Paris Part Deux (Part II)

I am finding it very hard to be consistent with my blogging. I have the best of intentions, but most of the time I just peruse everyone elses blog. I stay up late at night peering into other peoples lives when I should be sleeping. It is so addictive. I am going to try to concentrate on keeping up with my own blog first before looking at everyone else first.

Even though my trip to Paris was several months ago, it is still fresh in my mind. It was by far the best trip I have ever taken. I think it was mostly because Paris was the place I wanted to visit the most. My husband travels there all the time on business, in fact he is going on Sunday, but I have not had the opportunity to go with him. It would be nice to go with him someday...

What else did we do in Paris? Well we spent the better part of a here.

Chateau Versaille

The home of Louis XIV was all grandeur and splendor. The French are very into likenesses and the halls were lines with statues of famous french men.

On the ground of the Chateau were beautiful gardens, more statues and some other residences including the domicile of Marie Antoinette.

The remaining days were spent revisiting the Louvre. We didn't see everything the first time. Walking around Ille Saint-Louis. Walking through the Musee D'Orsay, and visiting the artsy district of Monmatre. Monmatre is a little gem, and we found the most delicious gelato.

Someday I will return. But for now, I will always have Paris!

Paris- My Dream Trip

This past spring break I finally took my dream trip. If you didn't get where from the title of this post, it was Paris. My whole life I have wanted to go there. It was especially cool since I speak french. My french was a little rusty ( I don't use it much in Atlanta ). My first language is english, but my parents thought it would be a good idea to send me to a french school when I was younger. I am originally from Canada.

So off we went. I went with a good friend and my husband stayed home and took care of the kiddos.

We packed alot into four full days. I was ready to come home on the fifth day because my feet hurt so much. The first day we didn't even get to our room until after lunch, but we went out and went here.

The Mona Lisa is so much smaller than you think it is. While I was walking through the Louvre looking at all the fabulous art, I wondered what makes this painting so special? There were many other pieces I thought to be more grand and more beautiful. I guess I'll have to do a little reaserch on that one

After the Louvre we walked throught the Tuilleries Garden and ate a baguette at an outdoor cafe. I had to keep telling myself that we were really there. It seemed like a dream. I giggled a little when I saw a lady in high heels walking a little poodle just like here. It seemed like such a cliche.We then went on a boat tour on the Seine River. It was amazing. We saw this monolith

We decided we had to see it up close so off we went. My favorite shot of the Eiffel Tower was at dusk taken from the Arc de Triomphe. So beautiful!

That was just the first day. I think Paris deserves more than one post, so more tomorrow.

Back on the blogging bandwagon!!

Well I have been absent on this blog for quite a long time. I hope the 3 people that used to read it will come back again:) This past year was very busy for me. I took a part time time job being a teacher's assistant at the preschool one of my sons attended, I started a purse and jewelry home party business and I have been doing alot of custom window treatments. I haven't had the time to blog. But now that summer has arrived I'm not quite as busy. So stay tuned for more blogging.

All I Want For Christmas...

You all know the rest of that song:) Have a great day everyone.

When it Rains it Pours!!

All summer it was very slow in my sewing world. No new clients or jobs for a couple of months. It was no big deal since the kids were out of school. I just worked on a few of my own projects and we had a great time. I decided since sewing was slow to take a job at my son's preschool. At first it was only going to be 2 days a week (5 hours a day), but they asked if I would be interested in working 4 days. I took it because, what else was I going to do. With the economy the way it is every little bit helps. School starts next week and now I am slammed. I just landed a large sewing job and a couple of small jobs. My husband is away for the next 3 weeks and I also have some sewing to get done for church!!! Why does everything come at once? So I'll be teacher's assistant in a class full of 3 years olds by day, and sewing by night. It is going to be a busy month. I'm off to sew for the evening, but first I need to walk the dog and put the kids to bed. Whew! I'm tired already.

Here's a peek at some of what I'll be working on.

A Day of Togetherness.

To celebrate the end of the first week of school we decided a little trip to Stone Mountain was in order.

You can read all about this park here. My husband had his company picnic here a few weeks ago. They gave everyone a free pass to use anytime this season and since it was very hot and very crowded that day, we thought we would come back another time. That time was today. The main reason we went was for this one attraction called Sky Hike. It'a an obstacle course that goes up 3 or 4 stories. It was a little too high for my 2 youngest ( who am I kidding, it was too high for me too! I was very happy to stay on the ground with them.), so we happily watched from below.

They had a small obstacle in the back for younger kids so off the 2 little ones went until this happened.

We were the first paramedic call at the park. This one got stung by a bee. He does look pitiful. This was taken after the hysterics. There was a Boy Scout troup there and one of the moms helped as we waited for the paramedics to show. She definitely lived up to their motto. She was "prepared". Anyway, thankfully he is not allergic. This was his first sting. There is never a dull moment with 3 boys:)

The First Day of School. "Sniff"

All is quiet here in the house. My 2 older boys have gone off to school today. It is amazing how quiet it gets when there's no one else to fight I mean play with:)

I think my first grader was a little nervous today. He does not know anyone in his class this year. He will make friends fast, that's the type of kid he is.

The oldest one ( fourth grader ) was so excited to get to school this morning. His teacher from last year looped to the next grade level and kept all her old students with a few new ones sprinkled in. Not having seen his friends at all this summer he couldn't wait to tell them all about the fabulous trip to Washington DC he took this past weekend with his dad. My cousin is on senior staff at the White House and gave them a private tour of the West Wing. They even got to peek into the Oval Office but no pictures allowed in there. They did get some pics in the press room and many outside. This was a once in a lifetime kind of experience and I'm so glad they had the opportunity to go.

I'm sure there will be lots of stories from the first day of school when I pick them up this afternoon. I'll listen to them all over chocolate chip cookies and milk when we get home.