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Fun at home with the cousins

2012-01-26T21:08:00.001-08:00

Chandra, Chad and their kids Max, Emma, and C.J. came over for a visit. Unfortunately Colton and Cooper could not join their siblings for this visit.
Julien and Xavier had a great time playing with their cousins. It sure is nice living close to family.

The Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island

2012-01-26T20:49:00.000-08:00

Thierry took his family to the Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island so they could see the beautiful scenery and some buffalo up close. They loved it, especially the sunset.

Christmas 2011

2012-01-26T20:22:00.001-08:00

We went really overboard on presents for Christmas this year. Our kids are so spoiled now. Xavier's favorite present was his Nintendo Dsi and Julien's favorite gift was between his race track and his Leapster Explorer. Aurelie got a toy phone that she loves as well as a Dora doll and lots of clothes. Thierry got a ladder and I got my camera.
We were really happy to spend this Christmas with Thierry's family as well as my Mom who lives with us in a basement apartment. It was great having so much family around.
We also had Christmas dinner at our house this year and Chandra and Chad and their kids as well as Jill and Brock and their kids came over for dinner. Talk about a full house. We had 9 kids there including: Max, Emma, C.J., Reagan, Eli, Whitney, Xavier, Julien, and Aurelie. Luckily there were 10 adults there as well to take care of them.
We had turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetables, ham, and 3 pies. Really yummy.

December Pictures

2012-01-26T19:51:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from my new camera that I got for Christmas. It has much better clarity than the old camera. I love it.
Hope you enjoy.
Thierry's sister Isabelle and his parents came to visit us from France and we took them to Park City. That was a lot of fun. It was nice having them come for a visit. We didn't get to take them to any National Parks on this visit though. Hopefully they will come to Utah again soon and we can show them some of the amazing National Parks the U.S.A. has to offer.

Julien's 4th Birthday!!!!!!

2011-11-12T20:16:00.000-08:00

My little Julien is turning 4 tomorrow. I have to work on his official birthday so we celebrated it today. We went to Chucky Cheese for pizza and games and had a great time. Julien got really tired towards the end of the evening and started throwing tantrums and laying on the floor and screaming so it was time to go. Then we had a nice cake at home with Thomas the Train on it. Julien really loved that.
We got Julien a great play house for his birthday and the movie Cars 2. We set up the play house in the playroom downstairs so he can play in it during the Winter months. He really loves it. It has a little kitchen inside and a telephone that makes little beep noises and even has a door bell. I will have to post some pictures of it later.
Julien has grown so much. It is hard to believe he is just turning 4 years old. He is still obsessed with cars and will even sleep with some of his favorite cars. We have a feeling he will either be a car engineer or mechanic or something involving cars when he is older.
Happy Birthday my sweet little Julien. We love you so much.

Las Vegas Nevada

2011-10-07T07:36:00.000-07:00

We went to Las Vegas, Nevada from September 29th through October 1st to visit my sister Melissa, her husband Drew, and their kids Mia, Cole, Luke, and Ella. We also were able to go to the Buddy Walk which raises money for Downs Syndrome and visit a good friend Taiya and her husband Jimmy and their two beautiful kids Kian and Kasia. Kian was born with Downs Syndrome and he is an amazing little guy so it was great to go there and support him. It was really nice to finally meet Taiya and Jimmy's kids. They are both so beautiful.

We went to a great amusement park at the Circus Circus casino called the Adventure Dome. That was a lot of fun. We stayed there all day and went on so many rides that I felt a bit sick to my stomach afterwards. I guess I am not as young as I used to be. We still had a lot of fun.
We also went to the Bellagio Hotel and had the brunch buffet. That was really yummy and they had wonderful decorations inside to celebrate fall including a talking tree. The boys loved it.
Their best part of the trip was playing at their cousins house. They miss their cousins already so we will have to plan another trip to Las Vegas soon.
Thank you Melissa and Drew for hanging out with us and a lot of Thanks to Taiya for inviting us to the Buddy Walk. We had a lot of fun.

Xavier lost his first tooth!!!

2011-10-07T07:26:00.001-07:00

Xavier lost his very first tooth on September 16, 2011. It had been very loose for about 2 weeks and finally it was just hanging on by a little bit and we decided to finally pull it out. I tried tying a piece of string to it so it would be easier to pull out but his tooth was so slippery that it would just slide off. So finally after me trying for about 30 minutes to remove it as painlessly as possible I gave up and gave him a tissue to see if he could pull it out himself. After about one second he had it in his hand. It came right out for him. He said it did not even hurt. What a tough guy. He was so proud. It was very exciting the next day when he found a little goodie bag from the tooth fairy with candy and a golden dollar inside. He wanted to use his money to buy a present so we took him shopping and he picked out some toy cars that have different parts you can put on them to change how they look and even turn it into a helicopter or airplane. It cost more than a dollar but that is OK. We were so proud of him. He was very proud of himself too. You are awesome Xavier!

Xavier's 6th Birthday!!!!!

2011-10-07T06:58:00.000-07:00

Xavier celebrated his 6th birthday on September 12th and a couple days before we had his birthday party at Boondocks with my sister Jill, her husband Brock, and their kids Reagan, Eli, and Whitney.
We had a great time. The kids loved going on the race cars and playing mini-golf and going on the many other rides. Xavier really enjoyed playing Lazer tag and playing the video games. We won a lot of tickets from playing the games and Xavier even got an extra 200 tickets wrapped around him while we sang Happy Birthday. So we were able to trade them in for a lot of prizes. We will definitely be going to Boondocks again. It was a lot of fun.
Happy Birthday sweet Xavier. We love you Forever!

6 Flags Discovery Kingdom

2011-08-27T13:09:00.000-07:00

Our final destination on our trip was at 6 flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo California. It used to be Marine World Africa USA and I went here when I was younger but 6 flags bought it so it now has a lot more rides then it used to. Xavier even got to go on his first big boy roller coaster, the Boomerang. He was happy at first but then once the ride got going he got a bit scared and did not want to go on it again. We went on a great ride called SkyScreamer that goes up 15 stories and swings 43 miles per hour. That was fun. Even Julien got to go on that one. He loved it.
There was a Killer Whale show, dolphin show, bird show, and seal and sea lion show we saw as well. They also had a lot of other animals including lions, tigers, giraffes, elephants, and lots more. The kids had a great time. Their favorite ride was a boat that swung around all different ways. They went on that 3 times in a row. We had a great time at 6 Flags even though we did not even have time to go on half of the rides. We stayed until closing at 8:00 PM then drove through the night home and arrived the next morning at around 9:30 AM. We were so tired. It has took us a few days to recover but our trip was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed it.
We already have our next mini vacation planned for the end of September. We are going to Las Vegas to visit my sister and her family and see the sights. So be sure to check the blog again soon for pictures from that trip.

