Love is several sleepless nights in a row because your children share everything (except their toys). Love is putting down your fork and knife, after finally sitting down, with the delicious steak still in front of you because you hear the siren's call: "mamaaaaan - can you wipe my ... read more
Life
This is a mall in Dubai, teeming with life (and fish) where Sir Renaissance is for three weeks. I miss him. Today I finished working on the memorial book of the Message mom who died. (Message is the anglo-mother community in Paris and we reunite through a website and various activities). She ... read more
A Day in the Country
A farm in Corbreuse See the stairs there at the end? Upon arriving, that's where the children went off to play, climbing the steps up to the wall of the hamlet and shouting obscenities at pedestrians on the street. Yup. Guess which angel was leading the way on that charge? (hint: she's six ... read more
Penance and Recompense
Petit Prince is getting quite adept at his walker - he almost doesn't sit down at all, but likes the security of having the seat there should he lose his balance. All the mothers who are way more concerned about germs and mud and dangerous construction articles in my yard than I am are careful to ... read more
A Weekend in Alsace
This is Alsace, the home of colored houses. Do you know anything about it? No, neither did I. Pretty, isn't it? I asked Sir Renaissance if we could paint our house this color, but he said no. I had to do a little google research post-trip to make better sense of the place we visited. We were ... read more
Wednesdays
Today is Wednesday, my favorite day of the week. Most children in France don't have school on Wednesdays so that allows time for us mothers to positively interact with our children. I like to do such activities as teaching them to read in English, arts and crafts, baking together, planting ... read more
