pedicure

by our friend and neighbour Harper.

favourite clothes/ vetements preferes

Rachel adore ses jeans avec les coeurs. Je suis contente car elle n'a jamais souvent mis beaucoup de pantalons, elle preferait les robes mais ca commence a changer.
Rachel starts wearing pants and she loves these new jeans she got as a gift.

Rachel a finalement passe sa robe preferee avec le sapin de Noel a Natalie qui est aux anges.
Rachel passed on her Christmas dress to Natalie who is so happy.

Rachel at work in May

I found an old picture of Rachel and me at the EU Open House last May 2011. She was 5 1/2 years old.

Les filles a la delegation

The girls joined me at work on December 27th and 28th. They had a great time.

Latkes at home

For the 1st time Yossi made Latkes this Hanukah. We had a rehearsal the day before and both were a success.

Christmas at home

In front of our Christmas tree.
Voici notre sapin de Noel.

R's b-day at school

I joined Rachel and we brought cup cakes for the entire classroom.

Natalie is 4 years old/ Natalie a 4 ans

Natalie is 4 years old.
She is still a cheerful child and wakes up in a good mood (contrary to her sister). She copies her sister and had learned a lot from her.
She enjoys drawing, painting, singint, dancing, running, playing in the park, swimming, ...
Natalie was sick, stomach indigestion on the day we were to celebate her birthday.

For the first time today (as she is at work with me and her sister), I let her play on the computer and she is typing a very long memo.

Natalie vient de feter ses 4 ans et est toujours une petite fille toujours contente. Elle copie evidemment tout ce que sa soeur fait. Parfois elle me parait si grande et parfois si petite quand elle vient faire des calins.

blowing the candles/ souffler les bougies

We had a lovely homemade cake and Rachel was surrounded by her papa, maman, Natalie and Heidi. quelques photos de l'anniversaire

older or not older/ la plus grande

This week-end I baked with the girls a wonderful European style cake, they had so much fun mixing the butter and sugar, breaking each egg. Rachel decorated it with chocolate balls and little stars and added her 6 candles.

Rachel kept saying that she was older. To that Natlaie replied that she was not since she was just 6 and no quarter. SHE was 3 and 3 quarters!

Ce week-end on avait fait un quatre-quarts aux pommes. Natalie a casse les oeufs, y a ajoute le sucre et a bien melange pendant que Rachel tamisait la farine et y ajoutait la levure en poudre. Elles se sont bien amusees. Je compte les impliquer plus souvent quand je vais faire a manger.

Rachel: je suis la plus grande car j'ai 6 ans
Natalie: non c'est pas vrai car toi tu as 6 ans tou court et pas de quart et moi j'ai 3 ans et 3 quarts
c'est logique, non?