Benjamin and Sam make "Jabizri Beetles" and other creatures from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle.
This is my childhood Raggedy Ann sitting next to a Holly Hobbie doll. I used to play with these a lot. I never, however, played "battle" with them, as Sam did today.
With Granddaddy, all conversations are silly.
A trip to Pennsylvania would not be complete without a game of baseball or two. Granddaddy had to reteach Sam how to play, since her time in the UK seemed to have erased her memory of the quintessential American game.
As I write this, AC is now on an airplane (hopefully asleep!) bound for London.
I attended a couple of sessions on children's book publishing at the awesome (and free!) Virginia Festival of the Book today.
Poor Eugénie and Pascal. They've moved around nearly as much as we have–from the Bay Area to Brighton to Charlottesville–as has my little kid French class, which debuted today. We had 12 kids, ages 1-8. Mon Dieu!
Benjamin and Sam hunt for Leprechaun's booty at Meade Park on St. Patrick's Day.
"MGV" stands for "Moto à grande vitesse," which means "high speed motorcycle." That's what we called this bike back in CA. It arrived today, the last of our belongings from the Golden State, and AC was pretty darned thrilled. He's really not happy unless he's doing something dangerous.
Midway through the semester, parents are invited into the gym to watch the kids do their thing.
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