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Jo's age: 3 years, 11 months. Louise's: 6 months, 2 weeks.

More ways to divert Joseph from his cars and trucks at home:


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Nico came back home last night from his eleven-day trip to Uppsala (Sweden) and Paris (France).  I brought the kids outside everyday during his absence.  We went to some playdates, had picnics along the river and sometimes just walked around the neighborhood.  Being outside the house kept us in better moods.

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As I'm often caught in this  desperate situation, I bought some games online. I was spending some hard times at the beginning because Jo stubbornly wanted to force his own ways while playing. Gratefully after numbers of  trials and errors *and yells and tears* Jo can now feel the thrills of the games. The ground rules for a fun and success mama-Jo ( Read more... )

The way our family talk to each other gives some benefits to me, particularly to my translation skills and the development of my passive French. Although I've followed some basic French courses in the past and have been married to a French for nearly 7 years, I feel my French gets better only after Jo starts talking. It becomes a habit for me to ( Read more... )

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I took the quiz on MLL Magazine, July edition, to know the type of bilingual mom I am. It turns out I'm a militant *giggle*.  I know that perfect balanced bilinguals don't exist and I don't set unreachable goals,  but I certainly take this trilingual project very seriously, stick to our OPOL rules at home and read widely in this field. Oh my ( Read more... )