First full day of school for Alice

A beautiful sunny day for the first full day of school for the three Kindergarden groups at Paul-Bruchési, Alice and Lily's school. As is the tradition, parents were invited to stay around in the schoolyard this morning for a "haie d'honneur" ritual of welcoming the new five-year-olds. Lily was there of course, with her classmates of 1ère année B.
Louise, with the funny grin and nice French accent, is a good friend from last year who is again in Lily's class this year.
All the older children are in place, two-by-two holding hands high up and ready to let the new ones come running through in the "passageway"... and here they come !! (some appear a little shy, I must say ;-)
Alice finishes her run around the yard as she passes under her proud sister's raised arms...
... and emerges at the end under her proud mother's watchful eye.

Le jardin de Taitai

La météo annonçait un weekend splendide... ensoleillé samedi et dimanche, 30 degrés - vite, on saute dans la Communauto et on va visiter Taitai et Papi ! Même Gabriela a pu venir :-)
Alice et Lily ont beaucoup joué autour du jardin de Taitai, dont la moitié est complètement occupée par les potirons, avec quelques nicotianas volontaires éparpillés ici et là.
Taitai a compté 18 potirons en tout ! De quoi garnir les maisons de ses trois fils et brus à l'Halloween prochain...
... et de quoi donner de l'inspiration à Cole pour son potager à New Denver ! ;-))

Beware: Potent bevy on the loose!

A powerful assemblage of strong-headed girls is walking down a street of New Denver, on a quest for their next adventure of the summer... From left to right: Ellen, Lily, Rowan, Molly and Alice.