Splash Time

You may think this girl is innocent, until it's time for a bath!!

She loves to splash everywhere!! 

Park Time with Daddy

Gabriella took her dad to her favorite park the other night. She loved chasing him all over the place! 

The leaves are so pretty at this park! Who doesn't love fall?!

New Favorite Dinner...Raclette

This is a picture of a traditional raclette.

Last week we had dinner with a few friends. They made an amazing meal for us called raclette. Basically it's cheese, meat, and potatoes, my three favorite things!! 

I didn't take too many pictures because I was too busy eating, it was so good! Now I am on the hunt for the grill so that I can make this at home too. 

Goofy Girl

Gabriella is turning into such a goof, we are having so much together. She loves to pose for the camera now. Which is great for me! Here she is at one of the malls here in Grenoble.

 In the picture below, she is just lying on the floor, no one knows why. She just laid down and posed for a picture, she's such a goof!!

 Over the weekend, it was soo cold and rainy, we had to play inside all weekend. So of course, we had to make forts in the house.

 She thought it was the best thing ever!! Now she brings us the blankets and wants to play in a fort all the time.

Today we were getting ready to go, and Gabriella had to grab a few things before we left the house. She had to put on her jewelry, grab her doll, and of course her shopping bag. What a diva!

 She loved having her doll at the park, first she had to try everything. Then she showed her doll how to do everything, she's too cute!

Gabriella's new word for this week is bon bon, which is candy in French. That's one word I should have never taught her. Now she screams "Mom, bon bon" everywhere we go. 

On y va Gabriella

"On y va" has quickly become Gabriella's favorite French phrase it means "let's go" and when I say it to her, it usually means we are going to play at the park. The weather had been so cold and rainy here the last few days, but today was perfect so of course we spent the day at a few of our favorite parks. Here are a couple pictures from when the weather was lots warmer.

 The picture above is Gabriella's new friend, I don't know who she is, but every time we go to this park, she is there and she always follows Gabriella. They are so funny together, they just go about their play, side by side.

Gabriella's favorite food since we've moved here is balsmic vinegar and olive oil. She's so funny, she loves to dip the bread.

Older Pictures

Here are a few older pictures from when we first arrived in France.

You know you're in France when...

Smoking is EVERYWHERE, I mean everywhere. You gotta love it when the tram doors are closing they hurry and suck down as much as they can. You especially know they're French when the pregnant women are smoking and they give you a dirty look for moving your baby away from their disgusting second hand smoke. Just wanted to give you all a laugh for the day!

La Peche

 Some of our new friends showed us a park we didn't know about this week and Gabriella is in heaven there. It's by the natural history museum here in Grenoble. In the picture above Gabriella is checking out the ducks, she tried to climb over the small fence, but wasn't successful.

 She loves these bouncy toys, as you can see by the huge grin she has on her face!

Well everyone knows that sweets are my weakness and living in France is not helping my bad habits. So let me introduce my new best friend and worst enemy! La peche (the peach), the bakery that is just a few blocks away from our house makes these and they are the best thing I have ever tasted!!

First of all it comes wrapped up like a present!

There it is my biggest weakness, and in case you were wondering of course it's filled with yummy cream!

Finally!

I can't honestly not believe it, but the internet at our house is finally working! To make a long story short, when we first signed up for service, they told us someone had to come to the apartment to install the phone line they said it would be 3-21 days before we'd have the internet at home. Well here we are 45 days later and 3 appointments that they never showed up for and all of sudden, it just started working. I don't understand these crazy people!
Anyways, we love our new apartment. We are the first ones to live in it, who would have thought we move to one of the oldest cities and end up in a brand new apartment?!

Here is our living room and kitchen. Don't mind the white white walls, our landlord said he didn't want to paint now and just have tenants ruin the paint. Lol, gotta love the French people.

 And my new clothes dryer. Lol it's not so bad, our clothes always smell fresh.

Here is a closer picture of our kitchen. Which I love. The stove is induction, which is just about the most amazing way to cook ever! It boils water in less than 30 seconds. I love it!!

On to more important things, Gabriella is doing great here. She is enjoying her new life, we ride the buses and trams to a new park just about everyday. She can't get enough of the parks lately.

 Yesterday I told Gabriella we were going to go to the store and that she needed to go get in her stroller. I went back into my room to grab my shoes and came out to find her with the shopping bag, pushing her baby's stroller, and her blanket wrapped around her all ready to go. She is so funny!

 Gabriella and myself can't get enough of the French pastries. It's a good thing I have to walk everywhere or else I would have doubled my weight by now!

 Crazy kid, her hair has gotten sooo long! She is growing up so fast. She has also gotten a few new teeth since we left.

This is the look I get when we ride the trams, it is fun for about 2 minutes and then Gabriella is ready to get off and do something more fun.

Overall we're doing really well. School is going well for Trevor, keeping him very busy. But we are enjoying living in France. The French are a different group of people, but we have met lots of nice people. Now that we have the internet at home, I will post more often and keep everyone updated.