come far crescere il pene in modo naturale After what seemed like a very long, wet, miserable winter, the beautiful spring weather is finally here. We took the opportunity to plant the garden and enjoy the terrace… but mostly, to PLAY!
A few snaps
come fare ingrossare il glande The kids are getting bigger, and it’s been a while since Papa has pulled out his camera to take a few photos. He’s making up for lost time…
la circoncisione aumenta le dimensioni Alexandre does his impression of the Easter bunny
That’s definitely the face of someone up to no good…
Easter Sunday
Time for Easter with the kids, who are still filled with the magic of the Easter bunny. Juliette has it all worked out.
“How does the Easter bunny get into the house?” she asked. “Oh, I know,” she said, “he uses the same magic key as Santa Claus and Saint Nicolas. They all live in the same village – I know, because I saw it from the window of our Kinderhotel.” She described to Papa how how the three would pass the keys back and forth as needed, and how all three were always on the lookout and knew whether the children were being naughty or nice.
The kids woke up to Easter baskets filled with chocolates and some wonderful presents from Alexandre’s godfather. After a traditional lunch of roast lamb, potatoes and flageolets, we decided to spend the afternoon decorating eggs.
Burn off some energy
The weather forecast for the long four-day Easter weekend was nothing but rain, so Papa took the kids to the local indoor kids play center to burn off some energy.
Mission accomplished.
Toilet training
There are many fond moments that I will remember in parenthood, but toilet training is not one of them. Papa will be very happy when this stage is behind us. Alexandre has a remarkable ability to deny the need to use the toilet until the second you put a diaper on him. Then he puts on his “deep thinking” face and delivers us a little present…
Life with a toddler
Margot l’escargot
This was Alexandre’s weekend with Margot l’escargot. Margot is the French-speaking cousin of Kaptain Blaubaer and die Maus. These class mascots come home with the children for one weekend a year, and we record what we do in their scrapbook. It gives the chance for the kids to tell their stories to the rest of the class and helps them practice speaking in public.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t a great weekend for Alexandre. He spent half of the weekend sick with a gastro and a fever. Luckily, he recovered — he was able to get out to enjoy a pizza, get his hair cut, play in the unexpected late spring snow, and have a day out at Centerkids, the kids’ indoor play center. Not a bad weekend, after all…
The weekend didn’t start off too welll…
…but it got better as time went on!
In the stables
A few shots as we visited the stables at the Kinderhotel…
Juliette’s come directly from her face-painting session
Alexandre is all bundled up!
Kaptain Blaubaer
This was Alexandre’s weekend to bring home Kaptain Blaubaer, the class mascot. Each child gets to bring the mascot home one weekend a year, and they get to fill his scrapbook with pictures of their weekend together. Luckily, Papa’s uncle Bob was in town from the US, so there was plenty to write about.
Great uncle Bob was in town for lots of fun
Nutella crepes!
Galette des rois
One of the traditions that we follow in France that’s unusual for most Americans is the ‘Galette des rois’, or King’s Cake, which is traditionally eaten on the festival of Epiphany. Since Grandpa was leaving the next day, we decided to eat our galette a little early this year.
The tradition works like this: inside the cake, there is a small decoration, and whoever gets this decoration in their piece of cake becomes the king or queen. If you’re not careful and bite down onto the decoration, you might find yourself with a different sort of crown: the one provided by the dentist!
The youngest child crawls under the table and the cake is cut into pieces. The child under the table then (without being able to see the cake) determines which piece of cake goes to which person. The winner is whoever finds the decoration, and they get to be king. This year, it was Grandpa’s lucky day, and he got to wear the crown!
Grandpa became the King
The King chooses his Queen
A Prince in waiting
Christmas 2017
Christmas 2017 featured PJ Masks, Paw Patrol, and a few other favorites. Our weather was a little more mild than usual, so no white Christmas this year, but the kids didn’t seem to mind a bit. All the grandparents were here for a traditional family Christmas.
Plenty of presents under the tree! Alexandre and Juliette must have been good this year.
The face of ‘Christmas wonder’
Checking out what’s under the tree
Our own little Gecko
Who doesn’t love Playmobil?
Papi-razzi
Grandpa takes in the action
A few new CDs to listen to
Juliette’s present sack is nearly as big as she is
That looks an awful lot like Owlette from PJ Masks
Juliette transforms into an elf
Alex in his Santa hat