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26 février 2011

Moules et frites

Tonight is the local moules et frites night that the parents association at the school have organised and I have volunteered to help out. With about 160 people coming to enjoy an evening of food and dancing I was slightly apprehensive about going down...

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8 avril 2011

Springing into life

Gardening is infectious - the more time I spend out there; the more time I want to spend out there. I remember the first year we arrived in France, with no work or real commitments I enjoyed the summer - hour after hour in the garden, turning a blank...

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9 avril 2011

Clip clop

I had seen mummy put on her riding trousers and boots earlier this week - she looked good as she left to go horse riding with her friend and left daddy to bath and put us to bed. I was now the proud owner of a pink riding hat and a pair of riding trousers...

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10 avril 2011

Family afternoon

Having watched Hugh Fernley Whittingstall last night - all about bread, I decided to have another go at making bread by hand instead of the bread machine. The kids like helping kneed the dough and when it was ready into the oven it went - the results...

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27 février 2011

Bedding day

Who said that housework was no fun ? I used to keep all the household chores to do on the days that the kids were at school or crèche but then I wanted to do other things (work in the garden, horse riding etc) so now we all do the jobs together – it takes...

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16 avril 2011

Correze here we come...

Finally the day has arrived for us to go down to see granny – Ruby is very excited and looking forward to going on holiday. As the kids get older the amount of stuff that I need to pack into the car is getting less and less – I nearly had room to put...

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17 avril 2011

Heaven!

« Good job Ruby » - she stayed in bed all night and did not wake any of us up so she gets to stay in the big bed for the rest of the week. This afternoon we went to a local nursery that had an open day – this is my idea of a dream afternoon! The nursery...

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18 avril 2011

Fancy dress and sand

Girls will be girls Within minutes of arriving at a friend of mums (she has a girl who is 5 and a boy who is 6 weeks younger than Rivan), the girls had disappeared into the house to get dressed up. The appeared 10 minutes later with a little basket of...

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19 avril 2011

The hunt for the eggs

Both kids have settled into a good routine now and have got used to different beds and surroundings. It is amazing how quickly the week is shooting by – I know since I had the kids my life has never passed so fast – they always say that time goes quickly...

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20 avril 2011

Off to the beach

Our holiday is rushing by so fast - Wednesday already and we have been blessed with wall to wall sunshine - we could not ask for better! With cake and a flask packed we headed down to the "beach" - a man made lake with stunning views - the last time we...

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13 janvier 2011

Mum does have running shoes

I announced that I had to look for my running shoes for my exercise class this evening, Ruby laughed and said “mummy does not have running shoes, Daddy does but not mummy”! So the fact that my daughter does not believe mummy has running shoes is a reflection...

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13 mars 2011

Birthday carnival celebrations

Over the last few nights I have been making some fairy wings for her ladyship. Our neighbour gave me the metal coat hangers and some old stockings that did not fit any more and I set about getting creative with some paint, needle and thread and a feather...

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19 mars 2011

One of the team down

I have not been feeling great for the past few days and yesterday when I woke I knew it was going to be a day in bed for me - this does not happen often as I am not often ill and I HATE, JUST HATE being immobile. Luckily it was a school day today and...

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28 avril 2011

No chill factor

There is nothing for it - they must be mad. Today the wind was chilly and it seemed cold this morning compared to the barmy warm days we have recently been treated to. We headed up to the lake this afternoon - the weather forecast was mixed but we hoped...

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1 mai 2011

Will the butterflies now visit?

Everyone a little tired today after the late night yesterday so a relaxed day at home - the last day of the holidays and still we have too much chocolate in the house! The kids were happily playing in the garden making sand birthday cakes and playing...

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4 mai 2011

The house project

Finally an entry on the house….. The other woman who occupies my husband day after day, week after week, month after month. When we bought the house in 2005 we were both so excited about leaving our old life behind and starting a new one in rural France....

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2 mai 2011

The magic of fairy wands

With my magic wand I make this ……. "Bruise better" "Car clean' 'Car bigger' 'Car smaller' 'Brother disappear' 'Whoosh I can do magic - look daddy' Today Ben woke the kids by presenting them with their magic wands - wands that are a) made out of materials...

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3 mai 2011

Tomatoes are in

A mad storm last night - I sat outside and watched as the sky lit up and the heavens above made their booms and crashes - it was spectacular as ever - and I hoped for a good soaking for the garden but sadly this did not materialise. Ruby woke when the...

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24 mars 2011

Spuds calling

Blood results in and all is good - a fine set of bloods according to Nurse Ben. This is great news on the one hand but on the other does not explain why I am still feeling the way I am. Scan booked for Monday morning so maybe this will give me some answers....

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1 avril 2011

Gymlastics again

Gymnastics outing with the school today, Ruby very very excited to a) be going on the bus to the gym and doing all the activities and b) wearing her new Dora tee shirt. I dropped Ruby off at school where she took the bus to the sports centre which then...

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10 mai 2011

School medical

Not a normal Tuesday today - Ruby along with all her class mates have a school medical - unfortunately hers falls right in between her sleep time - 1.30. I arrived at the school a bit early as I did not know if they were running early - when I arrived...

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11 mai 2011

Pink for girls

So the second night without a nappy for the Rubster and it is looking like she is dry! The novelty of being able to get up and go for a pee will soon wear off as she is finally falling asleep fairly late, waking early and is getting a bit tired but she...

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11 mai 2011

So who is using the blog?

So the blog has been running now for over 12 months and for me it has been a very rewarding and precious thing - to capture the special moments and memories that I spend with my family will be saved for ever. Having somewhere to show my photography is...

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12 mai 2011

My little garden eco warriors

Last year in the garden I mulched quite a lot of the garden for two reasons; Firstly it preserves water so that the plants need watering less and that saves me time. Secondly it keeps down the weeds which is great because although I love, love, love gardening...

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13 mai 2011

Guess who's back in town....

I thought it might be too good to be true - friends reporting Colorado beetle attacks and as yet nothing on our spuds' but today as I fed the chickens I found several mating adults and several other adults. The tin of water with washing up liquid is at...

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