Friday, May 29, 2009

Friday Fun

This morning I taught a lesson while Lisa looked after Léna.
Then Lisa and I went to a "new mother" discussion group I was asked to participate in at the local clinic. It was SO BORING. Typical format of the "education" system over here. The agenda was literally to spend 1 hour discussing what to discuss at the NEXT meeting 3 weeks from today. I thought my head would blow off. Needless to say, won't be attending that next session.
When we returned, Léna and I had some gazing time....
Then after naps we all went into the old town for a stroll and some gelatto. Here we are at Place Rosetti in front of the fontaine.

Estelle's chocolat "glace" got the better of her.
Back at the ranch, Lisa and I did some home improvement to help my bedroom door close!
And for dinner, we had gone to one of the fresh pasta shops in the Old Town and picked up 10 dozen sheets of raviolis. That sounds like a ton, but it was just the right amount for the 3 of us and a bit left for Estelle too. This is "Nicois" ravioli, which is meat-filled. We ate it plain with just a bit of butter and fresh grated parmesan that we grated ourselves. Scrumptious!
And fruit salad - yum! Also we had a no-salt baguette. This is a by-product of Lisa being the one who went down to get the baguette - she had an adventure!
Too bad her beautiful blue eyes are closed! Here's TaTa giving Léna her bottled of expressed milk last night while PaPa was at hockey.
And here's a video of a lot of squirming..... should also add that we went to the Pediatrician's yesterday and Léna, who was 1 month by the calendar yesterday (28th) but was 4 weeks and 2 days weighed in at 4k350g. This is an 800+g gain in 3 weeks. Excellent! Specially for a baby who is nursed and not on formula! Wouldn't my Aunt Pearl be proud!