We were invited over to the Riggs' apartment for dinner. They are a family from church with 3 small kids. Their oldest, MacKenzie (4), loved Eloise and had fun holding here. The meal was delicious and unfortunately squeezed in between classes for Alan.
we hit lots of touristy spot including lunch at one of my favorite cafes near Notre Dame. Below is a picture of the bread line at our favorite bakery in the neighborhood just before lunch on Sunday. Randy and Emily quickly became fans of this place too. I can't even begin to explain how cold and windy it was standing there.
Eloise's adorable outfit was a baby gift from Randy
Sacre Coeur
The babe was quite a trooper being hauled all over the city and even in the snow one day!
This is the Christmas decorations of one of the huge and fancy department stores, Gallaries Lafayette
We spent a day starting at the Arc de Triumph and shopped our way down the Champs Elysees. There was a Christmas market set up along the bottom of the avenue with crafts, gifts, traditional french food and hot wine.
Randy drooling over all the delicious baked goods in La Duree
The Eifel Tower is blue for 6 months while France is the president of the European Union. There is a ring of gold stars on the other side of the tower to make it look like the EU flag.
We went out to dinner at our favorite brasserie near our apartment for a french classic of steak and fries. delicious.
her by my french conversation partner, Pascale.
Eloise is all cozy this winter in her new big, puffy suit. Alan and I were joking that her arms looked like big lobster claws as she waved them around. Thanks Bryce and Fonda for the gift!
Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, came to speak at a conference that Alan got to attend. This shot is of a few of Alan's classmates with him after the event.
say "CHEESE"
Kofi was joking around with the professional photograper and said, "I think it's my turn to take some pictures now," as he took the guy's camera and made him pose for a change.
We had a great weekend catching up, shopping, hitting the cafes, kissing the babies and just walking around Paris.
The Muellers came back to Paris this weekend to visit. Analise (4.5 mo) and Eloise (2.5 mo) had a great time together chatting, drinking coffee and
eating croissants at the cafe.
Eloise has a new big sister. I started babysitting a little french/italian girl named Flavia. She just turned two and adores Eloise. This sequence of pictures was taken while Flavia was giving Eloise a kiss (for the 20th time of the day). Flavia says over and over, "faire un bisou?" French for give a kiss or else she is constantly telling me that " bebe Eloise est gentille." Baby Eloise is nice. Flavia also runs to assist the baby everytime her pacifier pops out of her mouth, regardless whether eloise wants it or not. Anyways, it's going well with Flavia, especially since she doesn't speak a word of English and that's all I'm supposed to be speaking to her.
Everyday we spend a little time dancing and kicking to some music.... Can't Touch This by MC Hammer to be exact. E. has a ball!
Alan's school is very close to Luxembourg gardens, so E and I met him after class one evening for a picnic dinner and a stroll through the park.
"Sophie" the giraffe is a classic french toy, we've received a couple already.
This is a shot of us as we headed out the door to go grocery shopping.
Finally a baby gift with "dad" in mind. Some Paris YL kids gave Alan this onesie for E since he's famous for his Johnny Cash impersonations. I still managed to make the outfit cute with a pink undershirt and pink pants. Thanks Illiez and Rainbow!
super baby
