Food corner:
All those platters are full of "Farci", which is roasted vegetables stuffed with ground meat and spices. A Nicoise specialty. Emilie's grandmother made all of them, and made the "farce" (the stuffing) herself. Thomas also makes these but he buys the farce at the butcher.
Look at the glee in the pool:
Thomas, beer in hand, explains the finer points to the birthday boy.
Louise (sister to Eva, daughter to Marie and Ludovic), born March 7:
Girls with hats:
The Dad corner. Where Thomas is imitating a monkey? no just kidding
Later in the afternoon Fransiska came with Eliott:
Have no clue what Marie and I are doing in this photo. That other man is holding Ines, Noah's little sister, daughter to Emilie and Jerome, born January 24th.
Sylvianne and I watching over Louise (not our kid!)
See that guy in black? That's the man who put together all this stuff and inflated everything, Jerome:
Here's Thomas wondering what to eat next:
This is the sports corner, and beyond that is the tool bench.
This is the kitchenette corner. Most of this stuff ended up in the pool later.
Eva and Estelle "en grimpant" (climbing).
Estelle, Pauline & Noah enjoy the FlavorIce that I brought for the kids. This is called "Mister Freeze" over here (the name is English!)
Philippe rediscovers his youth...
The nursing corner in the shade. Everyone made fun of me for showing up with my collapsible chair complete with a beverage pocket but OH weren't they all fighting over it!
The view from Emilie & Jerome's - in fact that is the Nice airport runways you see:
This became the "First Aid Tent". These girls loved playing ER.
Here's the Baby Corner. That's Nils on the mat - son of Sylvianne and Philippe and brother to Pauline. He was born Feb 21st.
Birthday boy Noah getting ready to blow out the candles.
Warming up in the sun:
This waterside was our joint gift to Noah. It was a smash hit!
This was the "please baby, go to sleep" corner. Léna is in this little cocoon - can you see her leg? Born April 28th, she was the youngest one there.
The Water Activity Corner - look at Estelle and Pauline both flinging themselves in at the same time:
Mother to the bday boy - Emilie:
And back home, Daddy got to spend the afternoon after naptime (for ALL of us!) making Lego Man. Legos are what Estelle wants to do all the time now. Today she spent 30 minutes playing in complete silence.
Here's Estelle showing you her messy mouth and big belly:
