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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Photos from our visit to Salon de Provence 3 April 2009

Statue of Adam de Craponne, a hydraulics engineer who saved Provence from drought

Pretty flowers in the street

Odd looking gate posts

Mossy fountain

Statue of Nostradamus

Beautiful tulips in the Jardin de Gaulle

Clock tower

Inside house of Nostradamus

Plaque outside the house of Nostradamus

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Mum's Birthday 28 March 2009

Lots of love to my Mum back home in Mount Isa. We miss you.

Happy Birthday Mum from us en France!!!!!!

Rainy Day 28 March 2009

A rare rainy day in Cavaillon. I think it's been blue sky every single day since we've been here. So nice but still a bit cold. The kids got togged up to run around the yard in the rain.

Easter Chicks

I bought a petite gateaux at a chocolatier in Avignon.

The wrapping on the little cake was so nice I had to take a picture.

(The cake was delish too!!)

Little chicks which were part of the display for Easter in the chocolatier.

Neither of the kids have been too thrilled about going to school lately and we think they’ve been more unsettled by our move from Carlipa than we thought. Last week we had a chance to speak to our School Director about how they were going at school. He was standing out the front of the school having a cigarette. We greeted him with a handshake. It’s all very formal. He is a lovely man who obviously loves teaching and loves the kids. We somehow managed to convey to him that the kids were not too happy at school and we wondered if there was something they could do to help them abit more with their school work. He said he’d noticed them around the school and Samuel seemed to be happy and smiling but Ella was sad. Monsieur Lanas said he’d speak to the teachers to see what they could come up with.

So today when we picked up the kids after school they told us they had been placed in another class with a female teacher for an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon. The teacher speaks English as well as French. She gave them some homework. Ella was ecstatic. She loves learning and reading and writing. Samuel was not as thrilled but I think they were both relieved to be getting some help in class.

School Carnaval 27 March 2009

Monsieur Lanas, our school director

Samuel and Ella with their teacher

Samuel and Ella had their own little carnaval at their school this week. Everyone dressed up and then paraded around the streets for a couple of hours. They were exhausted at the end of the day.