Lunch with Ed and Nat and Co.

Where do I start? So many photos, so little time!

Here are some pics of the LOVELY afternoon we had with Uncle Ed and Auntie Nat. Pics of chez Godwin and Anne to follow. Pics have been moved to an USB key by the head of our Tech Dept for reasons not explained to the minions!

Some fave pics from London ...

Louis did actually wear other things that the red top and crazy pants in London but apparently was at his most photogenic on those days! CP - if you are reading this, would love a pic of us at your place... xxx

Les cousins...

Dans le Métro

The boys I am going to miss while I am away in India...!

Les manèges

These rides are called "manèges" here - and that's one of the new French words Louis has started to say - along with merci, bonjour, rouge, vert, jaune and a few others.

This is last weekend - he had a great time on them - I nearly had a heartattack watching but there you go!

Kisses to you all, am off to India on the morrow!

Yasmin x

Rattrapage...

Picnic at Parc Monceau


Picnic at Parc Monceau


With Margot, chez elle


Doing my Elvis impersonation (no kidding)


Á twilight walk in the garden in my smart new Paris cardie

Louis can't believe his eyes..!

And neither, frankly, could we. This is the feast that Florence made SINGLE-HANDEDLY for Mattieu's Profession de la Fois - incredible.

We spoke about it with another friend a few days later who said she thought that Frenchwomen are simply raised to expect themselves to be capable of such culinary mastery!

To fully appreciate this spread, I HIGHLY recommend you double click on the pic.

Photos for Grandma (Ba)

Louis does the LION!!!! Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrah!

Saturday morning on rue Royal

My loves!


And the other night chez Annamaria ... Mum - double click on this one - I think you'll like it large!

La vie en rose...

These orange roses were in a bouquet we bought for Florence when we went there for lunch the other day. I actually almost got teary over them. O stopped in the car and I zoomed over and chose the roses and white flowers from outside the shop, went inside with them and handed them to a relatively macho looking guy who asked if they were for a gift, and I said yes.

So he proceeded to give them the Full French Wrapping Treatment (at no extra charge) which took about five minutes and involved firstly laying all the flowers out on the counter side by side, then carefully picking up one stem at a time and sort of wrapping the stems around each other so they were perfectly arranged. Then he wrapped the entire bouquet in a sheet of tissue paper and again with a layer of clear cellophene, and a flourish of cotton ribbon.

Seriously, it made me teary; the beauty, the care, the simplicity, the style! Paris. What's *not* to love?!?!

Louis likes French food...

Especially baguettes and salami. This is him exploring a whole new supermarket - or "Ket Ket" as he calls it - our local Monoprix.