Allons-y!

Scooters are a mode of transportation in Paris. Often we see adults using them as well!

La trottinette

Zipping along beside the Jardin du Luxcembourg!

City Daily Photo Theme Day - Play

May, 2009. Eva and Davis loving the seesaw outside Cathèdrale Notre Dame. I love these sweet memories.

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Paris Rouge - Luxembourg Gardens

Teamwork

Paris Rouge - Paris Photo

This petite fille looked so adorable with her umbrella leaving Paris Photo in the rain!

Paris Rouge - Scoot!

While I was madly photographing the couple in the background, this little guy zoomed by. I love Paris.

Amis à Paris

Remembering a delightful afternoon at the Palais Royal with our Birmingham friends the Wilsons. The kids played in the dirt and ran up and down the arcade. This must what it feels like to be a Parisian kiddo every day!

Paris Rouge - Football!

Place Stravinsky, around the Stravinsky Fountain is just another playground for Parisian kids it seems. After school, you can find a crowd playing football (aka soccer)! 

Paris Dirt

When we were in Paris in 2009 with Eva and Davis, we were lucky enough to meet up with our Birmingham friends, the Wilsons. They were staying in a very cool flat at the Palais Royal. Be still my heart. While the grown ups sipped wine and enjoyed the late setting summer sun, the kids did what kids do - played in the dirt! That white powdery "Paris dirt" was just the things for making roads and fairy houses. Ethan couldn't resist!

Le petit garçon et la tour Eiffel

I snapped this before he spotted me. After, I got a few smiles as well, but love this one.

Dimanche

Jardin du Luxembourg is the place to be on a Sunday in Paris.  This petite fille was enjoying the afternoon on her bike.

CDP Theme Day - Zest

Zest (noun)- 1. Lively excitement: a feeling of enjoyment and enthusiasm.

Today, City Daily Photobloggers around the world are posting their take on this month's theme, ZEST.  This was challenging but once I started my little series this week featuring our afternoon at the Palais Royal, this photo seemed perfect.  Ethan spotted those roses, and before we could intervene, he grabbed a handful and threw the petals in the air with zest and a giggle of delight! 

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Les souvenirs II - Paris Dirt

Yesterday I shared a photo of Eva and Davis, along with our Wilson friends from Birmingham,   as they shared a great afternoon at the Palais Royal,  doing what kids do.... even in Paris.  Later, they decided that the white, powdery Paris dirt in the gardens would be a good place to make a little village. I have a feeling Eva and Davis now feel the same way as their Mumsie about the Palais Royal!

Les souvenirs

In June 2009, I was lucky enough to spend three weeks in Paris with daughter Melissa and her Eva and Davis.  Having the gift of time in Paris, we were able to enjoy the city at a more leisurely pace. An added bonus was the arrival of our  Birmingham friends the Wilsons,  who just happened to be staying at the Palais Royal.  I think one of my very fondest memories of that trip was the late afternoon we joined them in the gardens. The adults sipped wine and the children got the wonderful chance to just be kids in Paris!  They played Follow the Leader around the Pol Bury Fountains, made little houses in the white, powdery "Paris dirt", and ran from one end of the gardens to the other.  It was a late afternoon in Paris I will never forget.

I think I will share a few more photos with you this week of that special day. 

Zoom!

Passage du Grand-Cerf

This is how they roll in Paris.