Notre Graine de Championne / Our little Champion

As of Friday we (again) have a champion...Bhavishya came 4th in the little "Snowli" slalom. 1st Girl in the Group!

Depuis vendredi, nous avons (à nouveau) une championne...Bhavishya a terminé 4e au slalom du groupe "Snowli" (groupe des petits)la 1ère fille du groupe!

Le thorax de son Papa a triplé de volume tellement il est fier!

Her Daddy's chest tripled in volume! He's so proud!

When she saw us, she shouted: "Mama, Daddy coucou" and waived! Is this darling or what?

An assistant to the ski teachers...helping the kids go back up the lift


Apple juice in a champagne glass to celebrate!

The prettiest blond on the slopes / la plus belle blonde sur les pistes

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Notre Pashmina Nationale!
Our little Pashmina!

Bhavishya's 1st day of skiing video / le 1er à ski de Bhavishya

More later...j'en metterai plus tout à l'heure!

Bhavishya's progress on skies / les progrès de Bhavishya sur les skis

I cannot believe how much progress she has done in just 3 days on skies!

INCREDIBLE!!!

J'en reviens pas des progrès que havishya a fait en juste 3 jours de ski!

INCROYABLE!!!

Bhavishya's 1st day at ski school / Le 1er jour à l'Ecole de Ski pour Bhavishya

Today, Bhavishya went to ski school for the 1st time. She did ever so well. Yesterday I took her on the skis for the first time ever...she did ever so well...needless to say my back was very sore this morning. Unfortunately I am experiencing problems downloading the pictures of yesterday from my camera. But here are some of today taken with Mark's camera!

Aujourd'hui, Bhavishya était à l'école de ski pour la 1ere fois. Elle a fait d'immense progrès. Hier, je l'ai mise sur les skis pour la première fois...elle était génial...inutile de dire que mon dos était en compote ce matin. Malheureusement j'ai des problèmes pour télécharger les photos prises hier (elles sont sur mon appareil). Mais voici les photos d'aujourd'hui grâce à l'appareil photo de Mark.

Vous la reconnaissez? Can you spot her?

Hands on knees, Darlin', bend your knees and bottom in the air / Les mains sur les genoux mon Trésor, plies les genoux et les fesses en l'air












Le chasse neige mon Coeur! The snow plow Sweetie!














Coucou Maman, Coucou Daddy! Hi Mama, Hi Daddy!













On your mark, get set, ready? GO! A vos marques, partez, FEU!















Give me a five Bhavishya!

Yesterday afternoon, hier après midi...

This playground is only about 200 yards away from our house!

Ce terrain de jeu se trouve à + ou - 200 mètres de la maison! :-)

Award / Distinction

A mon tour de m'la pèter grave! Savez-vous pourquoi je me la pète grave depuis 8h30 ce matin?
Parce que Rachel m'a décérné cette distinction:



Merci Rachel!

Bon je pars réfléchir à qui je vais l'attribuer...

Bonne journée à toutes et tous!


My head is getting bigger and bigger by the minute, waow! Is it serious Doc? Nope nothing serious it is just that Rachel has awarded me the "E for Excellent". And, sorry for bragging about it, I am feeling rather proud. And I am showing it off by inserting in on the left collumn! But just in case you cannot see it here it is:


I'm honoured! Thank you Rachel.

I'm going to think whom to hand this award to next....

You all have a beautiful day!

Bumbed & bum cover

First of all I am bumbed...I was happily surfing this morning and found a cool blog of a mother of 4 she talks about something, I click on the link she is referring, to read all about it and even put it on my favourites. The phone rings, I come back I no longer can find the link to this funny Mom but the article of clothing she was referring to I can! Oh well!


So what was it she was talking about then, you may ask? Well, it is what Americans would call:

A plumber's crack cover

or what Brits would call :

a builders's bumb cover

It seems to do the job even if you have a muffin issue!

You can check them out here.

I love the idea of this garnment. I would like to order a couple....uuhhmmm! Let's think about it.

Lady, I hope I will find you again, thank you for the link and thank you for making me laugh this morning!

Look at what I did yesterday morning...regardez à quoi je m'occupe le dimanche matin...

Un serre tête pour "Bébé" en tissus Liberty, svp!
A head band for "Bebe", in Liberty fabric!



I guess next...she (Bebe) will need a matching outfit!
Entretemps je crois qu'elle (Bébé) aura besoin d'un ensemble assorti!

Mama t'es cool avec tes Lunettes...Mama you are looking cool with your Sunglasses

"Maman t'es cool avec tes lunettes"...(je rigole en pensant que dans 10 ans elle me trouvera complètement rigard).

"Mama you're looking cool with your sun glasses..."(I laugh thinking that in ten years she'll think how completely old fashioned I'll look).

Pause

"Maman tu n'as pas dit que je suis cool avec mes lunettes!"
Ha ha...maintenant je vois où tu veux en venir ma chérie.

"Mama you did not tell me I'm cool with my glasses!"
Ha ha...now I see where you are coming from Darlin.

Chui pas Naz...

Voici la phrase du jour de Bhavishya:

"Chui pas naz moi, chui Bhavishya!"

Mdr!