San Francisco: Lombard Street, Exploratorium, Pier 39, and Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaurant

2011-08-27T11:19:00.001-07:00

We went to Pier 39 and my favorite restaurant "Bubba Gump Shrimp" at the end of Pier 39 in San Francisco. It was really good. The kids got their strawberry and cherry lemonade in glasses that lit up and we got to take home with us, I had some really yummy fish and shrimp, Thierry had mussels and clams, Julien had pizza(he did not feel like fish), Xavier had coconut shrimp, and Aurelie had fish and chips. The food was really good and the service was great. Hopefully they open a restaurant in Utah one day. If they do I will frequent it often.

We also went to the Exploratorium, which is a great children's museum with lots of things for the kids to experiment with. They even dissected a cows eye so we could see what in inside our eyes. The kids had a lot of fun experimenting with everything and the building was really beautiful outside. Unfortunately I did not take any pictures of the outside of the building. It was great fun but really tiring chasing after the kids.

We also went on the crookedest street in the world "Lombard Street". The kids loved going down all those turns. We had a great time in San Francisco but after such a long trip of driving over 2,000 miles we were ready to start heading home. We stopped in one more place on the way home... 6 flags Marine World. That will be in my next post.

Golden Gate Bridge and Park

2011-08-27T10:13:00.000-07:00

We went to a wonderful park called Golden Gate Park that is larger than Central Park in New York. It has several playgrounds including the first public park/playground in the U.S. This is the one we went to and it was amazing. The kids had a great time. There was a carosel, a double slide that went down the hill, a huge play structure, plus some artificial waves to climb on. We really loved this park and recommend it to anyone in the San Francisco area that has kids.
We also drove over the Golden Gate Bridge but it was so foggy that we could hardly see it.

Redwood National Park and the Trees of Mystery

2011-08-23T20:06:00.000-07:00

We went to Redwood National Park and to the Trees of Mystery. It was so beautiful and awe inspiring to see such magnificent trees. We even got to go on a gondola up above the trees to the top of one of the hills. The kids loved it and we all had a great time.
We even got to drive our car through one of the larger trees. That was really cool.
This area has to be one of the most beautiful areas in the world.
We felt really small compared to these enormous trees.

Oregon coast

2011-08-23T19:47:00.000-07:00

We drove down the Pacific Coast Highway on our way to the Redwoods and San Francisco. It was so beautiful to see the Oregon coast. We even stopped at the largest sea lion cave in the world which has an elevator that goes deep into the earth to an enormous cave. We were unable to take pictures in the cave though. The sea lions were not in the cave that day anyway and were instead on the beach just outside the cave so I got pictures of them there.

Murase Plaza Memorial Park in Portland Oregon

2011-08-23T18:42:00.000-07:00

We went to a wonderful park called Murase Plaza Memorial Park in Portland with my aunt Diane, cousin Julie and her two boys Parker and Mitchell. The kids had so much fun in the water fountains that we did not even have much time for them to play on the play structure because we went to a wonderful pizza place afterward. It had an all you can eat pizza, pasta, and salad buffet with really good food and tons of rides and games. The kids had a blast. I had so much fun at the pizza restaurant that I didn't take many pictures and the ones I did take did not turn out. But I got some great pictures at the park of our kids and Parker.
Thank you Julie for coming up with such a fun place to go. We had a great time.

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland (OMSI)

2011-08-23T18:12:00.000-07:00

We took a wonderful family vacation to Portland Oregon as well as the Redwoods National forest and San Francisco. One of the favorite places we visited was the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland. We all had a great time there. They had a wonderful baby play area as well as lots of fun stuff for the boys to play with. We only wish we had a museum like this closer to home.

Thanksgiving Point

2011-07-21T20:09:00.000-07:00

We took my aunt Diane, cousin Julie, and her kids Parker and Mitchell to Thanksgiving Point during their visit from Oregon. We had a great time. The boys got to ride a pony and take a carriage ride. They had some rabbits, chickens, turkeys, peacocks, lamas, sheep, cows, and all kinds of animals for the kids to look at. We also visited the dinosaur museum but I didn't take any pictures there. It was great having Diane, Julie, and her boys come to visit us.
We will see them soon when we come to Oregon for a visit next month.
Hopefully Diane will have a chance to recover from all the kids climbing all over her by then. They sure loved having her around. Xavier wanted her to be his third Grandma.
Thanks again for coming to visit us. We had a great time.

Happy First Birthday Aurélie!!!

2011-07-21T19:53:00.000-07:00

Our little baby is 1 year old now. Hard to believe. She has grown so much and is such a sweet baby. She is really good at repeating what you say. She even said "Gam ma" for Grandma the other day. She smiles all the time and is getting really good at walking.
We are so happy to have her in our lives.
We had a great party with all of my Clark cousins and their kids. We were missing my sister Chandra and cousins Cameron and John and their families but were very happy to have so many family members there.
I had not seen many of my cousins for several years and I had never met most of their kids so it was great seeing them all and spending Aurélie's birthday with them. Happy Birthday sweet Aurélie. We love you.

Strawberry Festival

2011-07-21T19:44:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from the Strawberry Festival. They had yummy strawberries and cream and caramel apples and lots and lots of rides. The kids had a great time. They we went to McDonald's for them to play inside for a while and get out of the heat. It was nice to spend time together as a family.

Fun at home

2011-07-21T19:35:00.001-07:00

Here are a few pictures of us hanging out at home. We had some meat shipped to us with dry ice inside so I made some smoke in the kitchen sink for the boys to play with. They loved it. Reminds me of those Halloween drinks when I was a kid.
Aurelie is starting to walk. Right now she will take two steps and then sit down but she is great at walking while holding onto something.
My kids are growing so fast.
Our silly cat Jolie likes to get into everything. We find her in the strangest places, including this toy basket. At least she is amusing.

