After school today, I ran the first meeting of my elementary school French club. I volunteered to start this club in an attempt to generate interest in the French language with the kids in town, in the hopes that this would then prompt the addition of French language classes to the high school curriculum. I also wanted an opportunity to share our experiences and to have my kids share their French knowledge so that they would continue to use it. Well, I was thrilled to discover that more than 10% of the grade school is interested in my club! We had 53 kids attend our first bimonthly session today. As hard as it was to keep 53 third through eighth graders on task, interested and involved, I think it went well and everyone had fun. We learned some simple greetings, some basic customs and how to count to 10. We then ate a snack of homemade pain au chocolat that I had made earlier in the day and played Loto - the French version of Bingo. Exhausting but fun.
After work, while I ran to a fundraising meeting at the high school, Josh drove over to Cincinnati and picked up our new dining room table and the sideboard that I bought yesterday. We are both thrilled with the way they look in our dining room and are now anxiously counting down the days until six weeks is up and our new chairs will arrive.
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