Spring Half Term

Kids here get lots of school vacation. There are 3 terms during the year. Every term has a week off at half term. There are 4 weeks off between fall and spring terms (Christmas), 4 weeks between spring and summer terms (Easter), and 8 weeks between summer and fall. Last week was spring half term, so Pascale had the week off. At the beginning of the week, the weather was pretty nice, but then it got cold on Thursday. We went around doing all those things we never seem to get to do when we have to get Pascale to school every day. Check out the photos.

Pascale practiced her building skills:


We went to the Violett Melchett Center a couple of times. They always set up tables with fun activities, like painting, sand play, and water play. Here, they set up a tray of paint and toy cars that you run through the paint, then run on your paper to paint a picture.


Josephine can drive and paint at the same time:



We went on a ride on an open-top tour bus. It was just warm enough to enjoy ourselves on it.


Here are the kids at the Tate Modern Museum. The building is really amazing. When you walk in, you're in this massive hall with a sloping concrete floor. At this point, there is an installation that consists of a crack in the floor going from one end of the hall to the other. It's fascinating.

I bought these cute dresses for the girls:

Bernie works near the Tate, so he met us for tea

Pascale is learning to pump to propel herself on the swing.

We had lunch in Chinatown yesterday.