Category: Family life

Today was Jean-Baptiste’s first day in school. The little boy next door will be in the same class, and most of the children in the estate go there as well. The weather was gorgeous, and he had a good day. Back tomorrow.

We went to enrol Jean-Baptiste for school today. Term starts on Thursday (2nd September). He will be in Maternelle for one more year, which corresponds roughly to kindergarten, or nursery. The school is not very far, but there’ll be several school runs a day: 8h45-11h45 and 13h30-16h30. He’ll be coming home for lunch.

We spent a great day in Tregastel today, visiting my dad who is on holidays there. It is only about 40 min drive from our home, on the North coast. The weather was gorgeous, the water cold.

It was sunny here, so we decided to go for a walk. On the way, we collected some blackberries. Does that count as work? They are now in the oven in a crumble, with apples. We also saw quite a few chestnut trees, and some elderflower bushes.

I grew up in the countryside. We had about 2000 m² of grounds, and as I grew up, it became my responsibility to cut the grass from spring to autumn. No need to say that I hated it. It took a good part of te afternoon, and I thought I had better things to do. But I was getting paid for it, so I did it.

In Pabu, we have about 700m² of grounds, mostly grass. That’s at least 10 times what we had in Cardiff. I made the most of the sunny weather to cut the grass today. It took almost 2 hours, because it had grown quit a bit. But I am ashamed to admit that I quite enjoyed it. After a part of the day in the study, it was good to be outside, enjoying the sunshine, talking to the lady next door, and to a little girl from across the road who was playing with Jean-Baptiste and Maxime. There we are, I enjoyed being in the garden. I must be getting old.