Saturday, June 29th

Croquet Players

Badmington

Friday, June 28th

Tonight, it's the school's show

Ysoie is ready and makeup

"La Grande Section de Maternelle" dance for parents

Ysoie

Samantha Cyprille Antheaume

Cyprille Samantha Ysoie

3rd Grade (Cours Elémentaire 2)

Guyonne and her school friends

Morgane Chiara Guyonne

The Trumpet Class

Children play "Hymn of Joy" from Beethoven

Thursday, June 27th

 French homework this morning with Cyprille.

At noon, Chiara and Kateri had lunch with us.

Ysoie Guyonne Chiara (7 years old) Eléanor, Cyprille Samantha Kateri (10 years old

After returning to school, the girls came out bikes

Ysoie had to reinflate his tire, she pedals hard to catch up the girls!

La Maison Bleue Tonga Soa

In malagasy language, Tonga Soa means Welcome!

Meanwhile, Laurent,  Bohemond and Antheaume works to the terrace.

Wednesday, June 26th

Wednesday is Children's Day!

Today, two services for the meal because we are 11, and the table is too small!

First service: Samantha Cyprille, Guyonne Ysoie Luc( a classmate of Ysoie) and Camille (2 years)

At 2:00 pm, we bring Camille to the daycare.

Ysoie's stroller regain service! 

Samantha and Cyprille

Samantha Ysoie Cyprille Guyonne

Luc Camille in the stroller, Ysoie and Guyonne

 Everybody wants to push the stroller!

Except Samantha and Cyprille who are walking discussing! 

we disturb a heron who flies away

On the deck above the lock

Girls pick flowers

Duck on the channel

Barges on the channel, near home

Ysoie and Luc who is standing to attention like his father, a professional soldier!

Tuesday, June 25th

Market the morning,
        School the afternoon,
                Hide and Seek in the garden and bicycle in the street  after school !

Monday, June 24th

Upon leaving the school, we stopped at the bakery before going home.

Samantha is preparing cookies for snack after school.

Des "Rochers au Coco", coconut biscuits

We prepare too the diner, une "Quiche Lorraine", sort of pie with ham ang cheese.

We will pick up children on foot. We walk along the canal, and we stroll into town

At the bottom, we can see the cathedral

who offers the spectalce of architectural styles evolving over a span of 5 centuries, from the Romanesque to the Baroque

Along the north side, in the square, there is the dead monument "Monument aux Morts" of Chalons in memory of the dead of WW1, tWW2, and the Decolonization War (Indochina, Algeria) and soldiers regiments based in Chalons died in Afghanistan in recent years

North tower

Samantha, the French Flag and Saint-Etienne Cathedral

The City Hall a fine example of classical ranch architecture

At this location in the Middle Ages, there was a hospital.

In 1553, a city hall was built on the ruins of the hospital. 

but this city hall wasn't very practical, and it was demolished in 1771, at wich time construction began on the current building.

The architecte proposed a genuine urban plan in which the façades of the parade ground and the administrative building interacted harmoniously.

The Plant Clock in the "Petit Jard" (Little Garden)

The "Petit Jard" is an arboretum created 1861 and developed from 1938.

It contains more than 200 species of trees.

The Market Castle and the channel Nau

The plant clock indicates the correct time

Samantha follows his father's recommendations : take lot of pictures!

Statue representing the Fall

Samantha et Ysoie walking towards the Prilly School to pick up Cyprille and Guyonne

We crossed the street in front of Prilly School, and then, we go down the little staircase to get to the Grand Jard.
On Monday, Cyprille Guyonne Ysoie's mother also takes care of Raphael (4 years)

Children tasted Samantha's cakes and watched the ducks!
Suddenly, a huge barge appears and turn around their eyes