Friday, December 17, 2010

The 4 holiday "P's"

Parties, Packages, Preparations (and Planes, but that's not for a week)
Yes, that is a cheesecake and yes I made it. With about 8 ingredients being substituted but it was good nonetheless. Below: Fransiska's dutch apple pie (and she really is Dutch).
Here's a few shots from her birthday gathering Sunday afternoon:

Loup, Eliott and Estelle, early on before things got out of control.
36 yrs old!
Wait, who invited Jacques Costeau?
Playing on Eliott's bunk bed. Very fun.
You can just make out Eva (pink shirt) and Louise (blond elf on ladder). They arrived and then things got WILD.
Back at the ranch on Monday, afterschool arts & crafts.
Wait, who invited Richard Simmons?
Wednesday morning: before music class, we decorated for Christmas:

90% of that stuff is from Joan. If she ever goes bankrupt, blame me.
Estelle got a package from her godfather Francois Besseyre. Yeah!
A game to tell time, and a watch!
Our little tree:

Next: a package comes from Aunt Joanie on Thursday:
The original version of The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night - Thanks Joan! (p.s. send the credit men to see me when they come knocking)
Today: Friday at home with Léna. A little reading time with some juice in her room:
Two videos: