Thursday, February 2, 2012

Move Over Picasso

The girls participated in the PTSA Reflections program.  This year’s theme was “Diversity is…”

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Kaitlyn placed 2nd in the secondary competition.

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Delia placed first in the primary competition.  Her piece has been sent to represent the school in the European division.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Seeing Red

Today Kaitlyn earned her red belt in karate.  She is hoping to continue in San Antonio and become a black belt.

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

26 Weeks

Madeline is growing and moving around a lot :)

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Cheeeeeeeeeeeese

After chocolate it was time for cheese!

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We learned about the process of cheese making.

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And then got to try cheese aged 6 months, 8 months, and 10 months.

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After we walked into town for lunch.

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We had amazing cheese fondue before we headed home.

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Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!

Today we went to Gruyeres, Switzerland.  Our first stop was the Cailler/Nestle Chocolate Factory.

DSC06960 We had a great tour that taught us about the origin of the coco bean and chocolate through history.

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After our history lesson we learned about the ingredients necessary for Swiss Chocolate.

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Next step was the assembly of their yummy treats.

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FINALLY… a whole room with all you can eat chocolate.

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Spelling Bee

Tonight competed in her school spelling bee.  We were so proud she was brave enough to get up and give it a try.

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We were amazed when she spelt the word “fronds”.  She made it to the 3rd round.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Au Revoir

This morning we headed back into the city and went to mass at Notre Dame.

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We stopped for lunch and this time BOTH girls got escargot.  The food was amazing during this trip!  We were so happy the girls were willing to try new foods.

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We walked around a little after lunch and then said au revoir to Paris.