Yesterday evening, as she was getting into bed, Amélie suddenly announced that she HAD to have a clown outfit for school today. No no no no no! I cannot make a clown outfit in an hour without any warning or any materials or… And anyway, her teacher would surely have said something. Right? No no,...
Category Archives: Party Time
Secret Santa
My secret-santa parcel arrived today (with a ton of other stuff – looks like the post-office might at last have realised that our postie had gone AWOL and replaced him)! We’ve been doing a secret-santa “thingy” (it’s the technical term, dontcha know) with a group of on-line friends for a couple of years now and...
SNOW!
It snowed! It snowed! It snowed! Lots and lots and lots! AND I was on holiday AND Amélie’s school had a broken water pipe so they asked us to keep her home for the day AND did I mention it snowed?! Well it did. Everywhere! Can you tell I’m a little bit excited about this?...
Saint Nic.
You know Saint Nic. Or you think you do. Lots of red and white, cheery round fellow, reindeer, elves… Right? Well, yes, but not in Belgium (and, probably a few other countries, but I’m in Belgium so I’m going with that). In Belgium, Saint Nicholas is a bishop who carries a staff and rides around...