WHITE WEEKEND

June 30, 2012

Good friends invited us over for a White Weekend Party in Marseille, France, to celebrate their 10 years of marriage. There were several events during the weekend and all of them had as dress code the white color. It seems that Adrien loved the theme so much that he started for the first time to walk alone and didn't even want that we touch him. It was so funny!
We're very thankful for such a great weekend with wonderful company, good music and excellent food. OMG I love the South of France!

TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

June 23, 2012

After André showed off his new Dinoroom, Adrien wanted to share also his French vintage nursery. Most of the furniture is in hand-carved wood.  In order to decorate this baby room, I used some items of the decoration of Adrien's Bird-cage baptism party and his Carousel birthday party. The net and crib-wear are from Italy and most of the toys, carpet and mobile are from Noukie's. I didn't use curtains because didn't want to cover the view to the lake from the window, so I just framed it with some blue ponies. The photo filter is from Pho.to.

BUCKLE UP EVERYONE!

June 17, 2012

This Father's Day weekend we decided to go away with Adrien for a short trip to Berlin!
The first day of our arrival, we took a boat tour across the multitude of Berlin's rivers and canals. Did you know that Berlin has more bridges than Venice? Around 1700 bridges. We finished with a traditional German dinner.
The second day we took the risk of get a walking tour around Berlin. The weather was not the best, as the whole day we had a few rain showers. However, Adrien never complained and he even seemed to enjoy the tour so we finished it successfully. We visited most of the main sights in the city, included the Berlin Wall, Hitler's Bunker, SS and Gestapo Headquarters, the Parlament, etc, etc. Of course we were deeply moved for Berlin's touching history. But we finish with a happy end as we met great new friends in our tour! I wanna say many thanks to our superb guide!
We had an incredible dinner that night to celebrate Father's Day.
Last day, we had a short walk and then headed to the airport. We arrived just to Geneva just in time to have dessert with my in-laws for Father's Day family meeting. Congratulations to my hubby, my father and all dads! Remember that the best thing you can do for your children is love their mothers  ;)

EGG-STRA SPECIAL EASTER!

April 19, 2012

Back to Switzerland, after the Spring break, we're all still recovering from a trip with too much fun. So we're planning on taking it slow this week.
I'm now uploading some pictures from before the break. When the family had an Easter get-together in a charming relative's chalet in the Swiss woods. It was a cold day, so we took just a few pictures in the surroundings before to head straight to the warm fireplace to eat chocolate eggs. Easter is the only time when it's perfectly safe to put all your eggs in a basket  ;)

LEATHER WEATHER

March 31, 2012

This crazy weather can be scary for children, and indeed for parents. Kids have to dress well for confort and movement so I usually use the approach of layers. You know what people say: "No bad weather, only bad clothing".

Here a mix of Adrien's pics of these last two difficult months. In the first picture, we had a parents meeting at his brother school and Adrien loved it!! He's wearing a D&G navy leather jacket.

LA VITA E BELLA!

March 7, 2012

Oh yes, life is beautiful in Italy!! We went four days to Bergamo in order to accompany my hubby to a Plastic Surgery Congress there. Adrien and I spent our days strolling the beautiful city of Bergamo and the nights all the family had dinner together in lovely restaurants. The last day we visited my cousins that live there before to heading back to Geneva.

I have a deep love for Italian food!  Each time that I happen to travel to this country, I look forward to eating as much as possible and discover new places for the best pizza, gelato, tiramisu and pasta.
Searching the Internet for good restaurants in Bergamo, I found this list of the Top 10 Italian Food Blogs. I know that I'll come back with extra killos, but I'm sure it will be all worth.
BTW, my favorite Italian restaurant in Geneva is Les Tilleuls, located in the street of the same name. Great quality-price-service-children friendly for Geneva's standards... if you know what I mean  ;)
I'm going to stop this post now because my mouth is watering and my stomach growls!

