Bhavishya à la Ferme I

Mardi, Bhavishya et sa classe partent la journée à la Ferme, ferme pédagogique. Pour la préparer, j'ai trouvé ce petit livre extra!

Lorsque je suis tombée sur ce livre à la librairie, je me suis dit que c'était un livre "trop bébé" pour Bhavishya. En le feuilletant, je me suis rendue compte que c'est une véritable petite encyclopédie, sur la ferme, le travail des agriculteurs, les saisons. Des autres sujets tel que la laiterie, la fromagerie, le vignoble, la rizière, la plantation de thé pour en citer que quelque uns y sont abordés. Aussi les enfants partent à la découverte de différents pays: la France, les Etats-Unis, le Brézil, l'Inde et bien d'autres. Les illustrations sont riches en détails et en vocabulaire. Pour conclure, ce petit livre est un petit trésor pour tous les enfants et parents.

Excellente lecture!

A FILM ABOUT ADOPTION

AVIS - MIMI ET AMES SENSIBLES NE PAS REGARDER SVP!

My friend Amy, a fantastic photographer, has just finished creating the membership film for the Council on International Children's Services. I am a proud Mama. Bhavishya is in it twice! I bet only a few of you can spot /recognise her! You can watch it here!

Winter holidays in the Mountains / Les vacances à la montagne

Some more pictures:

Encore des photos:

Winter holiday in the mountains / Les vancances à la montage

Last week, Bhavishya, Pashmina and mysefl were staying at my Friend's in the mountains and did some sking and snowboarding. We had a good time, but I jacket was stollen with my small camera, prescription sunglasses, wallet, key, ipod, etc. and my car was vendalised!

Here are some pictures:

N.B. More pictures will be posted soon!

Caroline

A friend of mine, Caroline, needed some new pictures for her business brochure and asked me to take some portraits of her so she came yesterday morning with some danish, much to Miss B's joy. We had a marvelous time as she wanted to be my assistant. Nonetheless she wanted to be the photographer as well.

Mon amie Caroline voulait de nouvelles photos sur dans sa brochure et m'a demandé que je la prenne en photo. Elle est donc venue hier matin avec des croissants. Bhavishya, ne va jamais à l'école le vendredi matin et elle était ravie de jouer à mon "Assistante", puis elle a décidé d'être la photographe!

Bhavishya

I just wanted to post some new pictures of Bhavishya I took on Saturday...I hadn't noticed Pashmina doing "her business". ;-)

Voici quelques photos de Bhavishya...je n'avais pas remarqué Pashmina ;-)

La Chandeleur avec 24 heures de retard

Eh oui nous avons fêté la chandeleur avec 24heures de retard puisque Miss B était encore fièvreuse.

Pour ceux et celles qui veulent savoir comment j'ai fait les crèpes puisque Bhavishya est intollerente au lactose...avec du lait de riz aux amendes. Délicieux!

Creativity

En regardant ce site , ça me re-donné envie de sortir ma MàC et de me mettre à l'ouvrage.
Souvenez-vous, la robe/tunique à motif coccinelles que j'avais faite (avec l'aide de mon amie Nathalie) pour les 4 ans de Bhavishya? J'avais aussi cousu des fanions pour sa fête d'anniversaire. Aujourd'hui ils sont accrochés dans sa chambre?

Whilst I was busy surfing, I found this fun website and it's Etsy shop that made me feel like getting my sewing machine out of the attic.

Do you remember the dress / tunic I made for Bhavishya's 4th bday and the garlands (see above pictures)?

Maybe I should get back into this activity...?

Je devrai me (re) mettre à l'oeuvre...?

I found the fabric here (her bday theme was lady bugs) and the dress/tunic model here.

J'avais trouvé le tissus ici (le thème était les coccinelles) et le patron de la robe ici.

Our trip to India III

This mini video was taken in the car driving us from Bombay airport to our Friend's house. Bare in mind, Bhavishya was very exited and extremely tired, hence her not concentrating very well when speaking.

For those of you who cannot see the image properly nor hear very well (the sound & image are appaling), I asked her how one says hello in India and her reply is:

"Namaste, like little Jesus" (meaning putting your hands together like when one is praying, something she learned doing at the orphanage age < than 2!)

Cette mini video a été prise dans la voiture qui nous conduisait de l'aéroport de Bombay chez nos amis. Notez, qu'il était très tard, que Bhavishya était très exitée et complètement crevée.

Pour ceux qui ne voient pas bien l'image ou ceux qui n'entendent pas bien (le son est exécrable comme l'image d'ailleur), je lui demande comment dit-on "Bonjour" en Inde, sur ce elle répond:

"Namaste, comme Petit Jesus" (voulant dire que l'on joint les mains comme lorsque l'on prie - chose qu'elle a appris à faire à l'orphelinat alors qu'elle avait tout juste 2 ans si ce n'est moins!).

Our trip to India II

In the plane in Zurich:

Happy 4 1/2 birthday Darling Bhavishya

We don't celebrate 1/2 birthdays in our family...but since about 4 months Bhavishya has been nagging me and asking me everyday when she will be 4 1/2. So this morning when I woke her up I said:

"Good morning my big girl of 4 1/2"...

She opened her eyes and gave me one of these smiles only she can give, the kind of smile that lights up any room, any person, any sad situation and then in her small and sleepy voice she said:

"Mama I grew up so fast...I'm nearly as tall as you are now..." (huge grin).

LOL!

I wanted to take the time to take pictures this morning but we were in a rush...on the way home, Bhavishya had a fever and fell asleep so here is the one of this morning in her class room.

Busy bee

I am a busy bee these day. Getting through stacks of laundry, bills, organising our year, extra curricular activities for Miss B and last but not least trying to find a primary school for our little Princess.

I can already hear some of you scream and say "Let the poor girl enjoy Kindergarden" well, schools are issues here and we do not want to put her in the public / Luxembourgish system and it appears the good private schools are pretty full...the other question is do we want her to go in the French system? The level of the English school isn't that great...furthermore they stop age 16 so then what? Send her to boarding school in the UK? Don't think so...the International school?

I promise, I will post about our trip soon.

You all have a great w-e!

In Bombay

So much has happenend, I've been so so busy...I know I need to upload some pictures...anyhow, we had a lovely Christmas party at home on Dec. 19th. The last guests left at 5:30 ish in the morning! It was a killer...I'm not used to going to bed that late (early, shall I say).

We left for Lugano, Switzerland, with a full car, a 4 year old hoping Santa would know where she will be staying at a a dog on Monday. En route, we stopped to the post office and the car broke down...a problem with the battery...we left a little later than expected and made it ok. Bhavishya was thrilled to see her Grandparents and they spoilt her rotten (as usual) and guess what...Santa came. Will post a small video soon.

We were supposed to arrive late on Friday night in Bombay, however due to the snow in Lugano, the airport was closed...we arrived with a 24 hour delay (sighhhh) but we are all fine.

Miss B was very funny at the airport...she got very exited and kept saying:

"Maman regarde, une dame indienne, et encore une et encore une...il y a beaucoup de dame indienne!" (Mama look an Indian woman, another one and here again another one...there are lots of Indian women)she recognised the sari's and bindi's.

She is just adorable and seems to enjoy herself a lot, she is thrilled to spend some time with Uncle Sunnil (her God Father) and Titi (Gitu)...

I need to dash...I need to get ready, we are having Anju, look after the children and we are off to 2 bars and a restaurent! Mark and I are thrilled...no arguments as to whom will be driving (or drinking).

More tomorrow - I hope!

Tata

Bhavishya's new room II

Pour faire plaisir à Mimi...des photos plus grandes. As per Mimi's request, bigger photos:




J'aimerai trouver encore trouver une petite lumière pour ce coin / I'd like to find a fun little light for this corner

Bhavishya's "new room"

Well it is not really a "new room", I changed around her furniture, organised her toys and books and finally mooved the white bookcases that were in our room (which I have owned since my student years...Thanks to Ikea). I just could not stand them anymore in our room...they just did not fit in.


I made Bhavishya close her eyes before she came in her room...she was so exited she could not stand in place any longer and boy, was she delighted...she discovered her toys as if they were new toys...Christmas in November! I should have thought about it beforehand...would have saved us some $$$ in December! HA!




Ce n'est pas vraiment une "nouvelle chambre", j'ai ré-organisé les jouets, les livres, j'ai changé les meubles d'emplacement et j'ai finalement déménagé les bibliothèques blanches (celles que mes parents m'ont achété chez Ikea alors que j'étais encore étudiante) qui étaient dans notre chambre...


J'ai demandé à Bhavishya de fermer les yeux avant qu'elle n'entre dans sa "nouvelle" chambre...elle ne tenait plus en place...elle était excitée comme une puce...elle découvrait ses jouets comme si ils étaient nouveaux

A Darling little Devil / Un adorable petit Diable

Aujourd'hui à l'école les enfants fêtent Halloween. Today the kids celebrate Halloween in School.


J'ai cru comprendre que le menu du jour à la cantine sera diabolique ;-)

Update...

Bhavishya and I had great fun at the wedding last w-e, seeing my beloved family in Floridac was fantasti, we went swimming, to the beach, sailing and did some retail therapy and we are (sadly) getting ready to fly home tonight however we are both looking forward to seeing both Mark and Pashmina whom me missed greatly!

Pictures will follow next week!

Bhavishya et moi nous nous sommes amusées comme des folles au mariage le week-end passé. Aussi nous avons beaucoup nagé, nous sommes allées à la plage, navigué sur le voilier de Kalou et nous avons fait du shopping! Nous nous préparons à prendre l'avion ce soir mais nous sommes si triste de quitter notre famille chérie même si nous nous réjouissons de revoir Mark et Pashmina demain...ils nous ont tant manqué!

Les photos suivront la semaine prochaine!