Au revoir, les antipodes

Went to Simon and Vanessa + kids going away party just down the street. So sad to see them go, and here's hoping they miss France hugely and move back (and that we will manage to get more permanent jobs and will still be here)!!

Toy Store

Zoe had a birthday party to go to today, so I took Alex and Zoe to the toy store to find a gift. With foresight, I can say that going to a toy store less than a month before Xmas is not a good idea. Most kids were barely keeping it together, while others had fully succumbed to Santa Claus fever and were literally being carried out kicking and screaming. It was a bad scene man, and I suspect that Chloe was throwing me under the bus when she casually suggested that I take the kids there, but I can't prove it. Our kids, however were in a rare good mood and were actually pointed out by one particularly unlucky set of parents as an example of well behaved kids.

internet back again (finally)

The internet has been a running joke for us: many weeks to get a connection, and we have twice been without it for a week now. Nice job, Bouygues.