January seemed to fly by for us. When Makenna’s cafe owner friend, Didier, returned from his Christmas break he had a Christmas gift for Makenna and Reese. It was a cash register which was the perfect gift to go along with the market stand we got the kids. It even has a scale for fruits and veggies like the supermarkets have here, and a credit card machine. Makenna received 2 cookbooks for Christmas so she also put those to use and chose a few recipes to try, starting with almond brownies.
Makenna also had dinner at our Brazilian neighbor’s house a few times. She just loves them and it is so cute seeing her with her friend Elis. I love how she gets to try traditional Brazilian dishes too!
I was able to enjoy a dinner out with some friends for my friend Emily’s birthday. We went to a mexican restaurant which is one of our favorite places to go for ladies nights out, it is so good! It’s a very small restaurant and the owner has 2 seatings at 7pm and 9pm. It’s usually busy, so if you have a reservation at 7 and are taking a long time to catch up on the gossip, he may kick you out at 9!
Ryan had to go to Daytona for a week to work at a 24 hour race. I was thankful that over the weekend my friend Katie, her husband John and son Parker got together with us to go to Royal Kids, an indoor playground. The kids had a great time and I was so thankful that John was able to help me manage 2 kids in that crazy place. Reese and Parker, who is only a month older than Reese, had fun playing together in the baby area while Makenna ran around the bigger area. The next day we went to Katie’s for a delicious brunch. It was a great way to spend the weekend!
While sometimes the day to day activities don’t seem that interesting or fun, they are often the times we look back at with fond memories and I know these will be some of the times we will remember when thinking about our time in France.
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