Asterix The other day I took out “Asterix and Son” from my Asterix collection, to read it again in a new light after several years. The “new light” revealed itself to be, rather unexpectedly, a few lessons for all new parents. I knew there were things to be learned from Asterix, but childcare? Be careful […]

Here we are. The baby is there, as you no doubt know, and she is being talked to. With all the good advice from the books (see biblio section) in mind, my first word to her was in German. (No, I won’t tell what it was, that’s just between the two of us.) I also […]

The big day approaches, and when I’m not busy preparing the practical part, or trying to catch up on sleep, I can’t help asking myself how this big change in our lives will affect us on a linguistic level. The plan is to apply the very basic one-parent-one-language formula. This means Mommy will speak German […]

After some fiddling around with the settings, comments on posts are now enabled, so please go ahead and comment. Kommentare sind jetzt aktiviert – Ihr könnt loslegen. Vous pouvez désormais commenter les posts – allez-y.

I’ve been brave today and exposed my slowly growing belly to the camera. Have a look at the pictures here.

Willkommen auf dem WordPress Blog von cowplanet. Hier könnt Ihr das aufregende 😉 Leben unserer zweisprachigen, binationalen und Kuh-begeisterten Familie verfolgen, während wir uns auf die Ankunft unseres ersten Kälbchens vorbereiten.  Später werden wir auch über unsere Erfahrungen mit der zweisprachigen Kindererziehung hier am äußeren Stadtrand von Paris berichten. Die Natur unserer Familie und mein […]

Bienvenu sur le blog WordPress de cowplanet. Ici vous pouvez suivre la vie mouvementée 😉 de notre famille bilingue, binationale et fana de vaches et nos préparations à accueillir notre premier veau.  Par la suite, nous écrirons sur nos expériences avec l’éducation bilingue dans notre banlieue sud de Paris. Étant donné la nature de notre famille […]

Welcome to cowplanet’s WordPress blog. Here you can follow the exciting 😉 life of our binational, bilingual and cow-loving family, as we are preparing for our first calf. Later we will blog about our experiences with bilingual childraising in our chosen home on the outskirts of Paris. Due to the nature of our family and […]