Saturday afternoon - African festival in Nice. It was really big, this is just one little corner of it. The woman right front in black/green is some we know, Emmanuelle, who is a dancer and who also works as a home assistant sent via social services. After I had Léna, I had the "right" to have her visit 4 hours a week for 3 months. We have stayed in touch and Estelle loves her.
Estelle explores the musical instruments for children.
Back at home, Léna tries to fit into a toy crate.
Sunday: the annual Carlo/Mila/Marie birthday party. The mom's had hired 2 women as "animators", who did crafts with the kids and then painted their faces. Meanwhile, the adults drank champagne. Now that's my kind of party.
Then the 2 ladies left and Thomas was in charge:
More lovely cakes!
Carlo, Marie, Mila: Marie's dad hightailed it recently (internet, younger woman he's never met in person, crazy story, stopped me in my tracks when I heard it in June). Mother doing quite well considering! Funnily enough he was there for the first part of the party and then he left. But then the toilet got plugged and so Marie's mom called him back - he's a plumber! She whispered to me "He's good for something, at least".
Food thought for the day: Choucroute. aka sauerkraut. Cathy (nanny) made a huge mess of this to serve to her daughter's new boyfriend on Sunday lunch - except that Saturday night said daughter came home to announce they had broken up. Lucky us! We all got big tupperware containers of this stuff with all the fixings. It was really good and we were thrilled to not have to cook Monday night!
And lastly, my student Sophie is leaving Nice today for Montpellier (FRANCE, not Vermont). Sophie has come to see me every week since before Estelle was even born. 
She went thru an arduous competition for a prestiguous art school, Ecole des Beaux Arts, and so off she goes today for 4 years. I took her out for a glass of champage to celebrate in a lounge bar I have wanted an excuse to go to.
That's the news!
3 comments:
Fun to read the latest in your life on your blog.
Looks like a fun bday party for the trio.
I want to go to that lounge. Remember that bar we used to go to in Newport to see Wes play - we had to walk down a dark alley and when you opened the door smoke,loud music, and the smell of cheap beer would come flooding out. Ahh. Life before kids. Anyway, looks like you've moved up in life.
Love the face painting and Lena trying to fit into that box. Too cute.
Julie, if you pay for my plane ticket, I can be an animator, paint faces, do arts and crafts,make a pinata and make a Barbie cake! Funny that you have to pay for it in France! Thought the bar trees reminded me of Charlie Brown Xmas special, when he goes to buy an aluminum tree from the lot! What fun your kids (and you) are having!!
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