The French are coming, wish me luck

[feejer222]

In the UK the schools do an exchange program with French schools where students go on a bus with teachers to France and are accomodated by the families of French children the same age. They attend the school with the French kids and see some of the locality. The visit lasts a week.

The favour is recipricated with a similar event here a few months later.

Whilst my lad was in France another kid on his party was repeatedly badly behaved. He was thrown off the program and so the French lad he was staying with had nowhere to stay in the UK. My lad being the generous soul that he is, offered for him to stay here...along with the lad with whom he was staying.

They arrive on Thursday.

My son is 15 and has only just moved in with us in November after living with his mother. He's a good kid, but the shock to our system was substantial, as was the shock to the food budget, as any of you who have had teenage lads will confirm. We now have 2 more 15 year old lads to feed and entertain for a week, I am looking forward to it...I think......Wish us luck!!!!!

 

[wheatonFJR]

Good luck to you Graham.

Hope all goes well and that good lasting moments are made.

 

[Old Michael]

I had three boys, in a four year span. I'm convinced that 3 teenage boys could consume an entire steer in 24 hours. And they'd wash it down with enough milk to... God help you brother. At least it's just a temporary thing.

 

[feejer222]

I had three boys, in a four year span. I'm convinced that 3 teenage boys could consume an entire steer in 24 hours. And they'd wash it down with enough milk to... God help you brother. At least it's just a temporary thing.

My wife says, thanks Michael....just what we didn't need to hear! Since my lad arrived the milk bill has doubled!

 

[user 6393]

I had three boys, in a four year span. I'm convinced that 3 teenage boys could consume an entire steer in 24 hours. And they'd wash it down with enough milk to... God help you brother. At least it's just a temporary thing.

My wife says, thanks Michael....just what we didn't need to hear! Since my lad arrived the milk bill has doubled!

Yikes, my El Gordo is 6'5", we each have 17 y/o boys. Mine is 6'6" and his is over 6' now.

Your pocketbooks are in for a whole new world of hurtin'. Their appetites are insatiable!

 

[Pierre]

If u need a few coarses of french let me know

 

[Silver Penguin]

You could go out on your bike for a week, and not come back until the kids are gone........ but then you'd have to placate your wife, and spend months putting everything right.

Suggest that you and your lad come up with a set of rules together that are acceptable for you and tolerable for him. All the boys will abide by these rules or.... (insert consequence of choice).

Buy lots and lots of food, then go buy some more food. Our kid can still eat as much as Andy and I put together. We gain weight but he stays skinny. And what's with all these boys who are closer to seven feet than six feet tall?

Have fun.

Jill

 

[v65]

My parents swear they saved money by sending me to college, campus meal plan and all. My son is 13, and starting to get expensive with five meals a day. Good luck!

 

[feejer222]

:wacko: :wacko:

 

[caryb]

Let us know how it goes. I will suffer my own personal German invasion this March. My son is participating in an exchange program with kids from Germany. We will have an additional 16 year old boy for 3 weeks! I'm looking forward to it but I'm sure it will be a challenge integrating him with the other kids as well as Texas in general. I'm sure there will be culture shock on both sides.

CaryB

 

[Ari Rankum]

My son is 15 and has only just moved in with us in November after living with his mother. He's a good kid, but the shock to our system was substantial, as was the shock to the food budget, as any of you who have had teenage lads will confirm. We now have 2 more 15 year old lads to feed and entertain for a week, I am looking forward to it...I think......Wish us luck!!!!!

French kids? You're in luck! Just have the milk man leave half as much milk and twice as much butter. Just take a skillet out back and harvest as many snails as you can find and saute (French for cook) them up in a little butter. In just minutes, you'll hear music to your ears, like, "That was beau!, I couldn't eat another bite."

 

[feejer222]

Let us know how it goes. I will suffer my own personal German invasion this March. My son is participating in an exchange program with kids from Germany. We will have an additional 16 year old boy for 3 weeks! I'm looking forward to it but I'm sure it will be a challenge integrating him with the other kids as well as Texas in general. I'm sure there will be culture shock on both sides.

CaryB

That's interesting, I imagined that the reason we do it was because the traveling was so easy.

Good luck, maybe we can swop stories of empty fridges and trails of destruction through the house!

 

[Checkswrecks]

At least you'll always know where they are. You just have to follow the trail of dropped wrappers, soda cans, half-eaten pizza crusts....

But they sure keep you laughing!

 

[krashdragon]

In the UK the schools do an exchange program with French schools where students go on a bus with teachers to France and are accomodated by the families of French children the same age. They attend the school with the French kids and see some of the locality. The visit lasts a week.The favour is recipricated with a similar event here a few months later.

Whilst my lad was in France another kid on his party was repeatedly badly behaved. He was thrown off the program and so the French lad he was staying with had nowhere to stay in the UK. My lad being the generous soul that he is, offered for him to stay here...along with the lad with whom he was staying.

They arrive on Thursday.

My son is 15 and has only just moved in with us in November after living with his mother. He's a good kid, but the shock to our system was substantial, as was the shock to the food budget, as any of you who have had teenage lads will confirm. We now have 2 more 15 year old lads to feed and entertain for a week, I am looking forward to it...I think......Wish us luck!!!!!

Give them each a tin cup, a sign and a street corner in town...

"Feed the starving children!"

Mary

 

[rogdeb]

Hey Graham,

If he causes any trouble, send him over here to Rick-in-Sac -- he just got himself some French in-laws

 

[feejer222]

Counting down now....36hrs eeeek!

 

[feejer222]

They have arrived....2 nice kids bearing gifts of French cookies, nougat, champagne and brandy....I like the French.

 

[Thug]

I had three boys, in a four year span. I'm convinced that 3 teenage boys could consume an entire steer in 24 hours. And they'd wash it down with enough milk to... God help you brother. At least it's just a temporary thing.

Now that was funny!

 

[feejer222]

So far so good. Nice well mannered kids. Very polite. I keep asking of they are hungry and they say not, then when ever we feed them the food hardly touches the plate! Oh and they brought up Agincourt not me!

We bought 2 Degu's for the girls, (hamster like rodent but more fun). We named them Luic and Valentine after the French guys. They found it very amusing. Our dog, who has spent her life chasing (but never yet catching) squirels in the back garden is extremely confused and climbs onto a kitchen chair and sits watching the degu's for an hour at a time.

Degu link