Tag Archives: Family Life
DeAnna’s Lotion Choice
Although we have been in France for over 4 months, we are still able to have new experiences – The following happened to DeAnna. Do you ever feel like your life is similar to a Saturday Night Live skit? I … Continue reading
First Snow in Massy
Yesterday the snow began falling shortly before our morning walk to school in the morning but started snowing harder as our walk progressed. I don’t think school delays or closing exist since everyone walks to school. Jonah had fun on … Continue reading
What time did you say?
We have been in France now for several months and have been blessed with a healthy family but yesterday Jonah starting showing some signs of illness that would require a visit to the doctor. We knew that there was a … 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
French language lesson
Today we learned that you can start your day without washing (se laver) but it’s not possible to be sitting in your chair without getting out of bed (se lever). So after our instructor smelled a few students and graded … Continue reading
Hidden Fun in France
After traveling to Versailles and then up to Montmarte and then back to the Tour Eiffel (aka the Eiffel tower) on Saturday I can safely say that the highlight of the boys day was not in the attractions that are … 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
Walking to School
We have adjusted to the walk to and from school but besides the additional exercise that we are all now getting we are also getting a little over an hour every day for the kids to ask us questions and … Continue reading
Treasure Hunt
Today was the weekly trip to the Massy library, really the bibliothèque because the library is where you go to buy the books and we were just in a borrowing kind of mood. The entire walk there Joshua was insistent … Continue reading
Too much for you
We decided we would try the Chinese French restaurant for diner that is just a block away from our apartment between the boulangerie (bakery) and the boucherie (butcher). DeAnna was going to walk up and bring it home to eat. … Continue reading
D squared + J squared = Anderson 