Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Olympics!
We were able to get good coverage of the Olympics, which was great. Nothing quite like sitting around and watching with a good cup of coffee :o) The Labrie family had us over to watch the final men's hockey game. We celebrated being Canadian!
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Carnaval Celebrations!
Carnaval in Nice is a very big event. This year marked the 130th year, with the theme being 'Roi de la Gastronomie'. For 2 weeks the city is in celebration mode, with a large part of the celebrations being the parades. We attended the 'Bataille de fleurs' (Flower Parade), and the 'Corso carnavalesque' (Carnaval Parade). Both were fabulous! We left the Flower Parade with a beautiful bunch of flowers that we had caught, and we left the Carnaval Parade with the remains of silly string dangling behind us. Great memories :o) The kids also had a celebration at school, where they dressed up and spent the afternoon parading, eating, and throwing all kinds of 'stuff'.
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| C and S with mimosas they caught at the Flower Parade |
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| D with kids waiting for the Carnaval Parade to begin |
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| M and S deep into a silly string fight with the little girl sitting behind us |
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| The roi (king), who we learned would be burned on a barge in the sea the last day of Carnaval (tradition!). Mathieu was very intrigued by this! |
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| the queen |
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| Fire breathing dragon |
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| Marcus the pirate, not at all a fan of the fire breathing dragon |
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| Princesses S and C at school celebration |
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| Coke can M at school celebration (he learned it is not easy walking around as a can of coke, especially when your straw keeps hitting you in the face) |
Friday, March 14, 2014
Visit to St. Paul with Grandma and Papa
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| Grandma and the girls |
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| Papa and the boys |
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| Grandma and Papa with their hands full :o) |
Valentine's Day
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| Valentine's Day dinner with Grandma and Papa |
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| Art exhibition in Vence |
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| Stephie posing with one of her pictures |
Mimosas!
February started off as another rainy, overcast month, however the blossoming of the mimosa trees was a pleasant surprise! These trees have beautiful yellow flowers, and are everywhere! They are very celebrated, as they are thought of as little sunshines that are the start of the spring weather. We went to a Fetes des Mimosas in the village of Biot, which also gave us the first taste of Carnaval (see the silly string!). Garland made of mimosa flowers was hung throughout the old streets, various dance groups and musical bands paraded down the streets, and spring was in the air.
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| Trying out the silly string at the Mimosa festival in Biot |
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| Mimosa garland hung throughout the streets |
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| Everyone had their own little bunch of Mimosa flowers |
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Surprise Visitor
A couple of weekends ago the weekend started of to be nothing too special........rain, rain, and more rain, and D busy with school work. The kids and I settled in to a day at home with a fire and some fimo clay. D had been a acting a little strangely regarding having to meet a classmate at school to work on a group project, and what time they were supposed to meet. I kind of stopped paying attention. Finally, he headed out, and about half an hour later came back home and shouted in the door that he forgot his backpack. Well......I got up to see him, and to my surprise my very special big sister from Calgary walked around the corner! Apparently D had to pick her up from the train, but was waiting all morning to hear from her as to what time he needed to pick her up. This is why he was acting so strange! Needless to say, the kids and I were all very pleasantly surprised and excited to have such a special visitor. She was only able to stay for the weekend, as she had to get back to Florence where she was working for the week, but we made the most of it :o) Thanks for the visit Jenny :o)
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| Can't help but get a little teary eyed at such a wonderful surprise :o) |
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