Renaissance Festival

2011-07-21T19:17:00.000-07:00

I took Xavier to the Renaissance Festival in Ogden, Utah and we had a great time. We got to see people all dressed up in Renaissance garb, Xavier got his face painted, we ate a large turkey leg, and even saw some jousting. It was a wonderful day. Xavier had a great time watching the pirate show. They even had a Jack Sparrow look-a-like. He was really good.
They also had yummy homemade root beer.
Xavier also got to paint his own sword, ride a horse, and dig for buried treasure.
All in all a great day.

Crazy weather day on 4/30/2011

2011-05-10T18:53:00.001-07:00

This crazy day was all on April 30th. The morning started out very cold and we had snow everywhere. Then the day got warmer and by afternoon it looked like it had never snowed at all. I guess that is typical Utah weather though.

Easter 2011

2011-05-10T18:30:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures from this Easter. We had a wonderful Easter Egg hunt at the park with some people from the French organization Thierry came in contact with. Xavier made a lot of new friends so hopefully we can see them again soon.

We also had our own Easter egg hunt at home. The kids loved finding all the eggs and playing with the toys they got from the Easter Bunny. Especially the bubble guns and their stuffed animals.

Aurelie is really good at crawling now and is a very happy baby. She loves eating normal food and playing with her toys. She is also really good at sticking out her tongue.

Our kids are getting so big I can hardly believe it.

Aurélie at 9 months

2011-04-22T21:00:00.001-07:00

Our little Aurélie is now 9 months old. We have finally moved into our new house and are very happy to have our own place again. The kids love having their toys back and love playing in our big back yard/garden.
Aurélie is starting to crawl now and is a very happy baby. She is a great eater and loves smiling and grabbing the my glasses off my face.
Xavier and Julien are really happy to be finally settled into our own place and are doing great in their new day care center.
Thierry really likes his new job and I am doing very well back at my old job. All in all we are really doing well and are very happy.
We still have a lot of unpacking to do but it is nice to know we won't be moving again for a very long time.

Aurélie at 8 months

2011-04-22T20:40:00.001-07:00

Sorry I have not posted pictures for a while. We were very busy moving. Here are some pictures we took at my sister Chandra and her husband Chad's house. We had a great time staying with them and their wonderful children Maxx, Emma, CJ, Cooper, and Colton. They really made us feel welcome and the kids had a great time playing together.
Thank you Chandra and Chad for letting us stay with you until we closed on our house. It was wonderful spending time with you.

We have moved in!!!

2011-04-10T07:42:00.001-07:00

We moved into our new house on Saturday April 3, 2011. We are currently unpacking and getting settled in. We will post some new pictures soon. The kids love their new house and are very happy to have all their toys out of storage. Aurelie has been a bit sick lately but she is getting better. All three kids started their new day care center on April 4th and they like it a lot. Xavier and Julien are both in Phonics 3 times a week over the computer, so they learn computer skills at the same time. Julien is still learning to use the potty. We have been moving around so much lately that it was difficult to really focus on getting him potty trained. We plan to finish unpacking and then really focus on getting him to use the potty all the time. He does use it sometimes at day care though so that is helpful. He just does not want to use the toilet at home right now. He always says "NO". Soon he will have no choice though. We are still getting snow lately so we have not set up the kids trampoline but hopefully it will warm up soon. We are all very happy in our new home and look forward to spending many years there. Thanks to all those who supported us during this time. Hopefully we can get everything unpacked soon and have a wonderful housewarming party.

Our new house

2011-02-23T10:39:00.000-08:00

We finally found the house we want to buy. It is located South of Salt Lake City in a town called Sandy.
It is 4232 square feet or 393.17 square meters. It has 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The back yard/garden is 0.49 Acres or 1983 square meters and includes a hot tub/jacuzzi (inside the gazebo), a basketball court, and plenty of space for the trampoline we bought. It is also fully fenced in the back so the kids can go out and run around the yard in safety. The back of our property is next to a hill so we have a lot of privacy and we are also right next to a large park so the kids can play there as well. It has a lot of space to plant vegetables and flowers so we will have a lot of gardening opportunities there as well.

The current owners are selling us all of their furniture with the house, except the bedroom furniture and the two gold recliner chairs down stairs. So we don't need to buy anything when we move in. They are even including their washer and dryer, 2 microwaves, 2 refrigerators, and a stand alone freezer. The house has a second kitchen downstairs, a playroom, a formal living room, formal dining room, 2 family rooms/TV rooms with surround sound in the walls, 3 bedrooms upstairs and 3 bedrooms downstairs. The house was built in 1987 but the roof is new from last year and they have a new water heater from last year and new kitchen appliances from 2007.

The house also has a central vacuum, water softener, trash compactor in the kitchen, 2 fireplaces, a 2 car garage, a large covered deck with natural gas line to barbeque, and even a work room for Thierry.

We will be moving in next month and are really excited to have our own place again.

Aurélie is now 7 months old!!! And we welcome Jolie, our cat!

2011-02-23T10:25:00.001-08:00

Aurélie is now 7 months old and doing very well. She rolls around to get places and is a very happy baby. She goes to day care with her brothers now and likes it a lot. She gets to play all day with other babies and lots of toys and even gets her own crib to sleep in. The people that work at the day care center are really nice and Aurélie loves them already. She loves books and putting everything in her mouth and her new cat Jolie. We just got her from an animal shelter. She is 4 years old and is a great cat. She already had her front claws removed and she is already spayed/fixed and has all her shots. She is great with the kids and very loving. We are happy to have Jolie join our family. She is going to really enjoy the new house we are buying. I will post some pictures of that later.
We are all doing very well and enjoying our time in Utah. Thierry and I really like our jobs and the kids are very happy.

Aurélie is now 6 months old!!!

2011-01-17T14:20:00.001-08:00

Our little baby is now 6 months old. The time has gone by so fast. She can sit really well now and loves to rock back and forth. She has a wonderful smile and is a really happy baby. We are so happy to have her in our lives and look forward to watching her grow up. We love you sweetie.

Party at Jungle Gym's

2011-01-17T14:15:00.001-08:00

We met some wonderful German families here and one of them invited us to their daughter Heide's 4th birthday party at Jungle Gyms. The boys had lots of fun and it was great to speak German again. Hopefully we can meet up with them often in the future.

