A busy weekend (not too long ago!)

Been meaning to update the site for a while now, but we've all fallen ill, with me totally losing my voice. I vary between sounding like Minnie Mouse and Marilyn Monroe, with no control over what squeaks come out! or if it does squeaks out or not! Sigh.

Anyway, here's another quick update. 2 weekends ago was a jam-packed weekend. First on the Friday evening was Bibou's creche christmas party in the town centre. The kiddies (and their nannies) all helped to decorate the hall. Some with their own drawings too. Everything was all decorated nicely and there was some food and drinks. This year, Bibou wasn't in top form though, I think she was then coming down with something, plus all her friends weren't there. Of course, Dan wasn't there, and her other companion, Margot wasn't there either as she was ill. Poor Bibou looked a bit lost. She did, however, totally enjoy spending the time with Tata.

We decided to leave the party 'early' and explore the fair that was going on in town. It was the Christmas fair, with lots of stalls selling little Christmasy stuff. As we left the party, we came upon a merry-go-round but with cars and other types of vehicles and lots of lights. Bibou went squealing towards it, she was really excited on seeing it. When the music stopped, she jumped into one of the cars, but 2 seconds later, she decided that she was going to be afraid and starting whining! Gosh, not sure what's up with her these days. She's afraid of everything. I jumped into the car with her, and she was fine, especially when we got started. She was laughing away then. We left after just one round though - I was too dizzy :)

Unfortuntely, the fair was just too crowded, and we didn't think that Bibou would enjoy it a lot. So we just decided to go to monoprix, our supermarket in town. They have little shopping carts for kiddies, and Bibou just loves them. I had fun snapping shots of her pushing her cart with this intense concentration on her face, and she going 'pardon' to anyone who dared to be in her way. She got a lot of laughs and giggles from everyone around.

On Sunday, we were off to Paris Neige, which is actually a huge exhibition hall that has been converted into a kind of indoor ski resort. There were lots of activities, like skiing, sleding, ice skating etc. Unfortunately, the place was jammed -pack, there were lots of families with their children and as we were queing up to enter, there were all these characters in costumes, like a snowman, a rabbit etc. Bibou was not happy! She got scared, especially, as we entered and got 'bombarded' by all these characters, people with make-up on, men on stilts etc. We got her to calm down after a while, but most of the activities were too 'old' for her. We tried sledding with her, but she cried all the way down. We finally found something that she really enjoyed ... the bouncing castle! She jumped and jumped and jumped and didn't mind when the other older kids bumped into her. We spent most of our time there until it was time to leave. I hope she gets past this scared phase soon!