AC and I were awakened at 1AM by another quake– 4.5! Honestly, at this rate, we might as well move back to California.

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Today was the last day of the summer session of “Le club des amis”–now Pascal and Eugénie get to take a nice long rest. (If only I could join them!)

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And here’s the (mostly completed, I am told) pyramid block puzzle that AC and Sam made from the wood they collected in their Father’s Day dumpster diving expedition.

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The Sun God Ra sure did beat us with his rays today: 95 degrees Farenheit in the shade. And humidity that hugged us like a sarcophagus. It was a good day to hang out in the cool basement, reading and drawing pictures of Ancient Egyptian gods. No wonder the Ancient Egyptians made Ra the chief of all gods. The sun is …

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Sam passed level 3 of the Red Cross preschool swim classes at the city pool today. Not only did she manage the “elementary back stroke” for 5 body lengths but she also tread water for 15 seconds! The city’s classes are nowhere near as good as those offered at Brighton’s Prince Regent Pool, but it was obvious today that …

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Part two of making mud bricks. After we mixed up the mud yesterday we poured some into various different moulds, i.e. junk, that I happened to have lying around: egg cartons, plastic apple sauce containers, a plastic hummus container and a huge yogurt cup. We left all of these out to bake in the sun and today’s weather …

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