Center Parcs

For the last holiday weekend in August we went to Center Parks which is a about one hour and a half's drives from here. I have to say, I was surprised how good it was. The kids loves Aqua Mundo, tree trekking and just having the freedom to do as the wished in a safe environment .

I forgot to pack the charger for my camera so I haven't got many photos (however Charlotte has) so this is all for now.

Gaby took a couple of nice photos of ducks that were just outside our cottage.

And Alain turned 37 and we couldn't bake a cake because I can't work with microwaves, so Charlotte made some pancakes

Ok she didn't manage to toss this one perfectly, but she got there in the end and after our awful meal in a center parks restaurant, I much prefer to eat one of her pancakes any day.

La Chandeleur..Feast Day of Light

Yesterday was La Chandeleur. My children wanted to see who could eat the most pancakes (French people eat more pancakes on this day than any other*). I should have bought a crepe pan, but I really needed a new frying pan. I love the Mauviel range of pans etc but I also like All Clad, however the latter is harder to find here and more expensive, so Mauviel it was.

I made a fattening discovery yesterday, " speculoos "spread, gosh this stuff is so good, I liked the biscuits before but the spread's even better. Weird, this more the jar is empty but there are pancakes left.

* I read that on another blog that I read, but don't really know if it's true or not.