La Piscine

They found Daddy getting off the bus after work....

We swim late on Tuesdays since there is no school on Wednesday.

All set

Sagey preparing to swim. (She has decided to wear only her "slip" as she has seen other French girls do, and thinks it is much more comfortable and sportif.)

Ready to go to the pool....

Sagey's "waiting dance"...

Sagey wakes up slowly and takes the opportunity to snuggle with Jazzy....

Lazy morning...

Walk home from school.....

Silas took our photo

Apres Skate....THIS we were all naturals at....

Luckily people would come and rescue Sagey when she was all alone on the ice....

Sagey sitting in the funny chair

Sagey skating!

Poor Sagey all alone while the rest of her group followed their (French) directions and were off somewhere else.  This happened to her a lot, and I thought she would be really disappointed and hate skating, but she didn't seem to notice and ended up loving it despite everything.  In general she has been really angry that everyone speaks French and that every thing is in French and that there are no "English People, "  but apparently skating threw her off enough that she didn't notice this part of it....

Silas pulling his partner.  He told me that he was partnered "with a girl" but that he didn't mind.  I had to break it to him that a make figure skater would always be partnered with a girl.  He said that was ok.

This is Silas with the orange jacket

Les Debutantes

Ready for the ice!

Sagey was disappointed to have to borrow a helmut, but told me that at least I got the right kind of gloves (we try to "fit in" as much as possible here).  She has been completely determined to be a figure skater for years, though today was one of her first times on the ice.  She has already thought about whether or not she wants to commit to the lifestyle of an olympic skater or not and both kids have discussed how you would "turn down" the olympics.

Suiting up for skating at the Patinoire...Silas wanted to try Dance sur la Glace even though all the local boys are hockey pros by 8 years old....I actually thought it would probably be way more humiliating for him to be thrown in with the hockey ruffians than to be the only boy at dance sur la glace....