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Combinations
There are many different foods that can be purchased in the stores here that are not easily available in the United States. The problem is that just eating the food alone might not be how the French desired the food … Continue reading
Cultural Differences
When Joshua was playing at the sandbox he was sharing his sand toys with another little French boy and they were both building roads for their pretend trucks to drive on. They were very intent on building the best sand … Continue reading
Wonderful Gift
The other day when I came home DeAnna had a wonderful gift waiting for me. Le Porte-Filtre, this has to be the best invention I have witnessed since moving to France! C’est formidable! It allows me to have a fresh … Continue reading
From the mouth of an MK (Missionary Kid)
Last night our family looked at pictures from the past 10 years. One of the pictures was the home we sold in Pleasant Hill, MO. Jonah looked at the picture and asked, “When do we get to go back to … Continue reading
Puppet Show
We had two little boys that were looking for something to do on the day off so DeAnna build a puppet show stage for Jonah out of a box that she found. Then we downloaded some pictures of different monsters … Continue reading
Snow
Jonah shared with me on the way to school that he knows what snow is made out of as it snowed on us on our walk to school this morning. So I had to ask, what is snow made out … Continue reading
Yummy Cake
We were introduced to a new tradition that the French celebrate after Christmas called Galette des Rois which means the Kings cake. From what our friends shared and what I was able to find on wikipedia the cake is “to … Continue reading
Arc-en-ciel
Yesterday we were able to see a double rainbow (arc-en-ciel=rainbow in French) after we dropped the kids off at school and we were walking back to our class for lunch. As the rain stopped and the sun began to peak … Continue reading
Lost in translation
Today at lunch we were asking the boys different questions in French and waiting for them to come up with a response. We were just asking them if they would like different types of food that we had on the … Continue reading
One month in France
So it’s been one month since we first arrived in France and I thought I would share some of the lessons that I have learned so far outside of class. Not far means less than a 20 minute walk. Even … Continue reading
D squared + J squared = Anderson 