These beautifully handcrafted wood and metal cars are just the right size for a toddler to enjoy. And they are displayed attractively right off the main street in Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives.
Lovely little things, eh?
Toddler sized toy cars outside shop in Normandy, France.
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Time for some more family frolics — this time in Washington State. We took a wonderful 3 and 1/2 day trip across the country on an Amtrak train — and I will have some images from that trip in an upcoming post. Now we’re in Lakewood, Washington just south of Tacoma visiting with my son Chris, his wife Diane, and their two little bouncy bundles named Ian (aged 5) and Ryan (aged 3).
All of the boys were out front the other day when it was time for Ian to head off to school. Each boy had some quick chats with Mark and then Chris walked Ian down to the bus and went on board with him. Know why? School buses have safety belts now and he was making certain that Ian was buckled in safely!
Stay tuned for more family frolics in the days ahead. As Mark said the other day, “This certainly is a different kind of travel for us.”
Mark and Ian (age 5) chatting before school
3 year old Ryan chatting with Mark on a rare & sunny Washington State day.
Chris walking Ian down to the school bus before school.
Chris on board the school bus making sure that Ian is buckled into his seatbelt
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We are having the most wonderful time visiting with our family in the USA and a particularly wonderful few hours was spent at the Walden School in Louisville, Kentucky where my grandson Johnny is in the 1st grade.
Just have a peek at these classrooms and tell me if you aren’t envious of the children that get to go to school here! It’s a wonderful and nurturing environment that encourages creativity and individuality instead of expecting each child to ‘conform’ to a methodology that might not suit their specific personality or intellect. I am quite pleased that my daughter Jennifer and her husband John are able to send Johnny to this marvelous private school.
We started our visit to the school with a meal in the lunchroom. Walden School actively encourages parents and grandparents to drop in for lunch on ANY day — not just on specific or pre-defined family days. I’ve been suffering from hideous allergy problems since we arrived in the USA due to pollen that is now ‘foreign’ to my body — so that’s why my face and eyes are so puffy in this group shot below taken in Johnny’s school lunchroom.
Mark, Deborah, Johnny, and his mother Jennifer having lunch at the Walden School.
1st Grade classroom at Walden School.
The science classroom for the elementary school. Note the ‘treehouse’ area in both the main classroom and this science room where students can just get away and have some quiet time.
Another section of the science room at Walden School.
Johnny showing the koi pond filled with live fish to Mark.
A phrase that seems to encapsulate the Walden approach to their students
Johnny’s diorama showing the cheetah that he sculpted out of clay. His accompanying report gave information about cheetahs.
Johnny walking back to the classroom after lunch.
Jennifer and her little man — Johnny.
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