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I haven’t blogged in ages so here’s a quick catch up to get me back into the swing of it… Breathe in.
Life is full on. All the usual- pretty much.
Several weeks of sickness. Several kids in our bed night after night coughing and crying alternately.
My birthday. 30th!! Cake, the crazy fun of magic candles, failed day-trip to Paris, train strike, beautiful day wandering Orléans centre with the family and my camera.
Kid’s last week of school. Teacher’s gifts (they did Aboriginal-style dot paintings of Australia with the “more places you’ll go” Dr Seuss quote) Tears, goodbyes.
Broken apartment lift. Work seminars. Job applications. Lost toys. Birthday parties. Church picnics.
End of school fair. Guess what? French bureaucracy starts at school. Line up at gate to buy tickets- 2 types, one for food and face painting etc., one for games, line up for games, win and earn different type of ticket, loose and probably get a ticket anyway, sometimes win a lolly also. Line up for food, pay with different amounts of one of the ticket types, try to figure out which ticket is for which. End the night with a handful of winning tickets and suddenly realize they are redeemable at the prize stand, rush to line up so the children can redeem a toy. A friend asks me, “Do you understand how it works?”
2 year old two-ishness. (I think I just found inspiration for another post, watch this spot)
Crazy weather, storms, rain, sunshine, sunburn, iceblocks, rain, storms, hail, lightning, sunburn.
But now: It’s the holidays!
Exhale …
(maybe)
(part of the five minute friday challenge run by one of my favorite bloggers over here)