Hello again!!
Well, one more week has come and gone. It is amazing how fast our time is going by. We received news this week that Smiths Grand Rapids can't live without Dave any longer (It's terrible to be needed), so our return date is currently June 8. There are a lot of mixed feelings about this. As Andrew says, when he is here, he misses there, but when he is there, he misses here. I agree. I am not sure that I am ready to head home. I am so comfortable and relaxed here, but there are lots of things to look forward to at home. We seem to have two lives and we are about to return to our other one.
The week was fairly quiet. We are trying to rest up for the upcoming trip to London. Dave and I went out on Tuesday night. We are starting our "last time" visits to places. We went to the Chinese place and enjoyed our last nems. We had a nice time.
Then on Thursday, we invited the Wichmans (with their five kids) over to help us celebrate Cinco de Mayo. This is a Mexican holiday that is celebrated in Texas as well. We continue to celebrate it to honor Andrew's birth place. It is really an un-French holiday as it celebrates the defeat of the French army by the Mexicans, so we are pretty sure that we were the only ones celebrating. We had a good meal - we even found Cheddar cheese!! The kids had a good time playing and the adults had fun comparing notes on living in France. It's sad that we are leaving, when we are starting to feel so settled - friends, church - it's starting to feel like home.
Saturday, after sleeping in, we headed back to the Prehistoric parc near Foix. The boys wanted to see the rest of the park and to show Dave. We had a picnic on the way and arrived just in time to see a wedding party arrive. The grounds are really beautiful and they were having there reception at the restaurant on site. We toured the museum again (the boys were great considering that they had seen it a week before) and learned a little more about the items that have been found. Then we took in the rest of the park. We all got a chance to try the spear throwers. Michael and Andrew are getting really good. I hit the target on the first try, and Dave can throw really far.
From there we took in a few more of the displays, but the highlight was getting to try our had at cave painting. There was a cave "wall" set up with the three colors of paint that were used. After a brief introduction, we all tried our hand at painting. It was very messy, but lots of fun.
We were pretty worn out at this point, so we headed home. We decided to take the scenic route, which really paid off. Dave happened to glance out the side window, and what did he see? The A380 returning from it's third flight. It was preparing to land (the airport was about 15 miles away) so the landing gear was down. I was struck again by how graceful the plane is. It appears to be flying in slow motion. It flew directly over the car. We pulled off the road and watched it fly into the distance. It was really cool.
Today is Mother's day (in the states. It is next week in Europe. Do I get two?) and the boys did a great job making the day really fun. I slept in (oops, missed church), and had a great French breakfast of croissants, bagette, cheese, yogurt, orange juice, and jelly, and, of course, hot chocolate. Then I got to open presents. There was lots of chocolate, bath salts, and a monopoly Europe Edition. It is in Euros and you buy famous cities in Europe. It will be a game that can only be played with me because all the cards are in French! We played a game this afternoon (Andrew soundly beat everyone), I had a bath and we went for a nice bike ride in the sun. It was a really nice day.
Well, that's it for another week. We will have lots to tell you next week. My parents come back on Monday and leave on Thursday. Then we leave on Saturday morning to head to London. Should be interesting. We will keep you informed. Have a great week.
A bientot!
Amy
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