A Day Out

In the afternoon yesterday, we went out headed nowhere in particular.  I wanted to walk for a few miles since the discovery of some very good blue cheese...

Man sitting on nothing  - Owen loved him and Jack was a little put out by since Jack didn’t realize that this wasn’t a statue at first…

A giant’s door near the LouvreJardin Des Tuileries (between the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe  The lighting is bad, but the plants in the foreground were totally in bloom in all kinds of purple.

Playground in the park.  After this photo the boys ended up playing with a bilingual girl who kept switching between English and French while she bossed each kid in the game.  All the other kids were in awe of her.

Along the edge of the whole garden is an outdoor fair with rides and carnival games.  It is soooo hard to walk by this kind of thing because the boys get so excited but I am trying to have a good summer without spending like I am on a 2 month vacation.  The boys really wanted to go on bumper cars, but they were for adults and were full of 20-somethings who were incredibly rough.  We walked through the park farther away from the rides, but the boys were drawn to a crazy upside-down ride that everyone was screaming on.  Next to that were these bumper cars that were made for children and had Spiderman motorcycles and ATVs.  I caved.

I bought a pack of 6, but put the other 4 in my purse for another day when I want to go for a long walk and can bribe the boys with the tokens.

Leaving the park heading onto Champs Elysees…

WAIT!!  The boys must do tricky moves! Take photos! Take video!  Post it on the blog, Mama! Did you get my big jump?  Um, yeah…

The sidewalks on this road are enormous and all0wed the boys lots of room to play on their scooters while I window shopped.  The sun set, and this brand new place arrived – an amazing city of lights for sure.  I have not had much of a chance to be outside in the evening and be relaxed.  It gets dark between 10 and 11, and that is when I am usually putting the boys to bed.

Arc de Triomphe – The photo just doesn’t show how beautiful this place is on a summer night.  Even the boys comment on it.

A few miles from home, Jack wiped out on his scooter.  He was getting over it pretty quickly until he noticed a Metro sign, then cried harder until I agreed to take the Metro home. (with three miles to go – it was probably a good idea anyway.)

Then Jack tore through the metro tunnels… all better.