so we have started to a bit more deconstruction in the original bathroom to make a temporary bedroom for BB that we will fix up when FrB gone home
some way to go hey!
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how happy am I 
. toilet and sink tempporarily out for painting.
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some weekends i work, part on site and part on call, and this was one of them. luckilly, it hasn’t been too busy, so we managed to go to a reenactment market to pick up some red wool [madder] for my petticoat skirt. we also bought a small blade for FrB for when we are there, and some larger snips in case SB is in the stillroom again – tho she thinks she might like to try new things each year for now. We met up with a few other Kentwell reenactors which was lovely, even if BB wasn’t in the mood to chat! what she wanted to do was look at the rabbits to rehome. we did this, and put our name next to a pair of rabbits wanting a new home. we obviously stopped for a cake
so the next day she was keen to see if our hutches were ok. TBH, with a bit of work they will be. However the rescue centre would like a far bigger run than we have, so we will look around for a second hand aviary or the like!
We did some prepping for the new colours upstairs – see the 40 days update, with BB painting on the testers. she liked the 2 bright ones best. Mostly we were arts and crafty tho. i have said i would like some of the half done craft kits to become done craft kits 
BB did some of them whilst i did a bit or sorting in the conservatory, including hanging up my secret santa . BB did a quick draw game, and i was impressed by the rabbits. we had the winter olympics on as a background, and she has been quite enthralled watching it.
We also did a bit more of her robot kit
But we did a lot of hugging and cuddling. I think now that SB’s homecoming is approaching she is feeling just a bit in need of extgra hugs. She is desperate for SB to return and can hardly wait. We watched some more elephant diaries this evening and BB had a dose of minecraft.
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not for the bathroom, tho that is happening on tuesday – yippee! currently the bathroom is all prepped for painting and looks like this
and to get to this stage, my DH has finished most days looking rather powdered! However, today BB and I put some orange testers on the wall of the next door little upstairs toilet. we want a zingy room
so, to decide between:
there are 2 different oranges there, and we can use one or a mixture of the tiles just over the sink. we have 12 of each tile. [impulse buy ] Nice to see some paint tho!
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or as you know it now, week -1!! SB has completed her penultimate week in france. In a weeks time she will be home having lived with a french family as one of their own for 25 weeks. It is the last phone call we shall have with her in France. It seems like things are suddenly ending, it has all come rather quickly in the end.
SB has had a good week, she has been feted by her school friends, had 2 sleepovers, a swimming trip, eaten cake and generally felt well loved. She has remembered to take some photos of her friends and some video. She is really REALLY going to miss them. She is also going to miss her french family, in particular big sis C who she has got on well with. This week she is going to ask for permission to take her camera into school. She does have a school photo and will be asking all her friends to sign on the back.
Really, en famille exchange for SB does seem to have been exactly what she wanted. the initial worry as she settled into the rhythm of life in france is long forgotten. She has had an adventure. She has become french, speaking it with ease and being comfortable there. She has been immersed in the culture. It hasn’t all been plain sailing or easy, but it has been wonderful. No doubt we will hear more about everything when she comes home next week
So, am i glad we did it, would I do it again? Yes, I would. It has been difficult at times, and certainly harder for BB left behind, as well as us as parents. Leaving SB and driving off was a real heartbreaker. but she has gained something wonderful from this, and so an absolutely unqualified yes.
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An at home week as unfortunately bb twisted her ankle last weekend, so mostly hopping about. Hence high amount done.
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