we love spring

Hey everyone,

We're off playing with our friends at the "crèche" (childcare center) this morning (we go there on Wednesdays so that Mom can do the grocery shopping, have lunch with Dad etc.) There are lots of great toys and kids our age to play with.

The weather has been great recently; we love playing outside. Last Sunday afternoon we went for a long bike ride with Mom and Dad (they pedaled while we enjoyed the nice views from our bike seats). This coming Saturday we're going to a picnic sponsored by the different Protestant churches in Montpellier (ours included--we're in charge of refreshments, yum yum!) There will be games for kids and music and it should be a fun time.

Mom and Dad are taking a 7-week marriage class called Elle & Lui (Her & Him) for couples at church, which they say has been really good (and we thought they already knew how to be married--go figure!)

The photos are of the coliseum in Nimes that we visited while Grandpa was here, us playing with Grandpa in our room and us with Dad (the future computer experts)

That's all the news for now; talk to you again soon! love, Alex and Ben

long time no post

Hi everybody,

Sorry we've been out of touch for so long! We've been busy, busy, busy playing outside in the backyard ever since the warm weather got here. We have some cool outdoor toys: a swing that hangs from a branch of the olive tree (that's our favorite and we fight over it all the time!), as well as a little playhouse, a sandbox, and a couple of tricycles that we haven't quite figured out how to ride yet. We also enjoy just exploring the yard, playing in dirt and chasing Nelly the kitty. Speaking of kitties, a stray mother cat left a couple of newborn kittens under our porch last week and we heard them meowing. We tried to take care of them with Mom and Dad since the mommy didn't want them; we fed them special milk from a bottle but they were too little and they both died. We're all sad but Mom and Dad said that happens sometimes with animals.

We've had lot of visits from family lately, which we love! First Grandpa came and stayed with us for a week in April, like he does every spring, and we had a great time playing with him. He read us lots of books and we went to the beach and for walks in the stroller. In early May we went to visit Mamie and Papy (our other grandparents) at their country house in Millau for a long weekend with Mom and Dad, and this past weekend our uncle Mathieu and "auntie" Emilie (they're finally getting married next summer!) came to our house for a visit. That's all for now; the pictures this time were taken by Grandpa during his visit--there's us in the backyard, us a the beach and a shot of our house. Talk to you soon! love, Ben and Alex