changes

Leila proudly displaying her teeth, hair clips and earrings. What a princess. She let the dentist treat one bad tooth, and I felt like hugging the dentist for such a victory. Actually, I did, and I hugged Leila too, of course.
Coline turned into an ogre in the last few days. I quite like it this way, as opposed to before, when she would be patently hungry and yet would refuse most of what I call proper food. She sometimes eat from a spoon, as long as it is not someone else holding it, and generally standing, when not trying to crawl onto the table.
These two do not stop until they drop. The cat is wet with the dog's drool for most of the day.
Although he sometimes cries so that the dog loosens his jaws a little, he can't get enough of the dog's attention. And vice-versa. I did not expect this, I love it!

We set up an office for me. It is being used as an office (Leila)/ workshop (me) / playroom (Coline) / wrestling ring (Tintin and the cat), it is a wonderfully sunny spot in the house at nap(quiet)time, it is full of the stuff I love to see around me, and I am very proud of the first few things that I did in there, such as sewing this apron. I remembered conversations and moments with my grandparents, as I was listening to Madeleine Peyroux sing "j'ai deux amours, mon pays et Paris...", one of my grandmother's favorite songs, I mean the 1930 version by Josephine Baker. I also thought of my great-grand mother whom I never met. I was told that she sewed sumptuous dresses but not enough to make ends meet. I remember my grandpa, and the dresses my grandma used to wear, which he had made for her. These memories made me warm, as I sewed throughout Coline's naps.