Sleeping in in the baby-cot.
Looking straight out of our bedroom window.
Looking to the right out of our bedroom window in the apartment. We couuld hear sirens throughout the day, but the street-noise was surprisingly minimal (thanks to being on the sixth floor).
Anita & Anna at the Jardin du Luxembourg
A flower shop on Rue Saint Andre des Arts.
Our lunch at the cafe--yum! Photo by Anita.
Anna riding the cat. Photo by Anita.
On the slide. Photo by Anita.
Anita, Anna, & I slept in this morning and went out for pain au chocolat (chocolate croissants) and chocolat chaud (hot chocolate) [Anita had cafe noir]. We decided to stick relatively close to our apartment today and take it sort of easy to get Anna adjusted to Paris-time and our sightseeing schedule. The park at the Jardin Luxembourg wasn't what I was hoping (the playground equipment was all for older kids and the carousel wasn't open, I assume because it was the middle of the week).
So we strolled through the gardens and then made our way up to what we thought was going to be an open-air market but just turned out to be a cool little pedestrian street with some shopping. We found a grocery store and stocked up on Anna-friendly things like yogurt and fruit. Anna actually slept in her stroller which I was surprised/pleased with. (This was one of the worries I had pre-trip that Anna wouldn't be able to sleep in her stroller if she needed to because it doesn't recline. However, the reason I bought the stroller that doesn't recline was because I don't normally encourage napping anywhere but her crib! This was the only nap she took in her stroller and that was fine, the rest of her naps were taken in the apartment.)
We stopped at a cafe to eat lunch outside and Anna enjoyed watching all of the cars, buses, bikes, etc. go by. After lunch we went back to the apartment so Anna could nap. After that, we stopped at the park across the street so she could ride a cat and go down the slide. She really liked the cat and was a little annoyed when I told her it was time to go.
We walked over to try to go to Sainte Chapelle but we were one minute too late for the last entry to the church. I bought Anna a slice of pizza for dinner and then Craig & I went out to bring back dinner for the adults after Anna went to bed. I had a really awesome sandwich (by mistake, Craig actually ordered it but I claimed it after the first taste) that was called Panini Montagnard (goat cheese, tomato, and another soft cheese--Craig might know what kind-- on some tasty bread).
Anna went to bed easily again tonight and her 1.5 hours of restlessness moved earlier, to 10 PM. We just put her in the bed with us for this time until we felt like she might go to sleep in the crib again, then she slept all night until 9 AM again!
