Today we discovered an amazing thing La Rochelle has to offer- The Ludothèque! This is a game and toy lending library! We got ourselves membership cards and checked out some toys! One can go there and play on site with anything- they have hundreds of "jeux de société" (board games) and puzzles plus tricycles, rollerblades for kids, stilts, toy kitchens, trucks, dolls, castles, you name it! Julian fell head over heels with a castle set including knights and horses in full armor with lances, swords, axes and a prison in the castle building. Miette chose a castle building block set. And I had just the other day been lamenting not having any blocks here! They even have KAPLA blocks, just like the ones we have waiting for us in Chicago upon our return! So we have a place to go play on chilly winter days and a constant source of new playthings! Maybe this will be my mission when we come back, to establish a Ludothèque in Chicago- it's very environmental too!
Above pictures are: kids at home, our friend Steph with Miette, Julian having a turn with the pedal horses at the park today, Miette at the old towers in the center of town by the port, and the back view of the beautiful church which is what we see through our windows and balcony.
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Eva, It would be a wonderful asset to our communities to have such a thing as a toy lending library. I remember the Jewish Center in Pittsburgh had something like that although I can't remember if you checked them out or just used them there. Miette is wearing a tres chick purple dress in the photo with the leaves. I bet you found it there. Mom
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Okay blog readers, in addition to being spelling impaired I'm also blog clumsy, hence my duplicate comments! I'm in Waverly with Mom and Dad. Grandpa is out scraping frost off my car windows. The frost is on the pumpkin, the goose is getting fat. Please put a nickle in the old man's hat! Stay tuned for pictures of G-ma on her birthday tomorrow...Boo! Mom
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