Xavier's Kindergarten Concert

2011-01-17T13:46:00.000-08:00

Xavier had his first kindergarten concert on January 12. He even helped the school get ready by guarding the blue background to make sure none of the kids ripped it. So he sat right next to it and kept it safe all day. His teachers were really proud of him. They sure do love him at his school. There was even a little girl there that wanted to buy Xavier a present but she did not have any money so she said that when she loses her tooth and gets her tooth fairy money she will buy Xavier a Star Wars present. Thierry told her that Xavier would love it if she drew him a Star Wars picture instead and she said OK. He is only 5 years old and the girls are already chasing him. That's my boy!!!

Christmas Pictures

2011-01-17T12:53:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. After everyone woke up and opened the presents at home we then went to my sister Chandra's and her husband Chad and their kids house. Maxx and Emma were in Saint Louis visiting their Dad and his side of the family so we did not get to see them but we had a great time with CJ, Chad, and Chandra. Chad made us a wonderful Christmas breakfast of omelets and bacon. Yummy.
The kids got so many presents this year it was unbelievable. They are so spoiled.
All three of our kids have grown a lot. It is so shocking to see how big they are now.

The day after Christmas we went to my sister Jill and her family's house. Even my sister Melissa, her husband Drew, and their 4 kids drove up from Las Vegas. We had 13 of the 15 grand kids all there together. We missed Maxx and Emma but we were really happy to see Melissa and her family and have so many of the grand kids together. They exchanged even more presents and the kids got spoiled even more. All in all it was a great holiday. I don't think our kids have ever got so many presents in all their lives. They love being around their cousins as well and seem very happy here.

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

Lots of love from our house to yours.

2010-12-17T22:28:00.000-08:00

Thierry's Journal
English/Anglais-----------------------
I finally got around to add a new entry to this journal.
We have been quite busy since we arrive but it finally starts to come down. I'm still looking for a job, but we can still afford to be a bit picky right about getting a good salary...
...still, I start to get a good understanding of the market place here in Utah.
Aside from job hunting, I get some time for myself too. I just went play billiard with Jen's dad, Richard. That was fun.

The kids are also getting used to their new home. They are being a lot less agitated and are starting to find their marks. They have their favorite toys and TV shows. It's very convenient to have video on demand! Julien is watching his favorite show right now 'cause he had a late nap and woke up from it. I'm hoping he will fall asleep it front of it...

We're having Maxx, Emma, and little CJ to sleep over here tomorrow night. The kids are really excited about it. this made me think I had to reload the Wii batteries!

Also don't forget to read older post, Jennifer posted a few at once. There is Chucky-Cheese, were the kids can play video game and eat pizza. Julien loved the electric cars there!
We went to "Thankgiving Point" a dinosaur museum with a lot of play activities all throught he exposition. We got a yearly family card for it, 'cause it's great to go there when it's cold outside!

Xavier is doing great at kindergarten. He has learned to focus on what he has to do. Since we arrived, he learned to write his first and last name, as well as writing numbers up to 20. He now write small words every weeks for homework, like "fun", and "write". The other day he started to write the name of a diction nary "Webster's" that's how far he got before he got distracted, but this was after a full day at kindergarten. We think the "phonics" extra course he is taking at school helps him a big time into liking learning. They use positive reinforcemtn to have the kids change their behavior, and I got to learn how to apply this just watching the teacher when I drop him in the morning.

Aurelie is growing so fast. She comes up with a new sound everyday and already has a heart melting smile when you look at her... ...yep, she already has that magic little finger girl learn to use on their dads, she got me wrapped around it!

That's it for now!

Francais/French/Französisch-----------------------
Enfin de retour sur ce blog!
On commence a avoir un peu plus de temps maintenant que le plus gros de l’aménagement est accomplit. On a même finis de récupérer les "essentiels" que l'on avait envoyé par cargo. J'ai maintenant tout mon matériel de travail, et Jennifer a enfin récupéré son maquillage!

Je suis toujours a la recherche de travail, mais on peut encore se permettre d'attendre pour une opportunité qui paie suffisamment pour supporter ma petite famille. En plus je commence vraiment a comprendre à quel type de travail je peux aspirer...

Ajourd'hui je suis allé jouer au billard avec le père de Jennifer, Richard. Il y a des tables gratuites au centre pour personnes âgées d'ou il par faire sa tournée tous les Vendredi matin pour distribuer des repas chaux à des personnes agée, à leur domicile, et en bénévolat bien sur!

Les enfants se sont bien adapté ici. Ils sont beaucoup moins agité, même en comparaison à l'Allemagne. Il faut dire que c’était le branle-bas de combats les trois dernier mois avant notre départ!

Xavier a appris à se mieux concertrer à l'école. Il sont très fort pour faire comprendre aux enfants ce qu'il faut faire en saluant leur bon comportement. Ca permet aux enfants de changer sans avoir a se faire gronder "positive reinforcement" en Anglais, renforcement postitif en français?

Julien regarde son émission éducative favorite en se moment, car il a fait une sieste tradive cet après-midi. Il va certainment s'endormir devant... ...à moins que ce soit moi!

Les enfants de la soeur ainée de Jen vont venir dormir ici demain soir. Nos gamins sont excités à l'idée de les revoir et de jouer avec eux. Il y aurra Maxx, 10 ans, Emma, 8 ans et CJ 1 an.

Aurélie commence déjà à m'amadouer avec ses petits sourires dès que je la regarde et ses balbutiements avec ses levres... Elle a déjà un de ses petits doigts magiques! Elle va faire tourner son papa en rond celle là!

A très bientôt!

Deutsch/German/Allemal-----------------------
Ich hab endlich ein bissen mehr Seit jetzt.
Ich muss noch ein Arbeit finden, aber ich hab das Arbeitsmarkt verständnislos schon im Griff.

Wir haben inzwischen das Umzug abgeschlossen. Wir haben die notwendige Karton von Container geleert. Wir werden beim Jennifer Eltern bleiben so lange ich kein Arbeit habe. Öffentlich nicht zu Lang, aber wir sind schon bequem hier.

I hab Billard mit mein Schwiegervater Heute gespielt. Das war frei beim ein Alter leute Heim. Wir haben viel Spass gehabt!

Die Kinder sind jetzt gut gewohnt. Sie sind viel ruhiger als im Deutsch vor unsere Umzug. Alles war ein bissen aus ein ander dann!

