Holiday break
Some update from my holidays, before the big next upheaval in our life..
We've been very busy since july, moving in our new place in the 15th arrondissement, settling down, going back to work (for me), shifting jobs (Eric), getting used to the daycare center (Ruben), etc.
Nao and Ren came to France in july and stayed at my grandmother's for a few days. It was really nice and unexpected, meeting up again so far from India/ Japan.
In August, Eric and Ruben went down to Briancon for a nice week-long holiday. I joined them there for a few days. Ruben loved it there!
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At the end of the month, Ruben, who had stayed with a private nanny over the summer, started going to the kindergarten. It took him a while to get used to it but he is doing really fine now there. It's a small place with few kids, which helps.
In september, we attended a big family reunion in Rouville, the old family country house on Eric's side. Over a hundred people were there! Here with just of a few of his cousins.
Mathilde and Julien then invited us for a week end in Fontainableau. The house of Mathilde's parents is a mere 10 minutes walk away from the boulders. The adults and the kids (here Ruben with Tof & berangere kids) had a good time climbing around.
In October, we traveled over the Tousaint week end to Toulouse, to visit Juliette, Florent & Lois. Toulouse seems to be a very nice city to live in, their new house is big and great, the weather is nicer than in Paris ; lucky them to live there! When we came back to Paris, Ruben kept asking for 'l'autre maison', he liked it very much there.
In November, Eric and Ruben took off again to Briancon, with Elizabeth. This time I stayed in Paris for the whole week, focusing on putting everything into order at work before leaving.
Aboard the train to Briancon, first traverse shoot !
There was quite a bit of snow in Briancon and the guys had a good time there.
And some indoor/ outdoor videos.
Back to Paris.
Meeting with Juliette, Alex & Cecile's very young daughter.
In early december, I finally went on maternity leave and Eric started on his new job. He is now working on financing renewable energy projects. We are done settling in our place (just unpacked the last box over the week end) and are almost ready to welcome 'petit frere'. Ruben is getting interested in christmasy things -christmas trees, christmas lights ! It's nice because he hasn't realized / is not focusing on the presents coming. By the way, as Ruben is making progress with his speech, he has now truly become a real French boy, not understanding English anymore but knowing lots of different cheese by name (gruyere, brie, morbier, chevre, (camem)bert, and his current favorite mimimolette)..
We've been very busy since july, moving in our new place in the 15th arrondissement, settling down, going back to work (for me), shifting jobs (Eric), getting used to the daycare center (Ruben), etc.
Nao and Ren came to France in july and stayed at my grandmother's for a few days. It was really nice and unexpected, meeting up again so far from India/ Japan.
In August, Eric and Ruben went down to Briancon for a nice week-long holiday. I joined them there for a few days. Ruben loved it there!
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In september, we attended a big family reunion in Rouville, the old family country house on Eric's side. Over a hundred people were there! Here with just of a few of his cousins.
Mathilde and Julien then invited us for a week end in Fontainableau. The house of Mathilde's parents is a mere 10 minutes walk away from the boulders. The adults and the kids (here Ruben with Tof & berangere kids) had a good time climbing around.
In November, Eric and Ruben took off again to Briancon, with Elizabeth. This time I stayed in Paris for the whole week, focusing on putting everything into order at work before leaving.
Aboard the train to Briancon, first traverse shoot !
There was quite a bit of snow in Briancon and the guys had a good time there.
And some indoor/ outdoor videos.
Back to Paris.
In early december, I finally went on maternity leave and Eric started on his new job. He is now working on financing renewable energy projects. We are done settling in our place (just unpacked the last box over the week end) and are almost ready to welcome 'petit frere'. Ruben is getting interested in christmasy things -christmas trees, christmas lights ! It's nice because he hasn't realized / is not focusing on the presents coming. By the way, as Ruben is making progress with his speech, he has now truly become a real French boy, not understanding English anymore but knowing lots of different cheese by name (gruyere, brie, morbier, chevre, (camem)bert, and his current favorite mimimolette)..
