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8 December 2014 Bûche de Noël

Dec 9, 2014

I think that's what the French Club kids were saying. We were all focused at that point on trying the bûche de Noël that AC, Sam and I made yesterday. Today Sam and I added marizpan champignons and other tree fungi to it (cake pictured bottom right). It was tasty! French Club goes on a break now, till February …

1 December 2014 Bonjour, Amis

Dec 2, 2014

How is it December already? Only one more French Class till we break for the holidays and my surgery.

20 October 2014 Jouons aux cartes

Oct 21, 2014

French Club played card games today.

13 October 2014 French Club Back in Session

Oct 14, 2014

24 February 2014 VoilÃ une gomme

Feb 25, 2014

Skit in French Club today. Sam was playing the part of a dragon who helps a student pick up pencils, erasers (“gomme”) and books that have fallen out of his backpack. She looks dragon-like, doesn’t she?

13 January 2014 French Club on the Run

Jan 14, 2014

10 January 2014 Finally Found the FÃ¨ve

Jan 11, 2014

We’ve been whittling down our galette des rois all week and no sign of the fÃ¨ve that would confer kingship. (I used a bean as the fÃ¨ve and have been afraid all week that one of us had inadvertently swallowed it). But today, to our amazement, Sam and I each got a piece of the fÃ¨ve, making us joint queens. We’ll have …

16 December French Club Crafting

Dec 18, 2013

Making paper bÃ»ches de NoÃ«l… I know, they should be edible and chocolate, but after all the cookie baking, I just didn’t have it in me.

9 December 2013 Hypnosis

Dec 10, 2013

Today in French Club we took turns playing a hypnotist who can make people believe crazy things about themselves. Tu t’appelles Alex… tu as 3 ans… tu as 21 frÃ¨res… French club parents: my apologies if your child wakes up believing that he or she is a dog, a dolphin, or has 21 brothers.