Champagne Quiz...True or False?

J'ai fait ce petit "quiz" moi-meme, pour une fete (l'enterrement de jeune fille pour une copine, Elaine--"bachelorette party"). Desole, ce n'est pas en francais, mais devinez si vous ne comprenez pas tout! Marquez 'vrai' ou 'faux'... Ne trichez pas avec l'internet!

I made this quiz myself for Elaine's bachelorette party. Put 'true' or 'false'... Don't cheat by using the internet!

1. Dom Pérignon invented champagne.

2. Dom Pérignon was originally charged by his superiors at the Abbey of Hautvillers to get rid of the bubbles in the champagne since the bubbles were seen as a defect, mysteriously appearing during the champagne-making process.

3. As sparkling wine production increased in the early 1700s, cellar workers would have to wear heavy iron masks that resembled a baseball catcher's mask to prevent injury from spontaneously bursting bottles.

4. The mysterious circumstance surrounding the then unknown process of fermentation and carbonic gas caused some critics to call the sparkling creations "The Devil's Wine".

5. In the 19th century, Champagne producers made a concentrated effort to market their wine to women by decorating the labels with elaborate flowering patterns and other designs seen as distinctly feminine.

6. References to his "blind tasting of wine" have led to the common misconception that Dom Pérignon was blind.

7. It was recorded that when Dom Pérignon first tasted champagne, he said, “Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!"

8. To be dramatic and ceremonious, the French sometimes use a large knife or “saber” to hack off the top of the bottle of champagne.

9. While doing the above, it is a tradition for the French person to shout, “Guillotine!”

10. In 2007, a scientific study showed moderate consumptions of champagne may help the brain cope with Alzheimer's disease.

11. In terms of champagne etiquette: contrary to what is often shown in film and television, it is very impolite to allow the cork to make a loud "pop" sound.

Tonton et Manon!

Desole pour le retard... (David et Manon sont la depuis plus qu'une semaine deja!)
Sorry for the delay... (David and Manon have been here over a week already!)
Et je regardais les photos de David et Manon pendant leur "road trip" et j'ai trouve cela, c'est mignon!
And I was looking through David and Manon's photos of their road trip and I found this one, how cute!

Premiers Mots

Evan dit "Papa" depuis un moment, mais l'autre jour il a dit "Maman" vraiment pour la premiere fois. Maintenant, il dit "Maman" assez souvent... Et ce matin, pendant qu'on marchait dans le jardin, et Evan chassait Nina (notre chat), j'ai dis "Nina" et il a repete "Nina!"

Alors...3 premiers mots: Papa, Maman, Nina.... Et il dit plein d'autres choses qu'on ne comprend pas: babadadoblehpadoh! (En fait je comprends quelques "mots" d'Evan--il a sa propre langue. Par exemple, "dada!" veut dire qu'il veut quelque chose, "nyanya" veut dire qu'il est fatigue).

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Evan has been saying "Papa" for a while now, but the other day he said "Maman" (Mommy in French) truly, for the first time. Now he says "Maman" quite a bit... And this morning, we were walking in the backyard and Evan was chasing Nina (our cat), I said "Nina" and he repeated "Nina!"

So...first 3 words: Papa, Maman, Nina... And he says lots of things we don't understand too: babadadoblehpadoh! (Actually, Evan has his own language so I understand some "words". For example, "dada!" means he wants something, "nyanya" means he's tired.)

Premiers Pas en Video

Evan's hair--to cut or not to cut?

Les cheveux d'Evan--couper ou pas couper?

I am just curious...who thinks I should cut Evan's hair and who thinks I should let it go? As you can see from the photos, it's getting rather long...

Je suis curieuse de savoir, qui pense que je devrait couper les cheveux d'Evan, qui pense qu'il faut les laisser? Regardez les photos, il a les cheveux assez longs...

Premieres tomates, premier doudou!

First tomatoes, first 'doudou' (favorite cuddly animal/toy)

Hier, on a mange les 4 premieres tomates de notre jardin. Jean-Robert et Evan sont alles les ramasser ensemble. Evan preferrait les feuilles au debut... Et puis il voulait gouter les tomates, bien sur!Oooh, jolie, non? Jean-Robert est tres fier de ses tomates!On a mange ensembe, tous les 3. Maintenant Evan mange comme nous--les pates, legumes coupes, fromage, la viande hachee, etc... sauf que le probleme, c'est qu'il n'aime pas et il jete presque tout par terre! Ca commence, l'age difficile... Mais, comment tu peut penser a ca apres, quand il dort, comme un ange?Il a un "doudou"--c'est un petit renne (je sais, ce n'est pas Noel, mais ce n'est pas moi qui l'ai choisi!). Il mort les andouillers (bois? Tatie Christiane?) et puis s'endort.

Et voila une autre photo dans la piscine, parce que c'est mignon: