Maxime letting Gabriel win
It has been wonderful to watch Maxime grow "into" Gabriel. Before, Maxime saw Gabriel as an infant, or even later, as a boy just »
Wild blackberries
At this time of year, it is especially rewarding to go on our after-dinner walk. The blackberries have arrived, and they are ripe and deeply black. »
When it's time to go to bed, Gabriel has one question every time: "Take a bath wid me, Papa?"
We play with all sorts of toys at bathtime, me and Gabriel. We don hats and beards, even goatees. They are made of bath bubbles, of »
The boys go horse riding for second time ever!
When we first moved to Normandy, I took both boys riding. But neither expressed much interest at the time in continuing. Fast forward to today, when »
Day on a Norman beach
We are about 50 minutes from the beach. It took us a while to get used to this notion. If you can hop in the car »