The Senate

From the lack of postings you may have guessed it has been pretty quiet around here. It's been a week and I don't have a whole lot to report. Which is lame for you to read, pretty great for me. I needed a lame week.

Sunday we checked out the Senate Building at the Luxembourg Gardens. Most of the municipal and government buildings and some museums were open for free all weekend. It was really cool to see inside this mysterious building that is always heavily guarded. (The president lives there, I think...). The ladies really enjoyed the experience as we walked through all the beautiful rooms and learned that some people put art work on the ceiling! And we got to see Napoleon's thrown! There was a LOT of gold! ;)

Not much else has been happening. Everyone except me is very congested and having trouble sleeping. Elise and Celia are also battling a cough but I think are slowly getting better. Brian is pretty miserable but gets less sympathy because he's not as cute! :)

Hence we have been taking it easy. I'm helping to organize our Mother's MESSAGE Halloween Party next month. We found a park that we are going to host the "Trick or Treating" in and a little cafe that will take us all in if bad weather comes our way. Look at me, PTA mom of the year in Paris! :)

We are also enjoying this freakishly hot weather. Although it rained on us about two weeks ago and every Parisian warned us that summer is gone, fall has arrived, and it will rain for the next 6 months, it is now well into the 70's and 80's, bright, sunny, and pleasantly warm. I love it! Especially since I went out immediately after our first big rain storm and bought Elise a rain coat...it's still sitting in its bag in the closet...no need for it. But I'm not complaining!

It's also filming week on campus. There are 2 or 3 different films that are using our beautiful campus as their backdrop/scenery. The other day our main building was closed off and actors were roaming the campus in big black top hats and tuxedos. Yesterday there was a great scene that we got to watch over and over again as they tried different angles, props, and lighting. It was a comedy/love story and a fascinating process to watch. I wish I knew what was going on or at least who the actors were so I could show off that I'm star gazing! But the ladies and I just sit from a distance and observe. It's pretty fun!

Okay, I'm off to get more exciting in Paris so that not every blog has to be so lame. I did take a nice stroll through the streets of the fabulous 13th and 14th last night. However being a Monday night there was not much going on, most places aren't open on Mondays. I'm going to try to make it a weekly thing to get out and see places. More on that later.

I'm off...