France 2013 - Family!

After spending a few days in Paris, we headed to central France to Chateauroux. Thank you to Valerie and Gilles for letting us stay with her!  It was really hot so the kids spent most of their time outside playing. We had some good "firsts" while we were there. Maddox learning how to pee on the side of the house (thanks to Yannick) and mimene actually drank an entire mojito - gasp!

Playing in the doggie pool, staying cool

Again, with the Spiderman bike toy.  This thing was really a lifesaver!

The Proof! 

Look...is that a... plane??

Maddox was so excited about the planes :)

Valerie and Francis being silly

The kids got to sleep together for the first time ever and they loved it.  They cracked each other up for well over an hour each night and they had to make sure they were touching when they were sleeping.  So adorable.

  We went bowling one afternoon to escape the heat. AC never felt so good!

The Frenchies

 

Going on a walk with Ana and Jean-Luc

Relaxing with Mimene

Love his face!

Love her face!

This local park was awesome.  They had a jogging trail, a duck pond, kids beach area, carousel, pony rides, etc.  Here are the kids feeding the ducks.  All kids should feed ducks at some point in their lives, right?

Over the ducks.

 Looks like the family has arrived for the wedding reception....

Cider, sausages and crepes for dinner. Mmmmm!

These 2 were attached at the hip from the moment they met.  So cute!

The reception was a blast! Francis made his famous sangria to get the reception started off right - it was a definite hit  :)

The siblings:  Lilou, Valerie, Mimene (mom) and The Crazy One (Yannick)

Lucas and Elsy - all the way from Switzerland

So handsome in his wedding attire.

Plane!  Avion!

The "kids table" ..  before

...and after.

 Then things started to get really rowdy...

SO fun!  Congratulations again, Valerie and Gilles!