Xavier kann jetzt für lange Seit auf sein Hausaufgabe Konzentrieren. Die Lehrer nutzen Positivuntersuctzung um die Kinder die richtige Benehmen zu lernen. Ich nutze das auch jetzt und es wirkt sehr gut mit der Xavier.

Julien schaut sein lieblisgte Ferhnsehsendung jetzt. Er is ein bisser ausgeschalfen im Nachmitag sclaff Heute... ... aufentlich wir er von sich sebst zu schlafen bringen, es ist schon 1 am!

Aurélie hat mich total bezaubert! Die lachert jedes Mahl ich sie angueckt. Sie wachst einfahr zu schnell aber sie ist sehr suss jetzt.

Bis bald!

Aurélie is now 5 months old!!!!

2010-12-16T16:29:00.000-08:00

Our baby is now 5 months old. I can't believe how fast she is growing. She has turned into such a sweet little girl. She smiles all the time and loves to rock back and forth. She still looks a lot like Thierry and has stolen away all our hearts. We are so blessed to have her in our lives. We love you Aurélie.

Thanksgiving Point 2

2010-12-16T16:21:00.001-08:00

We went back to Thanksgiving Point for a family evening they were doing for Christmas. The boys made reindeer hats and cookies, and even met two real reindeer. Then we went out to eat for hamburgers. All in all it was a great evening. Christmas is almost here...

Thanksgiving Point

2010-12-16T16:03:00.000-08:00

We went to a wonderful place called Thanksgiving Point and liked it so much we bought an annual pass so we can come back whenever we want. It has an awesome dinosaur museum and some beautiful Christmas lights you can drive through in your car. We will be coming here often so I am sure you will see more pictures of this place.

Winter pictures

2010-12-16T14:29:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures we took over the last month. Xavier made a great snowman and we went to a lovely outdoor shopping center in Provo that had Santa there for the kids to visit. Xavier drew 2 pictures to give to Santa and even wrote his name and the number 5 on them to let him know how old he is. He is doing great in kindergarten. He has learned so much in the last month and a half we are really amazed. Santa was so impressed with the pictures Xavier drew that he took them home with him to the North Pole. That made Xavier really happy. The kids sure are having a great time here.

Festival of Trees

2010-12-16T13:41:00.000-08:00

We went to the Festival of Trees to see all the nicely decorated trees on display. The kids had a great time. They had wonderful activities for them to do. Xavier and Julien made some nice decorated bags, Xavier made a candy cane Christmas ornament, and Julien made a fuzzy animal. We also got some great balloon swords for the boys to dual with. Xavier's even had a belt that he could put his sword in and then draw it out to fight his brother. The trees were really beautiful and it was great to visit them with my sister Jill and her kids Reagan, Eli, and Whitney. Thanks for going with us Jill.

Chuck E Cheese

2010-12-16T13:35:00.001-08:00

We took the kids to Chuck E Cheese for some fun and pizza. The boys had a great time and really want to go back. The food was not the best though. Too bad they don't make better pizza, then we would be there all the time. But at least the kids had lots of fun.

Aurélie now 4 months old

2010-11-18T19:55:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of pictures of Aurélie who is now 4 months old. My little girl is getting so big. She will now sleep 6-8 hours straight at night, then eat and sleep another 4 hours. So we are getting a lot more sleep now. Her colic is pretty much gone and she is a very happy and sweet baby. She has a beautiful smile and recognizes her Mama and Papa easily in a room full of people. She gets along great with all the family here and is having a great time with everyone. She has rolled over a couple of times by accident but I think she will soon be doing that all the time on purpose. Kids sure do grow fast.
We love you sweet Aurélie.

Happy 3rd Birthday Julien!!!

2010-11-18T19:19:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from Julien's third birthday party that we had at my sister Jill and her family's house.
As you can tell we had Elmo as the theme. We had an Elmo tablecloth, Elmo plates and cups, Elmo cake, and even Elmo presents.
Julien had a great time and loved all of his presents. Thank you to Jill and Brock for allowing us to have it at your house, and thank you to Chandra and Chad for driving over an hour all the way up to Layton, when I know you are both really tired, in order to come to Julien's birthday party.
It was great having so many family members there. We were just missing Melissa, Drew, and their 4 kids in Las Vegas. Hopefully we can see them soon.
Lots of love to you all and thank you again for helping to make Julien's birthday so special.

Our new life in Utah

2010-11-18T18:32:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of our first week in Utah. We visited my older sister Chandra, her husband Chad, and their 5 children in beautiful Grantsville where we even got to go for a pony ride with one of their ponies pulling a cart. It was so beautiful to ride around their neighborhood. Xavier and Julien loved seeing all the animals there, including 2 ponies, 3 horses, 2 dogs, and even chickens.

I celebrated my 35th birthday at a wonderful steak restaurant called "Texas Roadhouse". Very yummy. Then I got a nice birthday cake that my Dad made himself with 35 candles on it. Luckily I did not start the house on fire and was able to blow out all the candles. Hope my wish comes true.

We are all having a great time here. It is wonderful being close to family. Xavier and Julien love playing with their cousins and Xavier is learning a lot in school. We have him in an extra Phonics class and he is doing a great job learning to read and writing his letters and numbers. I am so proud.
Julien will start pre-school once me and Thierry start working and Aurelie will go to day care at the same time.
I was very fortunate to get my old job back at Fidelity Investments so I am very happy about that. Thierry is applying at a few places right now and checking every day for more opportunities so hopefully he finds something soon.
So far we are really happy about moving here and can't wait to start working and move into our own home when we can.
We miss our friends in Germany but are happy at the same time to be so close to family.

Pictures: Goodbye Germany

2010-11-12T09:04:00.001-08:00

Here are some pictures we took before leaving Germany. These first pictures were taken around Dorfen. We loved living in this town. It is so beautiful there. The first few pictures were taken right around Xavier and Julien's kindergarten.

This is a picture of the Kindergarten. I loved walking them to school because the view was so amazing.

I love this hillside. We passed this on the way to the kids doctor's office. So beautiful.

One of the many beautiful roads we got to drive on. There are a lot of small forests there. I loved being around so many trees.

Some tractors on the road. The boys loved seeing all the tractors, especially Julien. He made sure to point out every tractor he saw whenever we were driving in the car.

Lots of farmland in and around Dorfen. I loved seeing how the landscape changed throughout the year and watching the plants grow.

