Yesterday we went to a museum that used to be a pool. It was very pretty and had stuff from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We also made crepes for dinner that were delish. They almost didn't work though but in the end a lot of whisking and tons of Nutella saved them:) We also tried to help Olympe babysit but since we don't speak French we couldn't help that much. We also watched Titanic:)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Help is a great book for young adults and mature teenagers. It is education, funny and insightful. It is 444 pages, but a definite page turner. I rated it 5-stars because it is such a great book. It is basically about how unfairly African-Americans were treated in the 1950s and 60s. It changes perspective about every chapter, but it's fairly easy to follow along. It is from the point of view of 3 women from Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960's. Aibileen, Minny and Miss Skeeter are the narrators. I thought it was unique that it had more than one narrator and it allowed you to understand the story much better. Aibileen (my favorite character) is a black women who is "the Help" to Miss Leefolt. She is kind, wise and smart. Throughout the story she develops a strong bond between Miss Leefolt's little girl, Mae Mobley. Miss Leefolt is very strict and rather oblivious to Mae Mobley. She doesn't really know how to raise her, so Aibil...
Amazing! So glad you are having a great time! And blogging about it!
ReplyDeleteI love the blog posts! Why won't Ruby blog? Aunt Marla wanted to read Ruby's too. More details! Babysit whom? So excited you're there!!
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