The Slumber Party

Friday, June 17, 2011

June 13: Pentecost & Parties

Last weekend was a 3-day weekend for Pentecost.
First, on Saturday, we had our friend Pierre over for lunch.
Thomas made a sautée de veau (braised veal)and chorizo with a green-olive tomato sauce and polenta. Yum!

Pierre spent some time in the States and can hold his own with English. He enjoyed reading "The Tooth Fairy" to Estelle who had just lost her tooth the night before. He then used his iPhone to show Estelle diagrams of the human mouth to determine the official name of the tooth she had lost. I already forgot what it is!

later Saturday night - last swim lesson for the year:

Here's Eva going done and Estelle waiting on deck

This is into water well over her head (over my head too!)

Once she plunges in, she swims over to the ladder in the corner...

Fabio and (some of) the herd:

A celebratory cocktail afterwards....

Read a few books, thanks to Eva (who can read!)

Celestin and Estelle look on....

Sunday 12: prepare for the tea party:

Morning of the party - Pentecost Monday, no school, no work for Thomas.

One game of "set the tea table" ( I was literally tracing these things onto the paper as the girls were arriving, hence the mutant fork).

Irina, Estelle, Emma, Alice, Lilou

Decorating scones:

The finished scones:

Play time!

I bought many tutus at a church shop - plus Snow White. Martha may recognize the white and pink outfits from Alexandra?

Racing to set the table!

Singing moment:

Now the dollies get their tea:

Games #2: stacking sugar cubes:

Mae made a flower:

Happy birthday, sung in French, English, Roumanian (Irina) and Japanese (Mae).

I served each girl her own scone, and suddenly saw them all grimacing. Long story short...I realized that in my panic of party prep, I had used one tablespoon baking SODA and not baking POWDER. YUCK. Threw it all away and pulled out ice cream cups!