Hello mamas and papas and welcome back to our Weekly Wrap Up. This week saw us winding up our summer adventure in Paris with the kids.

We marveled at all the bake shops in the Marais, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Paris, including ones that offered more modern treats such as these colorful cupcakes.

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Dinners at home in our simple apartment included broccoli, “steak haché” (the French version of the hamburger with bread) and carrots.

We visited the Picasso museum, which offers a great tour that the kids could follow too! I would rank this newly renovated museum in an elegant private residence as one of the top things to do in Paris. Picasso spent much of his life in Paris and the collection is impressive.

We sampled several different ice cream shops including the infamous Berthillon on the Ile de la Cité and Amorino, which gives you three flavors in a small in this lovely flower design.

And finally, the Versailles palace, an enormous complex outside of Paris built during the reign of Louis IV and bearing witness to the excesses of the French aristocracy. Once we made it through the TWO HOUR LINE, we explored the vast gardens and then the inside of this palace, filled with formally designed rooms including walls filled with real gold leaf. Fancy!

I’m filled with gratitude for the travel we’ve been able to do with our kids this summer, and inspired by all we saw, yet relieved and happy to now be at home chez nous with family.

Oh, and now that I’m back in town, it’s time to go back to my weekly goals:

catch up on email – behind!

hit the gym – ouch!

make Swedish pancakes for the kids (their favorite)

edit some new videos

start working through the kids fall schedule!

What’s on your to do list for the week?

Love,

Melissa

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