Last week, the Berlin Zumstegs descended on Montigny-sur-Loing. We were sooooooo glad to have them here and sooooooo sad to see them leave. Rather than a long, detailed and boring account of what we did, here are some pictures, mostly of Clara.
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- At the playground.
Birthday Princess
Clara’s third birthday was Sepember 20, so we celebrated while she was here. She didn’t seem to mind having another party.
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- Birthday Party! That’s Jamie Rufin next to Clara, illustrating what I like best about French birthday parties: the kid gets presents, the adults get champagne.
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- “A tiara? For me? How appropriate.”
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- A Princess handbag for the Birthday Princess.
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- Not sure who had more fun, mom or Clara…
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- “I’m not so sure about this princess stuff.”
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- Gateau aux Trois Chocolates. Three types of chocolate (white, milk chocolate and dark chocolate) and everything on the outside edible. Oy!
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- One candle down, two to go.
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- How many kinds of chocolate are in this cake?
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- After all that chocolate, a cracker tastes pretty good!
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- Clara loved having Hervé Rufin throw paper plates to her Frisbee style. We never did figure out why she thought it best to take her top off.
Winding Down
Craig and Annie and Clara left Sunday; Monday we went to Paris for a couple nights. Now we’re back in Montigny-sur-Loing, our home for almost five months. Sunday we’ll shut the house up and return the keys and go to chez Germain; Monday the car goes back to Renault; Tuesday we return to Seattle.
It has been a great adventure, from start to finish, and while we’ll be glad to return home, we will equally be sad to leave France. I’ll likely post another “wrap-up” commentary soon, but I think this is the last newsy post. Sigh…