sunday 9 feb

February is the month of birthdays now three have passed with today being my eldest grand daughters, she is now 17. Yesterday here in France the eldest became a teenager, now 13, her father is teasing her describing her in the following manner.. teenager opening fridge door, looking and saying duhhhhh. etc. In actual fact she had two girls over for the evening, home made pizza and a cake made to look like the Tardis.. at nearly midnight they were in the sauna and this morning they actually slept until late. Sending presents long distances is easy with all the on line services but timing is not always the greatest. Today sunday it is catch up with homework. Masses of it and long hours by parents and children. The life is complicated by having the two disciplines to catch up with, long essays now in english and then grammar questions, long and complicated in french. At the moment this is the 5th hour of constant homework and it is math. I am learning to enjoy rugby. James is watching it in-between the olympics, France is beating the heck out of Italy and it is interesting to watch the game.. fast moving and lots of gorgeous strong legs of the men. Some of them wear a head covering, a padded helmet which they tie under their chin. Apparently it is the players individual choice, but it does help against concussion. The english are thrilled to have won a first medal ever won on "snow" '"