O' Christmas Tree

The Biger and Sherlock clans went in search for the perfect Christmas Trees!  The Hockett Bros came along to help carry trees and corral kids.

  

Happy Thanksgiving!

Max had peas for the first time today:

Not. A. Fan.

He is a fan of napping with Uncle Kevin:

First time swimming!

We went to Chicago for the weekend for the NCTE convention (I had the honor of presenting a paper).  Matthieu and Maximilian took advantage of the indoor pool for Max's first experience swimming (video to be uploaded soon).  

He did not like it at first:

But soon, got brave and kicked around!  

Happy Six Months Maximilian!

Can you believe this guy:

Has turned into this guy in 6 months?

Fall in Iowa

Première expérience culinaire de Maximilian

Halloween

Anyone who knows the Biger Family knows that we love Halloween.  Dressing up? Crafts? Candy? YES PLEASE.  And, as Matthieu notes that Max is the "perfect accessory" we had to do it up in style.  

I have been wanting to be World Girl for years now- but the costume is MUCH better with my Captain Huggy-Face.  

If anyone hasn't seen Word Girl on PBS- check it out. My favorite cartoon! 

            Normal Monkey Pet by day.... CAPTAIN HUGGY-FACE by night.  

 Find Dr. Two Brains- the villain that must be stopped. 

                           

Merci les parents pour votre super visite!

                                     Dear readers,

Matthieu's parents graced us, Jackie's family and Greater Eastern Iowa with their visit, ending with their departure from O'Hare to Paris this past Thursday.

We had a wonderful time, and they have confirmed their great pleasure in visiting us, Jackie's immediate family and of course Max.  Pictures from the last few weeks have been added to Max's Picasa album (A link to which you can now find to the right of the most recent post).

We showed Grand-Père and Grand-Mère around Iowa City, spent time with Jackie's parents and Grand-Ma in West Des Moines and with her Grand-Parents in Indianola.  All parties involved enjoyed meeting in a more easy going and less crowded atmosphere than our wedding, the last time said family members had met.

After a trip spanning East/North East Iowa (Ames-Waterloo-Decorah-MacGregor-Dubuque-Davenport-Muscatine...), they came back for the 4th of July Week End and Iowa City's "Top 10 in the Nation" Jazz Festival. Fireworks in Iowa City drew "Oohs" and "Aahs" from all present.

Independence Day was spent in the Amana Colonies, with picnicking, antiquing, beer garden "visiting" and ice-cream licking on the menu.  We were graced with a wonderful sun-shining day and enjoying this first visit to this local attraction.

An all-around great visit for all, and tacit approval from Matthieu's parents of this Biger family living environment!

Happy Summer everyone!

Box 'o Books!

We received a very exciting package today in the mail, Max was intrigued:

I got teary-eyed when we opened to it to find this:

We had a wonderful morning of stories with the goodies inside:

Max loves his new hedgehog:

Thank you!! I miss you too! 

 

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to the new generation of father:

And to the older generation!