This weekend:
Tea time with Daddy:


Making a drawing:


Practicing letters:


Saturday evening: we had a dinner party with Cathy & her husband Francois and little Marie & her mommy Sylvie (no photos of the adults!). Marie is a year older than Estelle and they are in different schools now so we need to make an effort to have them play:

I made cheesecake. Again.

Today: Housewarming for Thomas' Australian co-worker Joanna where she is subletting in nearby St. Laurent du Var. Lots of kids - lots of fun!

The little girl next to me in the photo above is the daughter of a woman who was my student - 8 years ago! Yowza.

Here's Joanna, ever the cool and relaxed hostess (she's a yoga instructor as well as doing computers).

Hmm. Holding court?
Friday afternoon, me and Lena:
What else happened: Hockey practice. Sewing (still). Swimming lessons. France advancing to the Final for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand after a somewhat pathetic win over Wales Saturday morning. Champagne on Saturday and Sunday = not so bad.