Jaffe Family in Paris

It was like we never left.

Our old apartment, 40 Rue de Montmorency.

Dinner at Taillevent.

So glad to be back.

Morning Walk while Jamison is at conference

Seine with view of Ile St. Louis

Walking around Paris without pushing Idan in a stroller.

Christmas Tree at Notre Dame

Loved going to the playground with Idan at Luxembourg Gardens. It was strange to not have him there with me.

Notre Dame

Retirement Party at Musee Jaquemart Andre

Jamison and the other residents from his year, Sean (Canada), Gregoire (France), Rodrigo (Brazil) and Rezart (Albania)

Galleries Lafayette Christmas Tree

The Christmas windows at Galleries Lafayette had a Broadway Theme this year. This is the West Side Story window.

Mama Mia

It never snows in Paris!

Our one day in Paris together was cold and snowy.

Our snowy view of the eiffel tower.

Champs Ellysees

Tower at Chatelet that was under construction the entire 6 months we lived there. We wondered what was under all that construction.

Lunch at Laduree

Tuilleries

Christmas Markets on Champs Elysees

Our Last Week!

We went to the Picasso Museum.

Saturday night, we went to a holiday party given by Idan's friend from class.

The only english children TV channel we get plays Bugs Bunny all the time. So Sunday, we took him to see Bugs Bunny on Ice. It was all in French, but Idan loved it.

Afterwards, we went to Bercy Village for lunch.

Idan's teacher had a going away party for him in class. She made crepes with sugar and nutella.

Our last walk to school over the bridge. Idan's school, the Lennen Bilingual School is at the American Church of Paris, right next to the Eiffel Tower.

Idan and his English speaking teacher, Barbara, before the holiday show.

Idan and Claire, his french speaking teacher. He loved her.

Ruby, Idan, and Tanisha after the Holiday Show.

For the holiday show, they sang a french song and the wheels on the bus. Santa came after and gave everyone a present.

After school on Wednesday, Idan met his friends Joey and Conn for their last playdate at Ecole Buissonaire, a play gym. Idan was really upset to leave them. Joey is from London and Conn is from Ireland.

Sarah, Roni, and Clare

Idan skating

Click here for video of Idan's first time skating
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjGEi7hU4N0

2 more weeks

Jamison got tired of running around doing the tourist thing, so we had a quiet weekend. Saturday, we enjoyed the nice weather at Luxembourg Gardens.

Idan on the carousel at Luxembourg Gardens.

Sunday, we spent with our British friends and then went to see the movie, Happy Feet.

Idan and Joey

Roni and Sarah

3 weeks left!

Roni and Idan checking out the holiday window displays at Galleries Lafayette

Place de la Concorde at night.

We visited the Musee de la Orangerie to see the large waterlilies by Monet. The museum was just redone so that you could see them in natural light.

They put up a free ice skating ring at Hotel D'Ville. It is just a five minute walk from our apartment. (You can see Notre Dame in the background of this picture)

Jamison has waited 3 years and 10 months for the chance to teach Idan how to ice skate.

Idan loved sitting on the chair and being pushed around.

But then Jamison showed him how to use it and he skated all over the ice by himself.

After, they had sledding on this ice slide.

We then saw the temporary Disney exhibition at the Grand Palais. It showed Disney's earliest works, drawing and inspirations for all his classic movies.

The Grand Palais

Disneyland Paris Christmas

We went to Disneyland for the last time. They had lots of things going on for Christmas.

We went to Cafe Mickey at the Disney Village for lunch with all the characters. The restaurant was almost empty, so we had the characters to ourselves!