Les Enfants

We now have 2/3rds of our kiddos “home” with us. Katherine arrived Saturday after a harrowing departure – but those who know her well will not be surprised to learn that she thought her flight was one day later than it actually was. She called me from Baton Rouge only 2 hours before her flight was to leave from New Orleans to discuss the list of things she was to bring with her from home. After some screaming and yelling from our end of the line, she raced to New Orleans to discover that her plane was running about an hour and a half late. (Where does she get that kind of luck?) Without all of the details, she arrived here late Saturday evening. Her French classes started on Monday, today is Tuesday, and she has already found the mall and bought a few French chic clothes!

Jeff has been here since mid-June and is attending French classes at a different school. He has made some friends in his class who are students from West Virginia and Michigan. He is working hard on his French and making good progress. The course includes a field trip each week- and last week’s trip was to Annecy. They swam and rented boats and had a really nice time. Jeff is also having (making) the opportunity to discuss his favorite subject (politics) with the French. At school the other day, someone was selling magazines and Jeff decided to seize the moment to engage the poor guy in a discussion about French political views. Sunday night he got together with his school friends and a new French-friend that they made and he explained Libertarianism to the French friend (who thought it was just a little too much over the edge for France!)