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Welcome! The Dads and Quinn came today! We dressed up in matching outfits and sparkly Paris berets to welcome them. It was SOOOOO, SO wonderful to have them! Quinn defied all the records by staying up the ENTIRE flight. I can barely stay awake on a one hour flight, let alone an international flight across the ocean! Ryan said she finally closed her little eyes just as the tires touched the tarmac. She slept through the deplaning, customs, rental car pick-up and drive to the house. She probably would have slept all day, but the sound of her sister’s voice and patting woke her up. She was instantly recharged for several hours of playing! I could hardly keep my eyes, hands and lips off her. It was so good to hold and squeeze her!! –Ryan too!
That evening we went to Chateau Vaux de Vicomte built by Louis XIV’s finance minister. It was amazing! King Louis XIV was so impressed when he saw it that he threw the minister in jail for embezzlement and immediately hired his architect and landscapers to go to work on Versailles. The chateau and gardens sit on several hundred acres. On Saturday evenings they light thousands of candles throughout the garden and chateau. It was incredible to walk through the immaculate gardens with paths and statues and fountains and terraces more impressive than the last. It’s gives new meaning to the Jane Austin movies when people go and take a turn about the gardens. What a fabulous part of life! --The iron mask was filmed there and Tony Parker and Eva Longoria were married there.
Welcome! The Dads and Quinn came today! We dressed up in matching outfits and sparkly Paris berets to welcome them. It was SOOOOO, SO wonderful to have them! Quinn defied all the records by staying up the ENTIRE flight. I can barely stay awake on a one hour flight, let alone an international flight across the ocean! Ryan said she finally closed her little eyes just as the tires touched the tarmac. She slept through the deplaning, customs, rental car pick-up and drive to the house. She probably would have slept all day, but the sound of her sister’s voice and patting woke her up. She was instantly recharged for several hours of playing! I could hardly keep my eyes, hands and lips off her. It was so good to hold and squeeze her!! –Ryan too!
That evening we went to Chateau Vaux de Vicomte built by Louis XIV’s finance minister. It was amazing! King Louis XIV was so impressed when he saw it that he threw the minister in jail for embezzlement and immediately hired his architect and landscapers to go to work on Versailles. The chateau and gardens sit on several hundred acres. On Saturday evenings they light thousands of candles throughout the garden and chateau. It was incredible to walk through the immaculate gardens with paths and statues and fountains and terraces more impressive than the last. It’s gives new meaning to the Jane Austin movies when people go and take a turn about the gardens. What a fabulous part of life! --The iron mask was filmed there and Tony Parker and Eva Longoria were married there.
Bon Cheri!! What a cute picture of mom and her girls!! Loved the history of the chateau! What a place. Great picture with Ryan.
ReplyDeleteWow! What history! What beauty! What joy (family)! What great posts & photos!
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