Fear not grandparents (and French social security services), this is not the means by which I inform you that Sandie is pregnant again. It is more to announce the arrival of our new jeune fille au pair today from England, Marianne. Sandie will pick her up from Pau airport at lunch time and over the course of the next day or so she’ll meet the French mother and father-in-law, Anglo-Irish father, Congolese nanny, Portuguese house cleaner and three very confused but happy little children. A good introduction I suppose ahead of the twins’ baptism on the 12th June when she’ll be subject to the wider families and friends in Biarritz.
Initially Sandie and I were concerned that a young student used to the high life in London would be tearing her hair out when she realises that she’s living out in the sticks on a farm in rural France. However now that Mimi is actually looking after the three kids in our house, I don’t think Marianne will be short on company. If anything I think she’ll now be tearing her hair out for a bit of peace and quiet. Marianne, who hails from the Wirral, is a language student in London and will be with us for 3 months to both help Sandie when I’m away during the week, and to improve her French. That said given the multi-ethnic environment in which she will be living, I dread to think what sort of French accent we’ll be sending her back with.
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