Essais de Vie

Bastille Day

2010-07-21T20:06:00+00:00

Last week was Bastille day (July 14) and Paul drew (with Daddy’s help) his own interpretation of the French flag.

There was more paint on his fingers and face than on the paper, but it was his true first attempt at drawing, so it actually was pretty good.

Le 14 juillet était la semaine dernière et Paul a dessiné son interprétation du drapeau français (avec l’aide de Papa). Il y avait plus de peinture sur ses doigts et visage, mais après tout, c’était la première fois qu’il dessinait tout seul.

Long awaited news / Enfin des nouvelles!

2010-07-14T18:21:00+00:00

It has been way too long since I posted anything and I apologize for that. Time goes and it looks like I never can catch it! Anyway, many things have happened since my last post.

Paul is now walking on his own, he decided when he just turned 15 months old that now was the time to be independent and off he went! He is a happy little boy who does not stop walking and almost running all day long.

He is still growing fast and is getting a lot of his premolars as we speak, but he still smiles about it.

Paul has been enjoying the Summer. We went to visit his grand-parents in Maine a few times and have been lucky with the weather.

We also went to France at the end of May and he loved to play with the sand of the English Channel.

Cela fait bien longtemps que je n’ai pas mis de photos en ligne ni envoyé de nouvelles. Bien des choses se sont passées depuis les dernières photos.

Paul marche maintenant tout seul comme un grand. Il a décidé quand il avait tout juste 15 mois que c’était le temps de devenir indépendant et pouff le voilà parti! Il est un petit garçon très heureux qui n’arrête pas de marcher toute la journée.

Il grandit encore bien vite et ses prémolaires sont en train de sortir, mais ça ne l’empêche pas de sourire!

Paul profite bien de l’été. Nous sommes allés rendre visite à ses grand-parents dans le Maine plusieurs fois et nous avons eu de la chance avec la météo.

Nous sommes aussi allés en France à la fin mai et le petit bout a adoré joué dans le sable de la Manche.

The Cuty / Le petit Mignon

2010-03-24T15:08:00+00:00

Paul is growing well. He has now done some steps by himself but he still prefers the cruising mode. A friend of ours took a series of really good pictures of the little guy, so here is one.

Paul grandit bien. Il a fait maintenant quelques pas tout seul, mais il préfère quand même de se tenir à quelque chose pour marcher. Un de nos amis a pris une série de très beaux portraits du petit bout, en voila un.

A new French documentary about industrial food and how it is bad for us

2010-02-04T22:05:00+00:00

I just got the link to see the trailer of a new documentary called “Nos enfants nous accuseront”(Our children will accuse us). It is a French documentary but the trailer is entirely subtitled in English. Apparently, it is not sure yet whether it will be released in theaters, but the authors hope that by having as many people as possible going to the trailer page, they will have enough weight to convince the distributors. After watching the trailer, it looks like what they show about France can be applied anywhere in the world… industrial, mass production of food forces the farmers to use tons of chemicals that lead to more and more diseases in Humans. On speaker at UNESCO claimed that the new generation will be less healthy than our generation… looking at what’s going on, I can believe it.

Having good, nutritious, healthy food should be everybody’s priority and especially when you have to feed children.

Fortunately, more and more people know that organic food is better than “traditionally” grown food (even if few scientific reports show that for sure). Organic food is still a bit more expensive and not as available than “traditional” food, but hopefully with a growing demand, it will become more available… although we also need to pay attention as to how the organic food was produced. Producing organic food without using sustainable techniques and good treatment of the cattle is not worth it.

We need to take good care of the world in order to make sure that it takes good care of us.

Happy First Birthday

2010-02-04T21:50:00+00:00

About 2 weeks ago, Paul has turned 1! Already! Time flies… He enjoyed tremendously some vanilla ice cream as well as some cake.

Paul is doing great and getting ready to walk but is not quite there yet.

Il y a environ 2 semaines, Paul a eu 1 an! Déjà, c’est incroyable ce que le temps passe vite. Il a beaucoup aimé la glace à la vanille et un peu de gâteau qu’il a eu pour célébrer.

Paul va très bien et se prépare à marcher, mais il n’est pas encore tout à fait prêt.

News from Paul / Nouvelles de Paul

2009-12-21T21:32:00+00:00

Well, it has been a while since my last post. Time flies and it is tough to catch it!

Anyhow, Paul is growing fast. He is now 11 months old and ready to walk soon. He is a fast crawler and cruises so well along anything that he can hang on. I am attaching two recent pictures. On the first, he is playing with his activities table. The second one was taken just few days ago when he got baptized.

Et bien, cela fait bien longtemps que je n’ai mis quelque chose sur ce blog. Le temps passe et il est bien difficile de le rattraper!

Quoi qu’il en soit, Paul grandit vite. Il a maintenant 11 mois et se prépare à marcher. Il marche très vite à 4 pattes et marche tout seul quand il est soutenu (comme le long du canapé par exemple). J’attache 2 photos récentes. Sur la première, il joue avec sa table d’activités. La deuxième a été prise il y a juste quelques jours lors de son baptême.

Happy 7 months / Joyeux 7 mois

2009-08-21T12:11:00+00:00

Paul celebrated his 7 months a few days ago. The weather was so nice that he got to play in his little pool, catching rubber dukky. Now that solid food is part of Paul’s regular diet, we extended his bib collection with one where the monkey seems to be as “starving” as our little guy!

Paul a fêté ses 7 mois il y a quelques jours. La météo était tellement belle qu’il a pu jouer dans sa petite piscine, à essayer d’attraper le canard en caoutchouc. Maintenant que les aliments solides font partis du régime normal de Paul, nous avons accru sa collection de bavoirs avec un où le singe a l’air aussi affamé que notre petit bout de chou!

New seat / Nouveau siège

2009-07-24T14:26:00+00:00

Paul has started to eat solid food and he recently got a booster seat to help him seat by the table. He likes the large tray he has in front of him… a perfect musical instrument, the banging and smashing kind!

Paul a commencé à manger de la nourriture solide. Du coup, il vient juste d’avoir un petit siège réhausseur qui lui permet de s’asseoir à côté de la table. Il aime beaucoup le grand plateau qu’il a devant lui… c’est un instrument de musique parfait, celui sur lequel on tape constamment!

Happy 6 months / Joyeux 6 mois

2009-07-24T14:12:00+00:00

Last week-end, Paul turned 6 months old… time flies! We had a fun time visiting the Saint Gaudens National Park with a friend who was visiting from Maine. Paul loved looking at all the flowers.

Le week-end dernier, Paul a eu 6 mois… le temps passe si vite! Nous avons célébrer cet évènement en allant au parc national Saint Gaudens, avec une amie qui venait du Maine. Paul a tout particulièrement aimé regarder et toucher les fleurs de toutes les couleurs.

Paul can roll! / Paul peut rouler

2009-06-29T15:49:00+00:00

A little over a week ago, Paul started rolling from his tummy to his back and then 5 days ago, he managed to roll from his back to his tummy (he found the way to put his arm out of the way!). It will not be long before he can really go places… we better pay attention to the little guy now!

Here is a “rolling” sequence.

Il y a un peu plus d’une semaine, Paul a commencé à se rouler du ventre vers le dos. Il y a 5 jours, il a réussi à se tourner du dos sur le ventre (il a trouvé le moyen de dépasser l’obstacle du bras!). Ca ne va pas être long avant qu’il ne soit vraiment mobile… il va falloir que l’on fasse attention au p’tit homme!

Voici une séquence de “roulade”.