A field ready for planting.

Can you believe this view? This is right next to where we lived. So beautiful.

Here are some pictures of downtown Dorfen. This town is older than Munich. It was first called Dorfen on August 28, 773. So the town is over 1,237 years old.
There is some great information about the town under this website: http://www.dorfen.de The website is only in German though but you can see some great pictures there if you don't understand the language.

I included some pictures of my girls night out with my good friends Patricia and Veronika in Dorfen. We had a great time. I will really miss you two. Vielen Dank für alles. Ich weiss nicht was wir ohne euch gemacht hatten. Wenn sie etwas brauchen wir sind immer für sie da. Wir lieben euch.

I also included some pictures from Peggy's graduation party in Munich. Our wonderful friends prepared a calendar for us with pictures of our lives with them over the past 9 1/2 years. I look forward to seeing those pictures throughout 2011 and remembering all the wonderful times we had with our friends in Germany.
Congratulations Peggy on getting your doctorate in Chemistry. Good luck in the future. Hopefully you will find your dream job and create wonderful things with your knowledge.
Both Julien and Xavier were really sick on this day so they just stayed on our laps and watched, which was great for us because we did not have to chase them around the restaurant.
We will miss all of our friends. Thank you to all of you for being there for us. We hope to come for a visit soon, you are all welcome to stay with us in Utah if you ever choose to come here for a visit.

Xavier will really miss his first girlfriend Lilly. They just loved playing together. We will really miss Lilly and her wonderful mother Esther. Hopefully we will see them again soon. We sure had a lot of fun at Esther's house. Thank you Esther for all the help you gave us after Aurélie was born. You are a wonderful person. Please come to visit us soon.

Here are some pictures from our going away party in Freising with all of Thierry's work colleagues. The picture above is of me and Elodie who was the very person to introduce me to Thierry. Thank you Elodie for introducing me to my husband and for being such a great friend. We will miss you. Take care of your beautiful daughters. Hopefully we will see you again soon.

Thierry will really miss all the wonderful people he worked with. That was the hardest thing about leaving Germany for him. Thanks to all of you for being such great friends. Hopefully we can visit you again soon.

2010-11-07T04:43:00.000-08:00

English/Anglais-----------------------
Amazing! Thursday was Jennifer and I 6th year anniversary, that is the day we first met.

Now you would have told me six years ago that I will be married, living in the US with 3 kids I would have said: "Me? No way!".

Yesterday, on Saturday, Jill&Brock let us have a night out without the kids to celebrate. We went to a seafood restaurant Mc Grath's I think, and had a big platter of shrimps, crabs and scallops...
...Oh and we also bought a car the same day thanks to Jen's Dad letting us use his insurance company for the papers. Now, I will have my own car ready to pass my driving test. First we have to get the car's number plates which happens to be at the same office than where I need to pass the driving license driven test. Thanks to Jennifer, everthing is falling into place pretty fast!

For the curious ones we got a Chevrolet Uplander from 2005 and feel we got a great deal no it even if it's a lot of money to invest right at the start, but what can you get for $8,100 when you buy a family car those days?...

My experience driving in the US so far is that it's pretty easy. The roads are large and people driver relatively slow compared to Germany. In the smaller town, the large "Avenue"-type road (that's the best comparison I can make to European looking road) are made of 7 lanes. 3 lanes going one way and 3 the other way. The middle lane allows cars to turn left. This middle lane looks weird in that the continuous line is exactly reverse to what you would expect for a middle turning lane. I tried to symbolize this in using ";" for discontinuous marks on the road and | for a continuous mark on the road: lane1;lane2;lane3|;middle_lane4;|lane5;lane6;lane7

Go figure! Appart from that and the fact you can turn right at a red traffic light apart in the state of New York or when it's indicated otherwise. And Appart from the fact that car can pass you on the right hand side, it is not much different than in Europe.

I must apologize for the boring fact but I make this blog as much for me as for you guys, and I am attempting to make a fair account of my first impressions and experience of arriving in the US.

For example, I think the food is a bit to much fat/sweetbread with garlic butter/re-proceed sugar products/battered or salted meat oriented. The steaks are great though!
I also like the choice of cereals and I do plan on cooking more for my family the way I understand healthy cooking should be. I want to start with some Italian cooking book first... let see how that turns out!

More to come soon...

Français/French/Französisch-----------------------

Jeudi était le 6ème anniversaire de ma première rencontre avec Jennifer. Si on m’aurait dis que dans 6 ans je serrai marié avec 3 enfants et habiterai aux États-Unis je vous aurai sûrement dis : "marrie peut-être, faut-il encore que je trouve une femme qui me convienne, mais les États-Unis? et trois enfants déjà? impossible!".

Samedi, Jill et Brock se sont occupe de nos enfants pendant de l'on fêtait notre anniversaire dans une restaurant de fruits de mer: crabe, St Jacques et crevettes mmh on s'est régalé.

Dans la même journée, sur la route de Jill&Brock (dans la même ville) on est allé essayer 2 voitures familiales que Jennifer avait détectée déjà depuis un bon moment depuis l'Allemagne. On a acheté la plus cher des deux. On est arrivé négocier le prix car l'autre était vraiment en trop mauvais état. On pense que c'est une bonne affaire. C'est un Uplander de Chevrolet en verre foncé métallisé de 2005, un mini-bus familial comme ils les font ici un peu plus grand qu'un Espace.
http://autos.aol.com/cars-Chevrolet-Uplander-2005/overview/

Elle a beaucoup de kilometre mais c'est normal avec toutes les autoroutes ici... ...au moins le moteur est propre et elle fait un bon bruit, on ne l'entend presque pas lorsqu'on est à l’intérieur.

Les règles de conduite ici sont tres similaire à l'europe. La difference est que leurs routes principales ressemblent à des avenues avec 7 vois, la septième permettant de se mettre au centre pour pouvoir tourner à gauche. Sur ces Avenues on trouve des boutiques specialisées dans des bâtiments séparés. On trouve de tout, d'un magasin spécialisé dans les costumes jusqu'aux mécanicien du coin.

Autrement il y a aussi une vois réservée aux personnes faisant du co-voiturage sur les autoroutes et/ou ayant plus d'une personne à bord. Aussi on a droit de tourner a droite aux feux rouges.

