Renovation, the next step...

The beams are gone. It will save us from fetching a ladder late at night to go rescue Mojo the cat. The living room now looks more like a movie set than a living quarter. We tried to make ourselves more comfortable for the weekend by pulling a couch and a table from the "storage" area. But we won't beat the rather contemporary frumpy/rundown look for a while.

I did find an adorable cottage for the kids, made of recycle cardboard. We're trying to make up for the tightness of their space since most of their play area is off-limit during the renovation. Much loved, that cottage. Mojo was the first to visit, before the kids moved in with all of their stuffs...

Tiny dogs

Something cool to do at work when the computers are just too slow... Each little dog is about 1.5 inch tall...

Abacadabra

Anastasia treated us with a few magic tricks. The best one was to have Miga and Mizoune's cow appear from the bottom of the laundry basket...

The favorite animal

At daycare, children bring something to share with the class every week. The theme this week is "Bring a picture of your favorite animal". And Kyan's favorite animal is... the famous Rainbow Goat with Pink Head. It must be a distant relative of the Saskatch as it's awfully difficult to find a picture of the creature...

Cathedrale

Phase Two of the renovation in the house started on Monday. At this point we only have a few beams left between the living room and the future bedroom above, under the roof. In the morning light, it's quite spiritual. We did manage to leave the upstairs window open, though, which may turn into a small challenge when the temperature will go down (the Summer has finally arrived in San Francisco, it's been close to 100 degrees these past few days while we've been cold all Summer...).

Pandas and umbrellas

The weekly contest of my fabric printing company is "kawaii", which translates into anything cute in japanese style. I realize that I went slightly off by choosing pandas and bamboos since neither are truly japanese, but it should still be within the idea (I've seen some crocodiles on other fabrics... Japanese? Not sure...). Tough competition, though. If you want see the other submissions, and vote, it's HERE. Be patient, there are twelve pages of designs...

Swimming pool

A couple of pictures taken by a friend at the university pool a few weeks ago. We're still hoping to enjoy the pool once or twice before it closes for the year, but with the crappy, brittany weather we've been experiencing lately (dense fog, drizzle, blah...), not so sure...