that American kids are more creative than French ones when it comes to Halloween costumes

Okay, I might have already known that.  It may be a big generalization, but I saw A LOT of witches here in France on Halloween!

Today, I received letters from the penpal exchange in Utah!  I'm really excited about this, and I hope it works out!  The kids are in 4th grade.  They wrote where they live, how old they are, how many brothers/sisters they have, how many pets they have, and what they were for Halloween.

And then they drew pictures of their Halloween costumes:

"For Halloween, I am a whoopie cushion." - Pierce

(Thank you, Pierce.  Now I have to explain what a whoopie cushion is.)

"For Halloween I am going to be Martin Luther King Jr." - Tess

(And the award for most original goes to...)

"For Halloween I'm going to be a bike wreck.  If you don't know what a bike wreck is, it's a person who got in a bike crash." -Zane

(Oh! Now it makes sense.)

I've heard a lot of talk about the cafeteria here, and I finally bought a card today.  There are two options.  You can go to normal cafeteria, or you can go to the Lycée Professionnel cafeteria.  The high school (lycée) where I live is a "professional" high school, so some of the students are learning skills that they will use in their future careers.  There are a group of students who are working toward working in the restaurant industry, and they run the Lycée Professionnel cafeteria.  Every day, they post the following day's menu in the main entrance of the high school, and you have to sign up a day in advance.  It was good, especially for the price!  The regular cafeteria looked good, too (salad, fish, green beans).

French school lunch for €2.15

Also included a yogurt for dessert and coffee!