Transl. “The story of the second birthday of my first”
“If it rains again next year, I’ll surrender to the traditional weather of Xavier’s birthday and stop planning parties in the backyard”, I reflected as I pulled wet paper streamers from the tree branches on Sunday morning. The previous afternoon’s showers had forced twelve adults, six […]

Transl. “Almost in the tropics”
A week short of his second birthday, the toddler spent twenty-four hours at his grandparents’ house over the weekend. Our parenting charge therefore diminished by half, the three rolls of faux-rock wallpaper that have been laying on the kitchen table for three weeks have finally married a wall.
A before pic (for […]

Transl. “Stuffing our faces”
Two posts in one evening, woah! Here are two food videos - Xavier the monkey eating a banana, and Orly eating so fast, you’ll think this is on fast forward. Enjoy! (Oh, and some splash pad pics added here.)