Zoe cooking!

Zoe helped me cook dinner toinight:

then it was time to play with trains and fall asleep from all the exertion

Lunch with the Antipodeans

A new postdoc and his family have arrived from Australia, and they came over for lunch today. It was raining, unfortunately, but they had a chance to sample some of the local fare, such as Diot and various cheeses (not local except for the St. Marcellin, Tomme and Bleu de sassenage). They have three girls about Zoe's age, so Zoe was very excited to play with them all. Because of the rain, our plans to go for a walk and to the park were stymied. When the kids started getting a little cabin feverish, we all went up to the attic for tricycle riding, somersaults on the bouldering pads, and rides in the bike trailer. As usual, I managed to whack my skull and back against the beams.

First impressions are hard to shake, so I hope they won't remember Grenoble at it's grayest. Spring, which is just around the corner, is glorious here, and even though it has been an exceptionally mild winter, I am already very much looking forward to it.

On the subject of Other People in the blog, I realized that perhaps people might not appreciate being (pictures, names) on the web, so from now on I'm probably not going to name people unless I get the thumbs up in advance! Sorry if I've offended anyone by not asking, and I'm happy to remove any references (with my apologies!).