Hi, and welcome to Sixtine and The Little Things.
We are a family of four: a Parisian French Mama, a Canadian Irish Papa, and two Franco-Canadian-Irish baby girls named Sixtine Charlotte, born in October 2011, in Prince Edward Island and Victoire Callie, born in March 2013, in France.
We live in Prince Edward Island, Canada in a cute little house. We try to raise our bilingual-to-be daughters with simple, green, Montessori-inspired principles. Oh, and we love fashion!
Thank you for visiting my blog, Deb.
Welcome & thank you for visiting my blog ! My name is Deb, I am a 28-year old Parisian French expat mum and I live in Prince Edward Island, Canada with my husband and beautiful daughters Sixtine and Victoire. I am an amateur photographer, and I write about parenting, and the little things in life that matter. Stay in touch !
I have nominated you and your blog for the Sunshine Blogger Award. I think you’re doing a great job and wish you all my very best for continued success in the future! http://becomingmadame.wordpress.com/appreciation/
Thank you so much ! I am glad you enjoy reading my blog and honored to be nominated !
Hi Deb,
All the best on the Gentle Island,looking forward to read your impression and life other there.
Canada is an amazing country.
Laurence
Thank you Laurence ! Are you from the island?
Hi Deb,
I was living in Vancouver BC but almost moved to Halifax.Now based in the UK , London.Have you had any chance to meet the local ?
Joyeuse Paques
Laurence
http://dje1231.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/where-is-the-love-right-here-on-wordpress/ H i Deb – just nominated you for several awards (all of which you have to do nothing for but accept them if you want to). Thank you for the inspiration you give me, and for the trip down memory lane from when my girls were Sixtine’s age. It goes fast, and I know you’re enjoying every minute. Thanks again Best, Donna <3
Hi! I’m an expat mum too.
I’m Italian and sinec May 2011 I’ve been living in Morocco with my two children and my husband.
We are homeschoolers and now also culture swrappers!
Laura Najma
Hi Laura! Thank you for dropping by – I hope to see you around again soon x
Hi, Deb. You mention Montessori…are you planning to homeschool her, then? Or just until she is school age?
We homeschool and always have. My daughter is 12 and my boys are 8 and 1.
Just until she is school age. I don’t have homeschooling in me but I think it is absolutely amazing. Wow to you!
Well, you never know! I didn’t know I would or could until Maggie (my oldest) was 2 and I saw the awesome way in which she was learning and changing and then BAM it hit me that *I* wanted to be seeing it all…so I started researching and the whole thing began really appealing to me! And here we are 9 years later! Not to sway you, obviously, it’s just that’s how it happened for us.
I’ve been nominated for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award and I am now sharing the love… I think your blog is inspiring, well written and thoroughly worth reading, so I have nominated you for the award too: consider yourself a Very Inspiring Blogger! If you would like to accept the award, click on the following link to read the rules and the post in which you are listed: http://housewifedownunder.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/the-very-inspiring-blogger-award/ Congratulations!
Just stopping by to say Hi, Thank you for the follow. I’m following you back.
Your girls are so sweet. How is your older one coping with the bilingual? I’m British and my husband is Polish. Our son will hopefully be bilingual too, If only DH would make it home before bedtime.
Djin dobre! Thank you!
My daughter is doing fairly well. It may feel like she doesn’t know many words but if you compile both French and English words she is doing just as good as anyone else. Ie: She knows “Hiya” but won’t/can’t say “Bonjour” or will say “bateau” but not “boat” and so on. My husband has been away for work so he isn’t around much at the present time so I force myself to speak some English with her on top of French. Can you speak Polish? If not, maybe you could try to engage him in listening to Polish music, play games or even watch cartoons. How old is he? You could learn a few words and teach him by pointing at things and always repeating them in Polish. My daughter understands the word “garbage” because I always say it in English. But she doesn’t get it in French. I am not an expert at all but I think exposing our children to both languages best we can will help them in the long run. Good luck!