Here are the girls, Saturday morning, reunited with the ipad and enjoying nutella on toast . Brian took the ipad with him last week. He was gone almost all week to the US and London. Such a hardship for the girls to be deprived of staring into that little screen and zoning out. Golly!

During our little vacation to France last weekend I kept seeing our new house. There were mansard roofs everywhere. Our house has French roots for sure. It’s not the style I pictured for us, but maybe it’s just right since we unintentionally chose French names for our children too. Strasbourg houses: My house:

Here’s are some recent projects that the girls have made. Bea did most of these on her own – she gets in the mood to make something and she can think of nothing else. Fabric collages – the kitty is for Claire and the bottom one is a penguin. Claire made this drawing around a…

We just go back from a long weekend in Strasbourg. Strasbourg is a pretty, pretty, pretty town even when it’s chilly and there isn’t a speck of sunshine. Notice the unofficial Mickey Mouse on the carousel – that always makes me laugh. The huge gothic cathedral is amazing – it seemed even more massive against…