Avril 1- 7

April hasn’t started off so flash, I have been battling with a nasty head cold (rhume) and cough. The weather though has decided to grace us with beautiful clear days and heat behind it.
We started day light savings a week ago and I love having the longer nights. Bring on summer! However we are still exactly 12 hours behind as NZ has changed over too.

Friday night Nev was invited to go and play soccer for a small village’s team. He was picked up and off he went for the night. The game started about 7:45 and the pitch was a fine sandy/ gravel pitch, orangey in colour. This pitch can be a bit unpredictable and you certainly don’t want to slide in for the ball! He got about 25 minutes game time and loved every minute of it – he had forgotten how much sprinting was involved! His inner thighs were a bit sore for a few days! The team won 5-3!
After the game a meal is supplied, cooked by one of the team member’s (not his wife), appetizers, pate and bread, baked potato with raclette cheese and a local saucisse. The meal was accompanied with red wine, beer and some pastis (a 40% alcoholic drink, common in the south of France with an aniseed flavour) then gateau for dessert. Not bad for a soccer team tea. All alcohol is supplied by the club and you don’t buy your drinks. The meals are on a roaster system. If you are playing away everything is provided for you by the other team. A very social event and of course because it is French it consists of food!

We spent the weekend enjoying the weather and went to a park in town, along with every other family! On Sunday we went out to Christelle + John’s, the boys went running and after we had aperitifs. Nev enjoyed the run, on the outskirts of a village, no pollution, no cars just the countryside. It beats pounding the pavement in the city!
We wandered around the village and went to look at their new house – they get the keys in 2 weeks time. The weather was beautiful and before we knew it, it was 9:00!
We didn’t get home until 9:30, Seph was too tired for tea and went straight to bed missing out on soup and bread.

Seph has handed out her birthday invitations – she can’t wait for her “party”. We have to give some serious consideration to her presents this week! Can’t believe my little baby will be 9!