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Well, once Mamita and Papito and Mama away, we had some time to enjoy what Saint Niklaas got us: Eyquem got a vet to go with the zoo and the bits of the farm, so his room is now just animal land Then we had some christmas shopping to do, and we met this group…

It might have gotten somewhat cold outside, but indoors, all is fine, at least if you believe our lemon tree! And for the record, today, December 16th, the temperature somehow reached 15 degrees at 6pm, too hot (given the equipment) for my bike ride home…

Well somehow picasaweb stitched this up 2013-12-16

Well December came. And here, December is still a time when trees take one nice colors, as can be seen from the trees in front of my office window. (Today, 16th of December, all is gone). On the 6th, it is Saint Niklas day for us, the kids were excited. A tree was bought, and…

It used to be, Eyquem would almost draw nothing, which balanced the situation with Gadea, for whose drawings one needs close to a room and a half. Eyquem would justify the situation by stating that Gadea was too good, and he couldn’t draw as well. The situation has changed, and, well, we are running in…

We had to prepare these cards, which are being sent I don’t know where tomorrow…after Gadea pencils in the last of her wishes. Eyquem drew StNicolas, papa, and himself (and wants so playmobil veterinary) Gadea drew Saint Nicolas and some doll and some bearded helper, a donkey, and some gifts. And she wants some playmobil…

We had quite a week, what with the ensai forum and other time consumign things at work. We also had some good fun. It all started Sunday, when we prepared pot au feu, what Anthony Bourdain qualifies as  food to make a frenchman cry or “soul food for socialists“ We got some fun pencils and…

On a nice and cool Sunday we headed out from home. The mission: check out those cows Samuel always talks about when coming back from work by bike. Status: accomplished. And then some… We even saw two hares jumping around, but were not fast  enough to capture… Check out the whole album here: Sunday Stroll

The week started with a holiday, and plenty of time to start emptying boxes. But not to empty them all. Then, on Tuesday Eyquem went to the farm with the school to make butter, and on Wednesday, Gadea went to the ecomuseum for the first of several session about water.  And on Thursday, Eyquem came…

…and are adapting slowly to our new environments. Rennes is nice (if small), rain showed up only the last week, and now we even have our boxes. Paperwork for the French administration is still in the air but, hey. Anyhow, hopefully we will be able to blog some more.