





Someone was going to get really mad at me if I didn't get some pictures of Grace up here. I tried to post some video (and I will try again) but I think the file may have been to big - it wasn't working. Anyway, the first picture is of Grace swinging in the backyard. She really loves swinging while the other kids are around and she can watch what they are doing. The other picture is obviously of Grace eating a piece of black licorice. Only with the fourth child! This child gets a lot of things Abby would not have had in a million years. She has that look on her face because Bryan was trying to take the licorice away and Grace was pretty intent that there was no way that was going to happen. I will try to get some more pictures up. I should post one of Abby. She is about six feet tall now and I am sure no one would believe it is her.









John Denver has hit Luxembourg! I asked Mom for the CD and she got me the 'definitive collection' for Christmas. Since then it has been the regular in our CD player. I catch the kids singing the songs all the time. Our current favorites are 'Leaving on a jet plane' 'Take me home, country roads' and... well, most of the others too. I like that it's music the children can listen to with pretty good 'natural' themes. And it's very American! The kids are learning the names of the states at the same time... let's see, there's Colorado, Montana, West Virginia, and others!
more of the same...
These videos are from about a month ago. Alienor went ice skating with school one afternoon so the rest of the kids wanted to go too. I took them by myself the following afternoon. It was pretty comical with Margot and Perceval but it was fun to try, just for the experience. By the end Margot could stand up by herself and she actually made it once around the rink, albeit very slowly. Alienor decided that she loved ice skating and she couldn't stop staring at the girl and her trainer doing figure skating. Maybe next season we'll make an effort to go more often. I'll definitely pass on Perceval next time though. He can sit in the bleachers.
I actually didn't take any still shots so these are all I had to post from that day.








