President of France: What some 8 years olds would do if they were

 A couple of times a year, our local primary school publishes it's very own newspaper and I got to read it this weekend.   Alexis' class was featured with their recent school trip(camp to Auvergne) and Marie Kate's class took up several pages of the newspaper with photos and an article on what they have been doing in Art, then this, what they would do first if they were president of France and even another couple of pages where they had to describe someone close to them (physically and personality)...MK chose me,  I was a speechless about what she wrote (to come soon) but with hindsight I perfectly ok with it now.
Back to being president (photo's are poor), Marie Kate wrote that she's phase out(ban I suppose) all cars...
Clara, her friend, would eat chips all day
Louis said he's eat at Mac Donald's everyday, whilst another said they would party everyday.

The one I liked a lot was by Maurice who lives opposite us, he wrote he'd ban whale hunting.
Funny what kids write, from eating fast food to banning cars and whale hunting, there's certainly lots of diversity in their opinions and what's important to them.

Stories from Auvergne, Alexis' chosen to write about L'histoire du Curé

I just checked my emails and good old Mr B sent us some last minute photos plus Alexis' text on one of the stories the cute storyteller read to the children.  It is in French.   Oh yes, last night went to his first ever boum (party) photo below

Maybe Alexis is somewhere on this photo, but I can't see him.  


The two classes are on there way home, but only left after lunch, so Alexis won't be back till at least 8 tonight.

Cookie Party

The one that was saved (for now anyhow)


Yesterday, Gaby had a small birthday party with three of her girlfriends from school. This years theme was "cookies" as Gabrielle recently read the book Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson (one of her favourite authors) and thought it would be fun to make some together. Now, I know how to make cookies, however, these French girls did not, but they were very sure that it would be easy...Oh I nearly forgot, they decided to make "nutella" cookies, and I have never made those before.


They made the cake, too.



And in-between making and baking they decorated their cooking aprons and cookie plates.

Gabrielle loves pigs, however she didn't like how her one turned out.

Finished aprons drying

The girls decorated the plates, one at a time, all together

Busy hands

No.1 Miam (yummy) Plate

No.2 My Dad Swallowed A Goldfish inspired plate(without a Dad) No.3 La Fête Party Plate

No.4 Musical Plate

Afterwards, the girls picked numbers from a hat to see which one they'd take home. Gabrielle got the "yummy" plate, Jodie, the goldfish one, Noemy got the "fête" one, and Elisa the "musical one.

It really was a super afternoon, the five hours just flew by, the girls went home with their hands full of cookies, plates and aprons. The next birthday is next month, we're off to London for a couple of days, we'll invite a couple of excited five year olds when we get back.

Gabrielle and her best friend Jodie