Sophia on Christmas Eve

Sophia on Christmas Eve

Caroling Party

Brehan, Sean, Troy & Sophia after the party.

The Z's with Santa (notice Sophia trying to get as far away as possible).

Sean decides to dance...

Sophia, Liam & Sean exchanging ideas...

Window at Galleries Lafayette
Troy & Moya

Sophia as Linus with Moya's scarf
Troy & Moya

Christmas in Paris

An amazing weekend... The weather was fabulous, and we tried to take advantage of it, even with Sophia's runny nose.
Today at church the children of the congregation performed the nativity, and Sophia was fascinated! She spent the entire service on our laps, for the first time since April, and loved watching the kids as they performed their roles. It was a great pageant, very reminiscent of the 1950s, and we loved it. It capped off a weekend of Christmas celebrations; Microsoft Christmas party was Thursday night (dinner started at 9 & dancing at midnight), then the Christmas party at the American Cathedral (Troy & I were part of the "4 calling birds" when we sang Christmas songs), and then the pageant during the service today. It was great to have the pageant during the service as well, it took the place of the readings and homily, and the children were wonderful.
She was a little confused as we opened gifts tonight, in fact she really didn't want anything to do with the tricycle we bought her, but she LOVED the stroller (a mini-maclaren version of her stroller) and once she understood that she could take kukula for a ride she had a great time! She also had a great time with her new "laptop computer". Our only problem with it is that it is a little loud.
We leave for Seattle on Wednesday, so we look forward to seeing everyone over the holidays...
I can't believe how much there is to do over the next few days... Love!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving in Paris. Actually yes, there are quite a few people that celebrate Thanksgiving, so much so that I didn't even have to pre-order the turkey from the meat market up the street. But it was a very fresh turkey, I think it was actually running around early Friday morning. However the butcher was very nice, and cleaned it all up for me so I didn't have to deal with any of those "unsightly" parts.
We had a grand fete with our friends Kevin & Rachel & their daughter Ava. Sophia & Ava had an interesting evening together (Sophia is entering the 2's), but had a great time the last 15 minutes when they just ran in circles between the living room & dining room chasing each other. Needless to say, the one seat didn't work between the 2 of them, so we brought the chairs in from Sophia's room so they could each have one.
We had a bit of snow in the morning, as it has been quite cold here. It's all becoming very festive; the cold & snow, the lights up on the Champs Elysees, the cold, interesting re-makes of American versions of the traditional Christmas carols, the cold. It's amazing how the time has gone!
Cheers!!

Jardain des Plantes

Thought we would share just a few photos from our day at the Jardain des Plantes. Sophia was more than a little confused by the leaves all over the ground, she kept picking them up & trying to put them back up on the trees. It is starting to get a little colder here, but has been an amazing October...

Sophia in the Mediteranean Sea

Sophia in St Peters Square

Sophia & the leaning tower of Pisa