one day at the ocean

We left Angoulême around 8h30,

and we did so well !

We brought Tatum with us.

Girls talked a lot, played a lot...

Then.....

At 12h30, Tatum's family was still not there

it was so hot that we decided to go under the pine trees

We had our lunch

and then Tatum's family arrive:

they get caught in traffic jam !

During afternoon,

Malika, Tatum, Mae and Amané 

could swim and play with waves !!

We went back at 16h30 and we did well again !

It took 2 hours to come back from us,

when it took 9h for some colleagues who leave the beach later.

Didi and Dada's home

Went to Didi and Dada's home

to check my car,

ride bike with Didi,

and say hello to Sabine and Roger

(who were not there)

Back home:

sculpting wood with her Swiss knife (she really loves doing this)

playing like a monkey

and because she asked for it

dinner in the garden.

huge week-end

We fought against hunts

we went to the library 

(Amané can stay there for hours: if I disappear I'm quite sure 

she'll not notice it until some hours....!!!)

and cleaning our tiny garden

Mothers day

Mother day !!!

From school I received a beautiful plant,

in a beautiful pot

with a poem.

She said " for the picture I'm doing the Joconde 's smile"...!!!!!

Then we voted

We went to restaurant in the city with Didi and Dada

to celebrate Dada.

Then we reached

the nature festival.

She can do craft

recognizing animals prints

bees

music

and Dada got a beautiful present!!!

Amané offered me other presents by herself:

2 drawings !

coming back home,

she decided to prepare a research about 

Thaumatrope that she created and discovered at the festival.

Ball as the sun and neighbors party

Grey grey day:

ball as the sun !

Evening

we joined some of ours neighbors, all generations mixed,

had a open air dinner.

The mayor of the city joined us for a time

while all the kids were playing widely in our streets !

My chef cook

She woke up so early

because I said 

"ok, you can cook the lunch".

I could stay a little bit

to give advices

but quickly she said:

"mum out of this kitchen !"

And it was delicious !

With a cocktail !

Main dish full of vegetables (petits pois, épinards, pomme de terre, carottes, oignons)

huge salad (endives, radis)

fruits salad with a 

verrine : yaourt, biscuits and nuts.

Proud of you Manette !!!

Again birthday

We had a big package to carry....

It was from Ced and Gaellou !!!

Amané said she'll take pictures....

a reading cushion !!!!!!!!!!!

test !!!!

Merci merci Ced et Gaëllou !!!!!!!!!!

It's so good weather those days...

It smells summer....!!

Someone took my new present !!!!

Shopping

Amané is growing up so fast those days...

We had to change all her clothes:

shorts, tee-shirts, one-pieces, sandals, baskets...

we looked for a judo kimono

but I thought she could grow up more during summer,

so we're waiting for September !