Bienvenue le Printemps!

It's finally spring! The weather has been warming up, the sun is shining more often, and the cafes are setting out their tables in the sun. To celebrate the first days of spring, there was a carnival parade and festival in Nogent. All my students had been busily preparing over the past week by designing and decorating cardboard, spring-themed posters and such. Then, on Sunday afternoon, everyone (including teachers) dressed up in spring-time clothes, such as butterflies, ladybugs, gardeners, princesses, etc, and paraded around the town throwing confetti and being silly. Having almost 200 students is not so fun when they all decide to throw confetti in your face!! Luckily, I too was armed with a bag of confetti to get back at them. At the end of the parade, everyone went to Place St.Pol, the town square, and started a big bonfire to burn away the 'bad spirits'. It was great to see all my kids out about town as well as see the other teachers outside of school.