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A castle for the birds

February 16, 2007

Sweet Bear was sitting at the kitchen table finishing her lunch. She has two hours for déjeuner (lunch) and then she returns to école to finish out her day which ends at 4:05. Petite Clown goes only in the morning since les petits only take a nap in the afternoon. Besides mornings are hard enough [...]

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All wet

February 14, 2007

I really miss clothes dryers. Of course, dryers are sold in France. But, it is not something that has become a part of every household as it has in America. With three small children a dryer is almost a necessity. In the summer clothes can dry quickly. The problem is in our old apartment (like many in France) there is [...]

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Hard one

February 13, 2007

Sweet Bear is stubborn. Each day is hard with her and for her. She wants everything her way or no way. Of course, she doesn’t get her way. But, that doesn’t keep her from trying. Yesterday, we were waiting for Vilay in the car while he changed our address with La Poste. All of our [...]

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Images of our life

February 11, 2007

I love taking pictures. I regret that after we moved out of my mother’s house that I couldn’t take more pictures of our life in America. The cable for uploading picures from our digital camera was left in France. We were using my mother’s camera until we moved in with my father which was only [...]

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Pictures say it best

February 9, 2007

Vilay and I at the Cincy airport. If you look behind Vilay you will see how Petite Clown got her name. Boy Blue having fun with his Papa. Oh, how I missed Strasbourg. I even missed the rain in Alsace. First day of school for the girls. Ready for class. Our village was blanketed in [...]

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My France

February 8, 2007

We made it and are slowly getting the kids back on French time. They have had it the hardest adjusting to when it is day or night thanks to a mild case of jetlag. Boy Blue was terrible during the flight from Cincinatti to Paris. He became so frustrated that he threw his pacifer as hard as [...]

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The girls can’t wait

January 31, 2007

Sweet Bear and Petite Clown are happy to return to France. Why? They can’t wait to go to Ecole Maternelle. Sweet Bear wasn’t thrilled about the fact that in America she wouldn’t be able to start school until fall of 2008 due to her having a late October birthday. She adored going to school in France. [...]

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Even the sun gets tired

January 23, 2007

Sweet Bear was eating her dinner. Correction. Sweet Bear was stirring her dinner all up into one big blob of meat and mashed potatos. She looked up and declared that it was getting dark out. Every night she takes it upon herself to let the family know that it is getting dark out and that [...]

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Boy Blue talks…in English

January 20, 2007

“I ove yu” when he is giving me baby love. “Hi!” in greeting to all. “Tank yu” as he hands me his plate after eating.E “Uh-oh” each time he or anyone else drops something. “Yeah” instead of “yes”. Hey, he is American after all. :) His only words have been in english so far whereas Sweet [...]

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Taking it slow

January 20, 2007

I went over to my mother’s house today. She filled the sponsor paperwork out and gave me her tax returns for the last three years to copy. We have copied everything and will mail it all off Monday. At first I was nervous to be in my mother’s house. We haven’t talked for five months. [...]

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Deflated

January 18, 2007

I talked to Catholic Community Services today. I was told that my father would be totally responsible for Vilay even if he were in an accident. I was, also, told that I could be declined as a sole sponsor due to my having not worked in the last three years even if I found a [...]

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It was love

January 15, 2007

I picked up my son. He reached out and grabbed me by the neck. He started making lovey noises as he pressed his cheek against mine. He leaned back into my arms to look deep into my eyes. I saw him lean back in with a big open mouth. I thought, “Oh, no! He is [...]

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Girl talk with my eleven year old

January 9, 2007

Me- “So, how many boyfriends do you have?” Angel (rolling her eyes)- “Mama! I already told you boys only like girls that other girls think are ugly. Boys are stupid. My girlfriends and I just don’t get it.” Me (grinning)- “O.k.” Angel (blushing pink)- “There is this one boy that told me he likes me.” Me- [...]

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My sweet little devil

January 3, 2007

Petite Clown wasn’t funny today. She was bothering her sister while I was pushing them in a grocery cart. Petite Clown was in the front seat and Sweet Bear was in the basket of the cart. I warned Petite Clown that she needed to stop being silly or I was going to make her walk [...]

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Stomach flu is so much fun. NOT!

December 19, 2006

Our family has been down for the past few days with the stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis). It all started with Boy Blue and lots of clothes washing by Mama to clean up what was coming out of both ends. Fun. fun. fun. Let me tell you. Then, Sweet Bear started Sunday night and Petite Clown in the [...]

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