Day 13

I guess I've got to get used to this whole colder weather thing. It's not easy, coming from the South, where it's still really warm (and sunshiney too, but I'm not going there), to here, where the high today was 59. I'm a mild weather person; not cold (I'm terrible at layering), not hot (though my thin-blooded Southern-ness has allowed me to adapt to the heat).

Language school #1 was full for my French level, so I spent today researching other options here in the city. I've got a short list of about 4 schools, though they're all pretty far out from the apartment. Is that a price I have to pay? Well, yes. Do I want to pay that price? If I want to stay in Paris, I sure do; otherwise, not really. On the bright side, the reduced-hour au pair programs run a lot cheaper per term than their normal x-hours-per-week courses, and the hours are in the morning, which leaves afternoons/evenings free for au pair duties.

Eldest has joined what I've gathered is some sort of chess club at his school, so I picked up Youngest from her class, and we went to the Gardens, even though it was pretty chilly, so that she could play for a bit before we went to pick up her brother. Eldest was slightly sad that he didn't have time to play in the park, but this chess thing is just once a week, so he'll get plenty of playtime the rest of the week.

I mentioned earlier that Eldest is into collecting Pokemon cards. Today, he gave me two more: Ponyta & Dark Raichu. So now, I've got those two, and a Kingler. He's given these to me because they're in English- problem is, I can't decide if he's trying to maintain the purity of his French card collection, or if he's just being genuinely sweet. I find myself hoping that it's the second, though part of me knows that in reality, it's probably the first.

Dinner tonight for the kids was left0ver pasta (w/ ketchup & cheese for Eldest, just cheese for Youngest), more blanched zucchini (still can't figure that one out), & tomato slices, and I had ham tortellini & tomato slices since there wasn't enough leftover pasta for me too. Dessert was vanilla applesauce, and then the kids had cheese as a final course.