baby's first duck confit

january marked m's first trip to paris, where it was confirmed that just like her mama, she could live on baguette and duck confit. and just like her papa, she's a BIG fan of léon de bruxelles. she's also totally game to just wander around town, stopping in here and there for a coffee or plate of frites. such a good sport, this one. she was also happy to just hang out at the apartment, which we rented in our old hood, and look out the windows. it doesn't surprise me, i guess, that KP and i would produce such a good traveler... but it does amaze me just how easy it was.

the 14th

le jardin de luxembourg

no moules this time, but plenty of frites. and baguette, of course.

more baguette...

and more...

and more!

couldn't go to paris and not take her to chez gladines, where she had duck and baguette! 

 

  

 

marvellous, magnificent

m has a board book called "hoo, who are you?" - i think it may have been the first book i bought her (once i knew i was pregnant - i bought a whole stack of books for her in paris when she was still just a twinkle). anyway, it's a series of animals presenting themselves in alliteration or rhyme ("i'm a pretty, prancing pony," "i'm a playing, spraying elephant"). on the last page the owl asks, "hoo, who are you?" and I always respond for her: "i'm marvelous, magnificent maxine."

oh, but she's so much more.

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