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.
Monthly Archives: March 2018
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…
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…