Disney Paris Day 2

We started the morning out by hitting Peter Pan and the Tea Cups.  We love Peter Pan and the Tea Cups are a personal favorite of mine.  I just love the bright colors and cute shapes. 

Meet our twins:  Lots of people think they are twins since Hanna is just about as tall as Carter!  They also think Hanna is older because she has already hit her growth spurt!  Soon enough Carter will take off though! 

Next we headed toward Autopia. This one is better than in California. They have a line on both sides of the track so it goes way faster. The cars were super cute! The kids loved this one!

Hanna looks like she is 17 in this picture…. ahhhhh! 

The Castle showed the story of Sleeping Beauty and you could go up into the top and look out over the park below.  The stained glass was really cool!!  The boys liked the dragon in the dungeon the best however.  It really moved and looked real! 

Disney Stars N Cars Parade…….loved this idea with them in Cars! 

     

We were able to catch a couple different shows before hitting the road home.  Our allergies were really acting up this day and the crowds were a lot worse due to it being a holiday for the locals.  So we left around 4pm and headed home to Germany.  Such an awesome weekend! 

Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte

On Sunday we got up early and got ready for church.  We met my cousin Aimee and her husband Renaud in Melun France for church at the branch there.  It was only a 45 minute drive for us, but for Aimee and family it was a bit more.  It was so great to see them and their kids again and meet their baby girl who is now one.  We have been face booking and emailing and visiting on the phone to get all the details squared away to meet up with them on this day!  I’m so glad we did……it was such a great day!  Aimee suggested several places to visit south of Paris and we picked Vaux le Vicomte off the list.  It was impressive…….  First we all had a picnic lunch together before heading to the chateau.  Aimee offered to feed us and it was awesome.  Thanks Aimee and Renaud…..we enjoyed everything!  Sidenote:  Aimee raised in Idaho, came to France as a student of French and Family History….met Renaud, fell in love, and now lives here. 

While we were cleaning up lunch, Cole started screaming at the top of his lungs.  We thought he had been injured severely, but upon inspection, he angrily screamed that he accidently touched this slug!  He was so angry!  We laughed and laughed about this! 

These gates were massive! 

Eowyn  pronounced “Aoveen”…..so cute and precious.  All three of Aimee’s kids got her amazing eyes

We could not have ordered more perfect weather! 

 

We headed out back first to the grounds so Eowyn could have a nap.  The grounds were quite impressive and massive.

Our kids took no time becoming acquainted with her boys….Adam is 10 and Ilan almost 8.  Its nice that they are fluent in both French and English. 

There were lots of things for the kids to do….try to catch fish, skip rocks, wade in the water, and run and run and run.  Anyone want a drink?  Actually we were wishing it had drinks in it! 

 

After touring the inside of the Chateau, we had a sweet snack of Brioche and chocolate that Aimee had brought.  And we visited a little longer trying to convince them to come visit us in Germany!

ILan and Adam.  Gorgeous and cute as can be.   

 

Our Dad’s are brothers can you tell????

Hanna is such a good little babysitter!  She just loves all the little girls these days. 

COUSINS in EUROPE!!!  It was so great to see you.  Let’s do it again!  Before we could leave, Adam wanted to play some baseball with our boys.  He loves it, but it is hard to find in France where he lives so he doesn’t get to play it as often as he would like.  He ran and got his ball and glove out of the car and played with Carter and Jake……he was in heaven!  I guess that is the American shining through in that boy!  It was so rejuvenating to see family even if just for a weekend.