We've been busy :) The cute dolls are the presents the kids made for their gran and her partner. And the other ones are of a little statuette that I made of Antoine. The head broke off! And then the people at the clay studio tried to stick it back on but they left a huge crack. Oh well, it was a first try. I want to make bigger ones next, but that will have to wait for after Christmas and the move.

I'm trying to prepare myself for seeing my father next week. It's been seven years! He lives in New Zealand, and we email eachother every now and then, but it's hardly an intimate relationship. He will be staying with us for a week. I suppose it's a good way to get to know someone :) I feel like I'm getting a chance to put a piece of myself in place. Parents are a way of seeing yourself, a reflection of a kind. A way to understand yourself better. And I've missed out on seeing myself reflected in my father. So now I have the chance. I know I look like him, and i'm pretty sure my quest for knowledge comes from him. It will be great to have that kind of affirmation.