No kissing before the age of 27. At least. Scarlett has been warned and seems to have taken my orders on board – she spent a lot of time screaming at Rémi last weekend when we visited Delphine’s cousin Julie and her partner Laurent at her (Julie’s) mother’s house in Sauve.

Rémis is now six months old and twice the size of Scarlett, poor thing; no wonder she’s terrified of the big bruiser.

We were over in Sauve to meet various family members and see our Pasteur/Pasteuse/Pastrice – lady vicar who will be officiating at the imaginary-friend portion of our nuptials this summer (August 23, you’re all invited). We’re supposed to be choosing hymns and texts for the service, and some will be in English and others in French. I’ve chosen the great protest song Jerusalem as the English hymn and a text from Winnie the Pooh