Ylan and Colin with us!!!

Ylan and Colin came to visit us!!!

So happy to meet them!

Colin can sit down well now!!

He can move a little bit

when he's on his belly...

Everybody happy to meet each other again!

Reading for the 3 cousins...

Nobody was listening............!!!

Colin is eating puree now!

Cuddle with Dada...

So happy to go to bath!

Look at this beautiful

little boy!!!

So cuuuute!

Of course Ylan and Amané 

had to share Dada....!

Sometimes it's hard.....!!

At our home, playing...

With Gerard and Josiane...

Lucky kids in a so big garden

with a great playground!

Bateau sur l'eau....

Youpi!!

3 cousins together!

Tonton Yuta is giving milk to Colin!

Good job Yuyu!!

Working in Didi's garden...

Making some holes, castles,

helping each other!

The 16th we celebrated Sabrina's 40th birthday!

Lot of the family was here

in a beautiful place!

12 kids I think...!

Our lunch was delicious!

2 grand-mothers!

Dada with Colin and Martine with Naël!

All kids together minus Colin...

Looking at fishes in the pound...

2 princesses!

Grammy and most of her grand kids!

We missed just one: Nyla!

Ylan and Amané for a little siesta...

It was a really great day:

thank you so much Sabrina and Thierry!

Coming back home....

Colin and his Didi....

Grammy stayed at Dada and Didi's house,

so she could appreciate the 2 little boys!

All together...

with Grammy!!

Colin playing!

Smiling while eating:

so delicious!

We also went to see

mamie de la forêt

Hello Colin!

Happy mamie!!!

All smily!!

This little guy makes everybody happy!

Mamie is laughing!

She's so pleased to take Colin

in her arms!

Tata Aurèle also!

With Amané, all smily!!

2 brothers in the morning light...

And in the evening bath...

2 cousins in the garden

Colin and mum, sunbathing...

Bye bye les loulous!

Merci merci d'être venus

and

COME BACK SOON!!

Peter and the wolf

The main theme of Amané's class

this year, is Art.

First it was paintings like Mondrian, Picasso, Klimt, 

(and others that I didn't know before....!!!!)

Now it's music, with Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev).

In 2 weeks, (like I did myself when I was a child)

she'll see the show with her class.

She really likes it: talking about the story all the time,

about the instruments, about the main characters...

She already knows which instrument for which character...!

At home sometimes we listen  to the music,

and read the story...

I prepared some cards games also....

This morning she played the HUNTERS

and sang so loud:

"1, 2, 3 Pierre et le loup!!!

Et le loup a mangé le canard...."

And yesterday night I found many activities on the net:

http://jt44.free.fr/

So much to do, and enjoy!!!

Fishing like an inuit...

Rainy week-end.........

We have to find lot of activities:

journey gym, sing-dance-and run,

all the winter activities,

legos, puzzles, books, coloring, bingo...

And I found a new one!

We took the winter cards, 

put some paper-clips on them...

Make a fishing rod

and put a magnet...

She loved fishing like an inuit!!!

And for the first time

since a long time

she wanted to do pearls....

Mask

Preparing her mask

for her butterfly...

Soon Carnival!!

Gaëllou's birthday!

7 am

hearing a strange noise....

-What are you doing Amané?

-Helping you mum!

.........................

-Merci Manette!

And today it's Gaëllou's birthday!

Happy birthday!!!

Joyeux anniversaire de nous tous!!!

Des bisous et à bientôt!!

Bientôt carnaval!!!

Oh! Un papillon dans la maison!!!

Setsubun and park

Today at Didi and Dada's house 

we received good news from Mikichan!

And a picture of Setsubun! 

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsubun

So we did it at Didi and Dada's house!

Oni wa soto!

Fuku wa uchi!

Then the park by bike...

slide, cars...

Amané still rather like looking to others kids

then playing!!

Youhou!!

Good day Manette!

Merci Didi and Dada!

Love puzzles

Thanks to Yuta 

Amané really loves puzzles!!!

She can make a lot by herself!!!

Merci à Gabrielle et Arsène

qui lui ont offert leurs puzzles!!!

Those days it's the

Comics International festival

in our city (http://www.bdangouleme.com/)....

So we went for a walk in the crowd...

Waow! SOOOOO many people!

Most of the time I had to keep Amané in my arms!

I remember Takeshita dori!!!

We met a lion and Superman,

a penguin, lot of weird girls and boys

from mangas....

Catherine singing for immigrants

with a group and an accordeon...

Amané seems to really enjoy this song from seventees:

(Click on the image to hear the song)

Then the yourte...

Good no people here!!!!

and inside chinese drawings:

horses, tigers, fishes:

"WAOOOOAAAOWWW

That's beautiful drawings mum!!"

Winter theme activities suite

Creating an inuit!

I was really surprised that she can

draw eyes, mouth and hair so well............!!!!!!

Then cotton.....

I was so enthutiastic

that she wanted to make a 2nd one!

Still not ok....!

Colours....

Without exceeding

and changing colors for each objects!

Bravo Manette!!!

Hideto

Hideto can read japanese books!!

Same as Papa Yuta,

Baba, Jiji, Miki, Hanachan,

Daichan and Kanchan!!