VINTAGE TREASURES

February 28, 2012

Adrien is 9 months old and his great-grandfather Otti, of 96 years old, came for lunch to celebrate this special day. Otti is a special person that speaks several languages, has written a book and even has a Facebook profile. He's pretty active on the social media!
Adrien is the only of his six great-grandchildren that got his blue eyes, and is the only one who lives in Geneva as well, so they're very close.  May God give them many days together!

COUCOU COUSIN COLIN!

January 20, 2012

I should call this post cousin craziness instead  ;)  How many adventures this month we had, despite the cold wave that is hitting Europe.
In the picture above they are enjoying (well, not all of them) a day in Aquaparc.

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

November 25, 2011

After the Rain, a spa in Geneva is launching a Children's Spa! Could you believe it? We'll have to wait a little bit because it's for children aged 7 to 17. They have massages for kids, manicures, chocolate baths and treatments specially developed and designed for children. The name of the treatments are truly appropriate, such as: The Little Prince (a light back and leg massage with almond oil), Thousand and One Nights (a sparking bath with beverage and a candy chest included), Snow White (a pearl and silk facial), Charly and the Chocolate Factory (a chocolate bath accompanied by a chocolate fondue with marshmallows), etc.
They say they want to teach kids to be aware and treat better their own bodies. I like the idea that the products they use are adapted to children as well. Along with the spa treatments, the children receive candy cotton, strawberry milk, everything sounds delicious and fun!!
In the meantime, we're going to a birthday party with a Batman theme. It's the first birthday party for Adrien!! 

VINTAGE JOURNAL BABY SHOWER

October 15, 2011

EXTRA! EXTRA! We had a "Sip & See Baby Shower" to introduce Adrien to our friends. For those who don't know what kind of baby shower is a Sip & See one, it's made AFTER the baby is born to actually meet the new baby.
It had a Vintage Journal theme, and all the decoration was made by me with old newspapers. It was simple, but original. Everybody liked it and we had really a great time!

MINI ME

For Father's Day, we had a BBQ with my in-laws and we got nice pictures of Adrien with his paternal family, even his great-grandfather Otti, who has 96 years old.  Adrien looks so cute with this knitted jumper that we bought for a this special moment.

Everybody agrees that Adrien is a "mini" version of his dad. I clarify that he's indeed an enhanced one.  ;)

GRANDPA'S BIRTHDAY

Today is the birthday of my dad, Hugo, who is turning 71 years old. Unfortunately, I can't see him as he lives in Ecuador, so I'm uploading some pictures of him with my son André to celebrate his anniversary.  These pictures are from two years ago when we went last time to Ecuador.  I miss my dad, family, friends and country so much...

In the picture above, André wears Baby Dior light blue t-shirt and shorts.

André's best moments: 2-3 years (4th -and last- part)

knight costume during l'Escalade, a local swiss celebration

This is the last part of this edition about my favorite moments when my son André was younger, from 2 - 3 years old... not far behind. He's now 3 1/2. All this retrospective brought to me great souvenirs. Children do grow up so fast, don't they?

André's best moments: first year (3rd part)

Burberry white t-shirt. Australian leather hat (borrowed from dad).

This is the third delivery of the section I called André's best moments (tomorrow is the last one, I promise!).  In this post, I want to review the second part of his first year of life, from 7 months until 12.  Thanks God for all that year full of joy and blessings in our lives.

André's best moments: first months (2nd part)

I think this review of André's best moments will take a couple of posts more.  Yesterday I uploaded pictures of his first month and today I'm gonna upload some pics from his first months of life (2 till 6 months).

In some of the pictures André is with his sister Aimée, who is more than 13 years older than him.  To see my two children together made me warm all over the heart  :')

André's best moments: new born (1st part)... BORN THIS WAY

Burberry baby sleeping bag

Today I wanted to make a review of all my favorite souvenirs of my son André when he was a little new born baby in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  It's so sweet to remember those precious moments  :)