J'ai décidé de me mettre à faire un peu de cuisine car ce qui est près-à-manger ici et soit trop sucré ou trop gras.

A bientôt pour plus de nouvelles...

Deutsch/German/Allemand-----------------------

Wir haben am Samstag eine neue Auto gekauft. Es is eine grüner 2005 Uplander von Chevrolet:

http://autos.aol.com/cars-Chevrolet-Uplander-2005/overview/

Wir haben eine gutes "Deal" gehabt weil die Jennifer hat viel auto von Deutschland unter Internet gesucht. Das war der bessere "Deal". Nacher haben wir die Kinder beim Schwiegerschwester gelassen. Wir hatten eine besondere Tag zu Feiern, unsere 6 Jahr zusammen Kennerlen Tag!
Wir sind in ein Seefruchtrestaurant. Das war lecker! Inswichen die Kinder haben viel spass mit Ihrem Vettern gehabt.

Die Verkehrsregeln sind ein bissen anders hier aber insgesamt der Gleiche. Außer von das Recht zum recht abbiegen beim Ampeln.

Ich werde auch versuchen Italienisch zu kochen um ein bissen weniger Zucker und fett zu essen.

Bis bald,
Thierry

2010-11-05T04:51:00.000-07:00

English/Anglais-----------------------

This is our first week in Utah and we are all over our jet-lag. We did a fair few thing since we arrived.

There was Jennifer B-day party at "Texas Road House" on the second day of our arrival. Jill&Brock Family with Jen's parent and our kids. It was fun & yummy!

Then there was Halloween at Jill's but Julien was still too jet-lag to appreciate getting candy in the cold, he cried the first 15 min we managed outside and still got a few candies. Once inside he got a second wind and loved playing with all the toys.

On Sunday we went to Chad and got to sit on a trailer pulled by a very energetic pony. Julien loved it. The scenery and the sunny weather were a treat. The kids got to play outside, see the chicken and the 2 hunting dogs along with 3 horses and another pony. We were mostly inside chatting with Chandra and watching chad cook enchiladas for us. I think I can get used to this!

Now Xavier is at Kindergarten, getting sticker stars every time he behaves well at Kindergarten. The first day was a bit difficult in the afternoon, but he already got 3 star this week. One to go! He is also going to take "phonics" course to learn reading by recognizing letter combination making a specific sound rather than letters on their own.

Jennifer just got her Utah driving license. This means we can now buy our own car.

And I just had my first interview yesterday. It went well thanks to chandra's 15 min phone boot-camp and wisely advises. Also I understand they were looking for someone with more hardware development background even if I can get there after brushing-up my electronic board development skills. I would be a great job though and was in any case a great experience.

More to come soon...

Français/French/Französisch-----------------------

Jennifer m'a fait remarquer que la dernière fois je n'ai pas dis grand chose a part que j'allais vous dire quelque chose bientôt. Et bien voila. Tout d'abord, Aurélie fait enfin ses nuits. Elle viens de dormir 7 heures d’affilée de 22h00 a 5h00 et est retourner se coucher juste après avoir mangé.

Notre première semaine en Utah s'est bien passe. Nous somme maintenant remis du décalage horaire et aussi du changement d’altitude. Nous habitons dans la vallée a 1500 mètres d'altitude. Oui ce sont bien des mètres et pas des pieds.

Le jour d’après notre arrive, nous sommes aller au restaurant avec la famille de Jennifer pour fêter sont anniversaire. Deux jour plus tard nous faisions du porte-a-porte pour récupérer des bonbon, enfin c’était plus les enfant que nous dans leur costumes Halloween! Julien était fatigue et n'a pas tout compris, donc on est rentre au chaud. Mais Xavier a vite compris l'association sonner a la porte/bonbon et s'est réveillé de son décalage horaire si bien qu'il était en tête de groupe pour aller a la prochaine porte!

Le dimanche on est allé au "ranch" de Chad, le mari de Chandra, sa Sœur ainée. On a fait un petit tour en mini-calèche tirée pas un poney énergétique. Julien a beaucoup apprécier, et moi, rien que de voir le paysage de montagne, ça m'a coupe le souffle! Ça ressemble un peu a la Savoie avec des paysage sec mais c'est quand même très beau. Plus tard Chad nous a fait des Enchiladas a la mexicaine. On a bien mange!

Jennifer viens d’obtenir sont permis de conduire local, qui fait preuve de carte d’identités ici. Ce n’était qu'une formalité pour elle, juste le test écris. Pour moi, j'ai encore besoin d'un papier avant de pouvoir le passer. mais je dois aussi passer le test pratique...

Ah et aussi, j'ai passe mon premier entretient d'embauche hier. Ça s'est bien passé grâce a quelques conseil pratique de la sœur ainée de Jen, Chandra. Ils cherchaient un ingénieur de développement de cartes électroniques avec beaucoup d’expérience pratique. On verra ce que ça donnera. C’était en tous cas une très bonne expérience. J'ai aussi un nouveau costume, de nouvelles chaussures et chemises pour la prochaine fois.

A bientôt...

Deutsch/German/Allemand-----------------------

Deutsche zur letzte aber nicht zum Rest.

Endlich ist es Schluss mit der Müdigkeit von Jet-lag und Hohe Unterschied. Wir wohnen jetzt am 1500 Meter Hohe.

Die Aurélie hast für erste Mahl 7 Stunden in ein Schlag geschlafen und ist geraden zurück ins Bett gewesen nach dem essen.

Der Xavier hast geschafft der Jet-lag zu überkommen dank Halloween Trick-or-Treating. Her war beim schlaffen in der Kinderwagen mit der Julien, aber nach den drittes Tür, er hat schnell mitgekrickt dass es was Süßes gab. Beim ende des Tour war er erste der Kindergruppe. Und was fur ein Gruppe, es gab 7 Kinder die alle Vetter war auf die suchten nach Süßigkeiten. Der Julien ist mit der andere klein Kind schnell wieder zuruck nach Hause gewesen. Ihn war es einfach zu kalt und viel lustiger zu Hause mit Spielzeugen zu sein!

Julien ist auf nächster Tag Wahr geworden wenn er hat alle diese Pony und Pferde gesehen. Wir sind auf eine kleine Kalesche gewesen die von ein sehr Aktiv Pony gefahren war. Julien war sehr aufgereckt und wir waren sehr Froh da zu Sein und die Gebirge als Sicht zu sehen.
Nacher gab Enchiladas zu Essen mmh Lecker!

