Savannah Jane

More Paris!

There are carousels everywehere in Paris. They are all very charming and usually situated in a shady spot in one of the zillion parks they have. This one was extra terribly charming because it was manual. That’s right – a guy pushed the carousel to get it started and then stood by a hand crank to keep it going. Tres charmant, non?

The Parisian carousels are a great reminder that pretty much all kids are the same no matter where in the world they live.

I don’t think Savannah was all that impressed with the hand cranking aspect of the carousel, but she did love that she was on a horse named Pinky that was pink. Remember when her favorite color was brown? Oh those days are gone – we are all pink and purple and glitter now.

I’m dripping these vacation photos out to you aren’t I? It’s mostly because I’ve been too busy to look at my own photos since we’ve been travelling and working like crazy since June.

From the Louvre – I am a BIG fan of winged victory. It is at the top of this amazing, dramatic marble staircase near one of the entrances to the ‘Mona Lisa Wing’ aka The Richelieu. The stairs have been worm smooth in some places and have their own history. I’d be willing to bet that the stairs alone are older than our country. You can feel the history in your toes. This sculpture has always felt dramatic and empowering to me. I vividly remember seeing it for the first time when I was 16 and I like to visit it every time we are in Paris. It is an old friend at this point. Savannah liked this sculpture as well. Paintings were a bit of a challenge for her, but sculpture and architecture were totally her bag. According to her, this was her second favorite thing she saw at the Louvre. The first favorite is coming up.

The best part of hotel rooms is that you are allowed to jump on the bed.

New blog! Hosted by MEEEE!!!!! Big pictures!!! Wheeeeee!!!!!!

I’ll be messing around with the layout, so expect to see something different every day for a while, but I am so thrilled to have consolidated all of my blogs to WordPress. It rules.

Also – update your feeds!!!!

Let’s start with some pretty and then we’ll get to the pumpkin soon.  THIS was out view from our hotel room in Paris – what?