at home in France and it has taken me about 8 months to adjust to life in Switzerland. Switzerland has slowly become my [...]

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Perils of the French R

November 8, 2007

I was explaining to a woman that has a child in Sweet Bear’s school which I had promised to give the Ultimate Brownie recipe to that I hadn’t forgotten to do it. It was taking me a couple days because I had to translate it from English into French. I didn’t mention all the other [...]

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Parent Meeting at school

November 7, 2007

Last night I sat through my first parents meeting in Switzerland with my five year old daughter’s two wonderful teachers. I am totally impressed with her school. All the parents sat together in a circle as the teachers explained what the children were doing in school. Each parent was given a book with their child’s [...]

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Language learning with Mama

November 5, 2007

Back in August I made a post about my bilingual children and language learning. I wanted to make the follow up post sooner but kept putting it off due to lack of time due to laziness. Now, I am making myself sit down and do it. While in college, during one of my social psychology [...]

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Google thinks I am sexy

October 22, 2007

Someone searched for my french sex blog on Google. Guess who came first? Yelp, it was Pumpkin Pie your favorite French sex goddess. Actually, I have been meaning to tell you all about my secret sex blog…

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Mr. Clean’s Magic Eraser magically…works

October 19, 2007

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is a must have with kids. When we bought the magic eraser it was out of desperation. We decided it wasn’t expensive. So, it was worth a shot. I have bought things in the past that were supposed to magically clean away kids art creations on walls and furniture. None of [...]

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Weekend photos…

October 14, 2007

I took this photo the other morning. After I had rolled up the shutter in the girls room, I was greeted by a beautifully criss-crossed sky. I ran and grabbed the camera to capture it. My inlaws and my niece came for a visit this weekend. When I saw them I told my husband I [...]

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