Dansons in Delaware

On Friday, Michael and I decided to take the afternoon and enjoy our hot (steamy 75 degrees!) humid weather and go to the Luxembourg Gardens. This is still my most favorite place in ALL of Paris. As you can see, may other Parisians had the same idea to enjoy the weather. Michael spent most of his time rolling around until he rolled himself onto the grass. Then, he practiced sitting while I held him. Some pigeons came around but he was not too interested in them. I was able to read one sentence of my book.
Today, we had a fun day. I went to my English Speaking Asian Lady lunch at a Taiwanese tea house and the food was DELICIOUS. REALLY very good. Along the way, I found an adorable cross-stitching store. I know, it's sad and old, but I really do like to do it. Especially with the cute patterns here that are slightly different than back at home.

After that, I rejoined my nuclear family and we went to Darty for Brian to buy his MP3 player. Then, we hopped onto a bus and headed over to the Jardin des Plantes, which is near our apt. It has a zoo, playground, botanical garden, and Natural History Museum so it is quite neat! We walked all around and found kangaroos. KANGAROOS in PARIS. Obviously...natural choice here correct??? Who knows...

Anyways, we walked around some more and found an empty park bench out of 60 or so and only got it because we nearly ran to get it. Michael and Brian enjoyed the view or rather Brian did and Michael wanted to play with Brian's hair:

I would be nothing without my pocket Canon point and shoot. Too bad this hot pink Parisian is a bit distracting in the background of my happy family:
And who would believe that there is a picture where Michael is actually SMILING with me?? I don't hate the way I look! MAGIC!

One of the most amazing things about Michael is his curiosity for life. Everything is so interesting to him and he loves to reach out and touch anything!!! After grabbing some of the petals and attempting to put them in his mouth, we decided that this photo op was OVER. Hope that tree wasn't poisonous...

Then, we walked to the entrance to catch our bus and found the shade where everyone was laying on their blankets. That was our ORIGINAL purpose to come to the park! We have this neat picnic blanket that folds up and zips very neatly with a strap that I got at TARGET (still my favorite store). I am always dying to use it and today was no exception.

Now, we are at home, sweating on our PVC recliners...and Paris is only 75 degrees in APRIL. I cannot even imagine what it will be like with no air conditioning in AUGUST.

Love,
P

P.S. I apologize for my rather informative posts. I always read Brian's and am so impressed with his humor in them and mine just have lots of pics. Good thing for a little variety right?