Scholastic Art Show

Insane Twists. She got a silver Key Award

Pondering. She got an honorable mention

Quite the little artist! Great job Justine!

Alexi' s Senior pictures for the year book

The ones I like...

...The one he chose

Dog Pros and Cons

Cons

• House training
• Cost (Medical bills, food, toys etc.)
• Might find a lot of shoes, socks, and who knows what else chewed up.
• Dog hair, more vacuuming and cleaning the floors, getting the kids to do it once a week is sometimes a struggle!
• Harder to go away for long periods of time
• Will rock our cats world!
• Hearing the whines of "Do I have to pick up the dog poop?"

Pros

• Everyday joy
• More love and affection in our home
• Great playmate for the family
• Excellent companion
• Great for an exercise partner (will make me go outside and run/walk more often)
• Caring for a dog can teach children many life-long lessons
• Studies show that people who own dogs have lower blood pressure, less likely to be depressed and actually live longer
• Amelie's and Mike's dream will come true. Amelie has been acting like a dog since we can remember! She walks and plays with the neighbors dogs whenever she can.
• Great for protection (alerts you of any intruders and can deter intruders all together)
• The cats need more excitement! :)
• More chores and responsibilities for the kids...

So yes, I am considering a dog, call me crazy. But since I was going to get one as I got older anyway, why not now when the kids can experience the joys of owning one. Now that the decision is made, i need to find the right puppy. After a lot of searching and study, I am looking for a Britanny.

Winter wonderland

This morning as I was taking my car to get it serviced,
I drove through a beautiful winter scene that made my heart melt!
Yeah, it's been frozen lately, along with my feet!
I've been waring 2 pairs of socks every day.!!!
Everything was iced over!
The pics do not give the beauty justice, I didn't take the time to stop... 

Ce matin en emmenent ma voiture pour changer l'huile, 

je suis passee a travers une scene magnifique, qui a fait fondre mon coeur. 

Et oui je le sens gele en ce moment ainsi que mes pieds, je mets 2 paires de chaussettes tous les jours... Tout etait jele! Les photos ne donne pas justice a la beaute, j'ai pas pris le temps de m'areter.

House Face Lift

Our house got a little makeover this fall. Papi Painted all the shutters a very dark brown. Our old shutters needed it! We got a new roof too, a year after it got damaged by the hurricane Ike, that came through North America. I really wish American shutters were like in France. They actually are useful and shut!!!!!

Before

After

Pendant que Papa etait la cet automn passe, il nous a paint tous les volets de la maison. On a mis aussi un ouveau toit apres les degas de l'ouragant Ike qui est asser par ici en fin 2008. J'aimerais bien que les volets Americain soit comme ceux de France, et qu'ils servent a quelque chose...

Snowmen Everywhere

Today parents where invited to a Writing Celebration Workshop. 

The kids had made their own little books about Snowmen. 

They took turns reading their stories to us. 
It was a lot of fun. 

Aujourd'hui, les parents ont ete invite dans la class d'Amelie 
pour une Celebrtion des ecrivians...

Les enfants ont tous ecrit une histoire de bonhomme de neige.

Ils nous ont lu leurs petites histoires chacun leurs tours... 
C'etait bien amusement.

"Guess who I am?"

Tonight, as I got back in my car after my yoga class, there was a note on my steering wheel. A "I Love You guess who I am" note. When I turned the car on there was a song on about mothers, from Amelie's school Cd. Mike and Amelie had taken my car to fill it up with gas... It was Amelie's idea to write the note and to put the Cd in so it would play when I started the car. How sweet is that?

My Man has been so nice these past few days, he got me breakfast in bed yesterday. Surprised me by going out of his way to fill my car with gas. Not that I deserve this extra attention... so I asked him why, does he need something big? It was all out of love! hihi! My Man loves me! :)

Quand je suis retournee dans ma voiture, apres ma class de yoga, il y avait un petit mot sur mon volant: "Je t'aime, devine qui je suis?" Quand j'ai demarrer, une chanson sur les maman du Cd d'Amelie a jourer. J'ai apris plus tard que Mike et Amelie sont venus prendre ma voiture pour la remplir d'essance... C'etait l'idee d'Amelie d'ecrire le mot et de metre le cd sur la chanson des mamans. Trop mignon!
Mon Homme est bien gentil en ce momment. Il m'a apporter le 'tit dejeuner au lit hier matin, et m'a surpise en faisant mon plein. Je ne merite pas toujours cette extra attention... Je lui ai demande le pourquoi? Est-ce qu'il veux qlq chose de gros? Eh non, c'est juste parce qu'il m'aime! hihi! Mon Homme m'aime! :)

A Good Day

What a good day I had! The sun was out! I got the main floor cleaned, and did some laundry; my bed sheets, I love fresh clean sheets, one of my small pleasures in life!

The best part of my day was watching a great movie while ironing: "Julie and Julia", loved it! I especially love the scenes in Paris, the French speaking and the cooking! Made me homesick... Made me want to eat some yummy French food. It's a good thing I had some Brie in the fridge and some delicious couscous stew to appease my craving! I always have a little something French on hand! :) Especially for those homesick moments.

J'ai passer une super bonne journee... Le soleil brillait. J'ai nettoye le 1 etage, et fait de la lessive; mes dras de lit, j'adore quand ils sont tout propres, un de mes petit plaisir de la vie...

La meilleur partie de ma journee, a ete de regarder le film "Julia and Julie" en repassant. J'ai adore! J'ai bcp aime les scenes de Paris, le francais, et toute la cuisine francaise. Cela m'a donner un peux le mal du pays. Et m'a donne envie de manger de la bonne cuisine francaise. Heureusement que j'avais du brie et un bon couscous dans le frigo pour apaise mon envie. J'ai toujours un petit quelque chose de francais sous la main; sourtout pour ces moments de cafard...