Rae of sunshine

1 septembre 2011

Blackberry moustache anyone?

You can tell when the kids are growing up, their schedules start to change and their social calendar starts to fill up. Today Ruby went to play with one of her school friends who live 10 minutes down the road. It is the first time that I have taken Ruby...

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31 août 2011

Go explore

Decision time this morning, to got to the toy library and see all of our friends (many of mine are returning to work either at the end of this week or the start of next) or to take the kids out for a day trip? Decision made by Ruby - her first words when...

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29 août 2011

Woodland children

It has probably been just under a year since we last visited Château Guillaume – the last time we were there was with my dear friend Leah, Mylo, Michael and little Jonah was just a swelling in her tummy – how fast has that last year gone!!! Despite the...

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27 août 2011

Squeezing out the summer holidays

Brrr its cold this morning - what has happened to the summer - it can't be over already - nahh there will be an Indian summer I feel sure just in time for Ruby's party! Lunch with friend’s today - quite a productive morning for me - pizza and cakes made...

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26 août 2011

Regaining confidence

The last 'girls' day before schools return - I am going to miss them. Today I had arranged for Ruby to go riding round at our friends, since her last riding lesson she had become scared around horses and had not asked to go riding again - so I figured...

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25 août 2011

Once a year fair

Gently put my leg out of the bed, fingers crossed that it had clicked back into where it should be and sadly it was still bad - bit disappointed but will just have to take it easy and wear my knee support. We had heard of a big fair that happens once...

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23 août 2011

Harvest time

My day in the garden - went a bit like this…. 1. Drop kids off at crèche 2. Home for coffee and then on with the gardening clothes 3. Weeding 4. Weeding 5. Oh and some more weeding 6. Followed by some more weeding 7. went to get up from weeding and my...

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21 août 2011

Ooo its hot

Friends arrived with all the makings for ice lollies with fruit, juice and some fromage blanc - this was the first job so that we could get them into the freezer for our pudding. As ever the afternoon passed too quickly - but was stretched out a little...

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20 août 2011

Our lovely heat pump

The temperature has soared again - our heat pump that provides us with lovely 21 degrees warmth during the winter can also be reversed so that it cools our house when the temperatures rise and it is too hot to sleep. There has been a faulty valve for...

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18 août 2011

Splosh

Tick tock, tick tock as the final weeks of holidays zoom by we are busy trying to maximise time with our friends – for Karen and her family big changes are ahead as she will begin teaching this September in two French schools so her time will be even...

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17 août 2011

Play afternoon

Ruby keeps asking "how many sleeps until school?' so we have now counted them on the calendar. Today she was very excited about having one of her French school friends to come and play - it is the first friend she has had over from school and I know the...

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15 août 2011

15th August fete

The time of year has come again for the sleepy hamlet of Thollet to be invaded by visitors wishing to celebrate and enjoy the activities provided by a dedicated team of people who work hard all year long organising a day not to be forgotten. It has been...

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14 août 2011

14th August - Bike race

August in France - you would normally think of hot sunny days and balmy sunny evenings, perfect weather for holidaying - right? Well actually NO - it appears that we had our summer in spring, our spring in summer so who knows what autumn and winter holds...

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12 août 2011

Girls day

Last night as I tucked Ruby into bed she softly said to me as she was drifting off to sleep "is tomorrow girl’s day?' She too was looking forward to our special Friday together when Rivan is at crèche and I get to spend the day with just Ruby. As usual...

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11 août 2011

Relaxing

Our tent has been one of the best investments we have made, since we put it up in the garden we have eaten out there evening and spend lots of time just hanging out there. We have created a beautiful outdoor room with space to entertain our friends and...

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10 août 2011

Unexplored territory

Day trips with the kids are getting easier now - with Rivan able to cope without his afternoon nap, it suddenly frees up the afternoon so going out for the day is possible. Weather forecast checked, picnic in the car and kids breakfasted and ready to...

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8 août 2011

At last - saved from the pot!

At last our ladies are safe from the pot - having asked our fiends who bought new chickens the same time as us, whether their hens were laying - which they were (thanks for the eggs Corrie) I had a talking to the ladies and said that I had to buy eggs...

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7 août 2011

Boules of fun

Getting creative with kids can be fun - the lessons I have learnt are:- Let them do their own thing - trying to get them to do what you want or are meant to do just does not work Keep them out of the house - that is if you want them not to decorate the...

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6 août 2011

A birthday saturday

Riding today and Ruby excited about going to the stables – it has been a few weeks since she has been, the schedule at the riding school has changed now the kids are all on summer holidays. The weather has been pretty dreadful for the last couple of weeks...

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4 août 2011

Welcome to our jungle

How quickly the garden has changed from a dry crispy place to a lush, green, over grown space. Trying to get the weeds under control is a daily task - each day we go out to feed the animals I pull up more weeds and chuck them into the pigs or chickens....

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