Die Jennifer hast gestern der Schrifttest fur Führerschein bekommt. Wir können jetzt ein Auto kaufen!

Und ich habe auch meine erster Vorstellungsgespräch beim ein Ingenieurbüro gehabt. Die suchten für sehr erfahrene Electronikentwickler oder auch sehr erfahrene Softwareentwickler aber nicht inzwischen. Schade, dass hatte eine gutes Arbeitsmöglichkeit geworden.

Habe nicht zu Sorgen, ich hab jetzt eine neue Anzug, neue Schuhen und neue Hemd. Ich bin bereit fuer die nachse Vorstellungsgespräch!

Bis Später...

2010-10-24T05:24:00.000-07:00

English/Anglais-----------------------
We are about to move to the US, and I, Thierry have decided to become more proactive on our blog.

To the popular demand, I will try to keep my entries in 3 languages, but I might end-up saying slightly different things in one or the other languages. Those who speak all 3 languages will then have an advantage...

Francais/French/Französisch-----------------------
Nous sommes sur le point de déménager vers les États-Unis. Moi, Thierry, ai enfin pris la décision d’être un peu plus présent sur notre Blog.

A la demande générale, je vais essayer d’écrire dans les 3 langues. Il se peut que je dise des choses un peu différentes d'une langue à l'autre, mais dans l'ensemble ce sera le même message. Et puis ça encouragera peut-être ce qui veulent tout savoir à apprendre une nouvelle langue...

Deutsch/German/Allemand-----------------------
Jetzt sind wir bald so weit. Wir ziehen nach der USA um. Ich, der Thierry hab endlich die Entscheidung getroffen ein Bissen mehr Aktiv auf unsere Blog zu sein.

Viel Leuten haben mich gebietet auch auf Fransosich zu schreiben. I war auch gesackt dass auf Deutsch zu screiben wuerde mich Helfen es nicht zu vergessen. Also hier ist es, ich werde versuchen auf alle 3 sprache zu screiben. Aber Achtung, ich werde verscheinlich nicht auf alle 3 Sprache eine eins-zu-eins Übersetzung machen. Die Vorteil ist für dreisprachiger mehr über meine Gedanken zu erfahren und auch vielleicht für die Neugieriger ein neue Sprache lernen zu schwingen...

Aurélie's 3 month anniversary

2010-10-14T12:46:00.000-07:00

Aurélie is now 3 months old and doing great. She had a big problem with colic when she was younger but she is starting to grow out of it now, thank goodness. We are finally able to sleep a bit at night which is nice. Too bad our beds are on the way to Utah. Right now we are sleeping on mattresses on the floor and one sofa bed. Luckily one of our good friends and neighbors invited us to stay with them for the last 6 nights we are here so we can turn over the house to the new owners on Friday October 22 and hopefully have our money before we leave for Utah. Only 13 more days until we leave for Utah. We can't wait to see all our family there.

Trip to France

2010-10-03T07:19:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures of our trip to France. We went to Frankfurt for Thierry's final Visa interview for him to come to the U.S. and then went to a hotel near Disneyland Paris. The first night we went to the Rainforest Cafe located in the Disney Village next to Disneyland then the next day we went to Disneyland. We had a great time. The boys really loved going on the rides and we had a wonderful lunch at the Blue Lagoon Restaurant located next to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. You could even see people at the beginning of the ride from the restaurant. Xavier especially loved the plate shaped like Mickey Mouse's head.
We were able to visit both Disneyland Park and Disney Studios located next to it. I especially liked the Crush's Coaster ride located in Disney Studios. I went on that with Xavier and we had a great time. Thierry really liked the Peter Pan ride in Disneyland Park. Xavier loved Crush's Coaster as well and Julien loved a show in Disney Studios called Animagique that had Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse along with a bunch of characters from the Disney movies dancing and singing. We had a great time and only wished we could spend another day there. We will have to go to Disneyland in California and spend at least 4 days there.

Our hotel also had a lot of great play areas for the kids. A triple level playing structure, a Pirate ship to play on as well as a great swimming pool with 3 water slides and another pirate ship.

After our wonderful time at Disneyland we went to visit Thierry's family. First we went to his sister Isabelle's, then to his parents, then we visited all of his grandparents, his aunt and uncle and most of his cousins as well as his sister Aline and Pierre and their two daughters Nolwen and Melissa. It was great to finally meet little Melissa. She has beautiful blue eyes with a section of the right eye that is brown just like Julien (he has green eyes with a section of the left eye that is brown). I guess that runs in Thierry's side of the family. It was wonderful to see everyone and we had a great time visiting France. Hopefully we can come back soon.

We will miss all of Thierry's family in France but hopefully we will visit often.

Xavier's 5th Birthday!!!

2010-09-13T12:12:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Xavier's birthday party. We went to a wonderful Beergarten in Munich called Hirschau with a great play area for the kids. We all had a great time. It was wonderful seeing our friends. Thanks to all those who came and especially thanks to Esther and Peggy for bringing some food to share with everyone.
Xavier loves all his presents especially the roller/scooter we got him. He rides that all the time now.

We leave shortly for Frankfurt to go to the U.S. Consulate for Thierry's green card interview. Wish us luck. After that we are going on to Paris and will stay 2 nights at a wonderful kid friendly hotel that even has a pirate ship in the pool and we will go to Disneyland Paris for one day. Xavier is really excited for that. Then we will travel around France and visit Thierry's family to say our goodbyes before moving to the U.S. We will be sure to post lots of pictures of our trip to France as soon as we get back.

Happy Birthday my sweet little Xavier. I guess you are not so little any more. We love you.

Julien's first day of Kindergarten

2010-09-04T15:18:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures of Julien's first day of kindergarten. He is so excited that he can finally go with Xavier to kindergarten. He had no problems being left there and when I came to pick him up later he did not want to go home. He was having far too much fun playing. He has been going there with me and Thierry every morning and afternoon when we drop off Xavier and pick him up for over 2 years so he was very happy that he can stay now and play as well. Xavier has been great at helping Julien get comfortable there and playing with him so he does not get scared that Mama and Papa are not there. We are so proud of both of our boys. They are turning into such sweet kids. We love you. Congratulations Julien for starting Kindergarten. You are growing up so fast.