Winter Wonderland

I can't get over the snow in Paris! It's simply magical. Just look at the view from our windows.



I just love seeing snow on the trees in our courtyard.

Wanting to see more snowy trees, I packed up myself and Jake and headed towards the Luxembourg Gardens.


Here's what we saw along the way.


Isn't that lovely?

We also saw some young kids making funny little snowmen on top of a car:



And Jake was all, "Wut?"

Then we passed an adorable Christmas window display.



(Merlin would love this toy store window. He thinks toy stores are for pups.)

We got to the Gardens just before closing time, when the gendarmes trot around the park purposefully whistling their whistles and announcing, "Messieurs dames, fermeture du jardin, fermeture" to get everyone out before sundown.



I was glad to get this on video because it's become such a quintessential part of our Parisian experience.

Don't the Gardens look beautiful in the snow?






Outside the gate, I snapped a photo and happened to catch a couple kissing. There are always couples kissing in Paris.




Then Jake and I headed to Café Le Rostand where we met Karim for grog and mulled wine. (Jake had some Evian, naturally.)


Here's Karim being appropriate.



Here's Karim being inappropriate. (I wanted to get video of the snow falling at night outside the café. Didn't expect it turn out PG-13.)



And Jake was all, "Wut?"


Well, actually, he seemed to find Karim hilarious. Which is fine for now, but pretty soon he's going to start talking and we're going to have to watch it.



Know what I mean?

As we finished our drinks, Jake got a bit restless so we headed home. The little guy took a short nap in his stroller and then woke up for a last bit of playtime and bath time and his bottle, and then went to bed. He had quite a nice evening, don't you think?