Bonne et douce semaine ensoleillée à tous et à toutes

Our Vacations / Nos vacances

So far, we have planed the following holidays:

Week of February 16, 2008: Sking in the Swiss Alps

And

December 27 - January 9th: India

Our Dear Friend Gitu, Sunnil's sister (Bhavishya's God Father) is organising it. We will be between 10 and 20 of us (Adults & children)

Here is the schedule:

27 Dec – 30 Dec (4 nights): Bombay "Beautiful Bay". Bombay is their home-town and they beleive the best city in India! HA!

31 Dec – 3 Jan (4 nights): Jodhpur – The Blue city we will also visit local Bishnois villages and sand dunes, horse/camel/jeep safaris.

Jan 4 (1 night): Delhi on the way to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal & Red Fort, which Mark and I already did in September 1993 on our Honey Moon.

5 Jan – 9 Jan (5 nights): Mararikulam (near Cochin) Kerala to relax on the unspoilt beaches etc.

We so much look forward to this all!

Bhavishya at Little Gym

I've done these thanxs to the tools Rachel is referring to!

N.b This event took place at Little Gym on Monday January 28, 2008.

How do you like the new header of my blog? Comment trouvez vous la nouvelle entête de mon blog?

How do you like the new header of my blog? Comment trouvez vous la nouvelle entête de mon blog?

How do you like my new blog design?

I wanted to keep it simple...je voulais que cela reste simple.

A BIG thank you to Rachel for your wonderful tips!
UN GRAND merci à Rachel pour les tuyaux!

We are SICK with the Spanish Flue! On est malade: La Grippe Espagnol!

Ca veut dire des poussées de fièvre jusqu'à 40 et + état semi commateux, des céphalées à se tapper la tête contre les murs etc.

This means high fever 104 and higher. BAD headaches etc.

After the wedding

Did any of you see this film? Qui de vous a vu ce film

Here is the synopsis I got from their official website:

Acclaimed director Susanne Bier returns with her most powerful film yet, the Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, AFTER THE WEDDING. Far from home, Jacob (Casino Royale villain, Mads Mikkelsen), runs a struggling orphanage in one India’s poorest regions. Desperate to save the orphanage from closure, he returns to Denmark to meet Jorgen (Rolf Lassgard) a wealthy businessman and potential benefactor. Jorgen offers Jacob a seemingly innocent invitation to attend his daughter’s wedding. What appears to be nothing more than a friendly gesture sets in motion an increasingly devastating series of surprises, revelations, and confessions that will forever change their lives. Sweeping, yet entirely intimate, AFTER THE WEDDING is a shattering portrait of a family struggling with the fragility of life and the search for connection, healing, and forgiveness.

Voici le résumé que j'ai trouvé sur Amazon:

Jacob Petersen a voué sa vie à la construction d'un orphelinat en Inde.
Mais
l'établissement est menacé de fermeture. Un donateur, Jorgen, lui
demande alors
de rentrer au Danemark pour effectuer la transaction
financière. Arrivé sur
place, Jorgen l'invite au mariage de sa fille qui a
lieu le lendemain. Lors de
la cérémonie, Jacob comprend que sa présence
n'est pas sans raison...

Here is the trailer I found on Youtube:



Scarry! Effrayant!

I think I am going to order it! Je crois que je vais le commander!

We are EXTREMELY proud parents!

Below the card Bhavishya made for her best friend Camille who turned 3 years old on Thursday...I bought the blank card and the stickers and wrote some of it...she did the rest :-)

Ci-dessous, la carte que Bhavishya a faite pour sa meilleure amie, Camille qui a fêté ses 3 ans jeudi---J'ai acheté la carte, les autocolants et j'ai écrit quelques lignes...elle a fait le reste :-)

Carnaval II

Happy Groundhog day!!!

Carnaval

Aujourd'hui, c'était le carnaval à l'école.
Today, it was carnaval in School.





Look at the little tail! Regardez la petite queue!

Mes folies du mois de janvier / January Shopping spree

Eh oui j'ai fait des folies...Jugez par vous-mêmes:

Pour moi :

Une polaire avec strass pas besoin de bijoux pour aller skier! For me a fleece with little fake diamonds...no need to wear jewlery to go sking! HA!


















Pour / For Bhavishya:

A beige and a brown belt / Une ceinture beige et une ceinture maron réglable

Pour l'été / for the summer:

I think with (white) Jeans she will look Lovely!

The Davos Questions Part IV

The University Student / Graduate:



I think he's one of the better "Non professional". He's outspoken. It is clear he thought about it carefully. We talked about his idea the other night and I came to realising that one doesn't need to pay people nor motivate them.

As Mark rightly said: "...he is talking about distributed thinking. In other words, if you post the problem and the data you have on the web (video or blog). People will propose solutions. They just do. Effectively, you have outsourced your reasearch capacity"... "One just asks and it works".

I find his idea very interesting. Surely it won't give food to starving orphans.

Anyhow, whilst talking to Mark about it, he handed me this book:

I started reading it, and they talk about this very subject. So far quite convincingly, I must admit.

The Davos Question Part III

You have Indian school girls sharing their perspectives on the effects of globalization in India:




Do they have internet access? If so where? In School? I was just wondering how they found out about THE Davos Question? Did they write the script all by themselves, with their teachers's help?

I think they did a marvelous job at presenting it.

The Davos Question Part II

So to go back to the subject of the Davos Question, if you do a search on YouTube by typing "The Davos Question" you get a plethora of videos relating to it. I will start posting a few that drew my attention

Here, you have kids that have an opinion (cute & fresh).

I guess the point of the parents is that the world needs more cute little girls for them to grow into nice and responsible people.