Another Recipe for Galettte des Rois

My fiend Marie-Pierre shared this with me (and she and Axel made it). I scanned it, so the recipe (from a French magazine) is in jpg format. Click on the image below to see it larger.

Flickr Photo Update: 2001 - 2010

Zanzibar

Kilimanjaro

Axel - 1 day old

Luka - 1 month old

I had a bunch of photos that I uploaded to our Flickr site from 2001 to this month, January 2010. Kind of fun to see the old photos if you are interested. They are organized here:
Bodeux Photo Collections on Flickr

Axel - Ski Master

Axek with Corinne and Eve (Nat taking picture)

Axel has been doing so great on skis. After being taken off the teather and his edgie-wedgy this season, and taking two group lessons, he is ripping it up (for real) doing great turns, stopping on command and, in general, being in total control, but having a blast going down the slopes. This past weekend, he did the "grande piste" (main mountain, not bunny slope) three times one day and two another, and in there, doing 3 blue runs to boot! The pictures above are when he had fun showing off for Mommy, Corinne and Nathalie. Nat and Corinne got a good laugh when I told them he said, "Mommy, I want skis where I can move my feet like Nathalie and Corinne!" (Note: Tele vs AT joke.) He also told me, "Mommy, it is so fun when I can ski by myself!" (He meant off the teather.) He is right! It is really fun!

Axel Stats

Axel's yearly checkup revealed that he:

Weighs 37.5 pounds (50th percentile for his age)
Is 43.5 inches tall (90th percentile for his age)

And, he received a clean bill of health!

Bar le Duc City Blues

Un vieux pote de Pierrefitte a envoyé cette chanson à Reynald et nous l'avons trouvé sur YouTube aussi. Voilà Bar-le-Duc City Blues d'Eric Frasiak - pour ceux qui connaissent la ville, écoutez bien les paroles !

Reynald found out about this song from an old friend from the 'hood (just kidding - rural France). We found a version on YouTube. Enjoy Eric Frasiak singing Bar-le-Duc City Blues (in French).

Recipe: Merry Berry Party Punch

I had this at my friend Catalina's Christmas party and it was very, very tasty!

6 Cups Orange Juice
2 Cups Cranberry Juice
2 Packages 10 oz frozen strawberries in syrup
3 Cups Ginger ale
2 Cups Rum (she used a strawberry flavored rum - mmmmm yum!)

Servings 18

She said it also doubles well.