And...we're back!

The week of Primeurs is over at last and we were able to escape to Nice for the long holiday weekend with our friends. We used to see Damien, Marie-Laure and the 3 kids more frequently when we lived in Pisa but being in Bordeaux complicates things somewhat. Luckily, with 3 kids, they have all that's necessary for a toddler like Mia so we were able to travel light.

Still we learned a lot for our trip back to the States in July. First of all, apparently you should never give kids an early breakfast. For example: at the time it seemed like a good idea to give Mia her bottle before leaving for the airport. One less thing to think of, one less bottle to carry through security... It was a good idea until we sat down on the plane. Then Mia threw up. Three times. (The man across the aisle from us had a good laugh when he saw me take the sports section out of the paper to clean up, "But your husband hasn't even read it yet!') Which brings me to the second lesson I learned: always, no matter how short the flight, bring a change of clothes. Because it wasn't enough to cover me in her regurgitated breakfast, just as we were beginning our decent she also got a case of bad diarrhea. So as we were getting off the plane she was dressed in her undershirt, a very full diaper and wrapped in a second copy of the sports section to keep anything from oozing. And I wasn’t looking much better.

Oh, and the first copy of the sports section – the one full of her soiled clothes – we forgot that on the plane. I'm sure the Air France flight attendants have our name on their red list.

But we did have a great time in Nice. The kids had a fun egg hunt in the garden and were high on sugar for the rest of the day. Damien should be sending me a picture of Mia enjoying a chocolate bunny that I’ll post as soon as I can.

Now that we’re back in Bordeaux, the weather is gorgeous, the days are longer, and Mia is getting closer and closer to walking on her own. Any day now!