Monday, August 18, 2008

The longest post: Lucie's summer vacation

Lucie learned lots of new things this summer. One of them is an unflinching interest in flowers. Here she is, about to learn that some roses come with thorns (actually, mom intervened just in time: lesson postponed).
The big news, of course, is that she's really on her way to walking. We can only hope that she doesn't figure out the next step too quickly. She's already a menace as it is.
Lucie went windsurfing (kind of).
She went rock climbing (remember folks, she CANNOT walk).
As this was a beach vacation, Lucie went to the beach (where else?)
She studied the various components of the sand, deciding which ones were edible (most of them, it turns out).
"Who needs parents?"
Waving at someone (or something) all while screeching at top volume.
Like a good little Breton, she's not afraid of cold water, and waded in on sunny days. Here with Armelle.
Hunting for crabs.Kneeling in her own pool.
Generally having a blast."Allow me to demonstrate the eating of a piece of rock"
"Doesn't my father look silly?"
When you're cute, you get your picture on the Internet...
Two tanned ladies, despite the fact that the weather wasn't all that.
Lucie's become quite the little actress. Here is her 'pick me up' routine, courtesy of Michele, who wasn't swayed this time.

"C'mon mom, pick me up!"
"I miss you so badly down here"
"I promise I'll clean my room..."
"fine... I'll do the dishes too"
"this is SOOO unfair!"
"nobody ever picks me up! nobody loves me!"
Ok, we admit it, she's cute, and so sometimes we pick her up.
Lucie's a good little baby, and she lends a hand in the kitchen.
Lucie got to hang out with Greg's family. Here are cousins Clothide and Thibault, and aunt Armelle. Thibault was a real hit with Lucie, who would coo and clap her hands every time she saw him go by, and give him real hugs.
Once an American, always an American.
What's Lucie eating? Well, it depends on the moment you ask that question. In this case, they're blackberries from the neighbor's fence.
Here Armelle is feeding her a crab leg (technically a spider crab, but whatever).
Lucie loves green apples, which she gnaws at for a while, carries around as if they were balls, and generally will not part with them.

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

More Lucie Movies

Lucie crawls about. More precisely, she zips across the floor. (note: this is from the 14th of July weekend).

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Lucie and Gatsby, BFF

These movies were made mid-July, while Lucie's father was in Algeria.

The situation is so dire without the head cook around that she has to resort to eating cat hair...

Sunday, August 03, 2008

More movies

Lucie playing inside



Long delayed pictures

In Quiberon, Lucie took to exploring the garden with uncle Bertrand.
She got lots of loving from her grandma too.
Sometimes, a baby just needs a drink.
The following week, everyone was off to London for Morgane's going away party. Morgane will be attending Columbia's Law School for a year. Congratulations!
Grandpa had volunteered to take Lucie back to his hotel and babysit her. Around 11pm, everyone was in the street looking for a taxi.
Back in Paris, she took to eating a whole tomato at once. She spits out the skin, though...

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Eating in Bretagne.

Lucie likes to multi-task. Here she is directing the Quiberon Philarmonic while eating lunch.Trying to get away long enough to suck on that lemon... She finally managed to gnaw some of the skin off while grandpa wasn't looking.
Vade retro Satanas!

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Crawling & Standing

As you can see, Lucie has become much better at both.




Wednesday, July 02, 2008

More Sicily

Lucie sez: YO!
Come on! How come I can't go body surfing?!?
Lucie wanted to explore the beach, and find out what all could be eaten (most things, it turns out).
After all the crawling and eating was done, she finally went down for a nap (last day only).
Because Lucie is a very lucky baby, her father makes her wake up at the crack of dawn to go visit ruins (ok ok, she's usually the one who gets her parents up at the crack of dawn: never heard of a vacation, little one?). Anyway, because she's very lucky, she gets to have her very own parasol as she tours the Greek antiquities. It has a certain 'Death on the Nile' cachet...
These particularly glorious ruins are near Agrigento, which is a city with no other redeeming value whatsoever.

Lucie always visits in style.
The old and the new.
The whole family posing for a kitschy picture.

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

At the beach

Lucie put on her sunglasses to ensure that she'd be the styliest girl on the beach.
Sciacca has been known since Greek times for its thermal baths. We went to the pool, which was very warm and salty. Lucie enjoyed floating around.
In the kiddy pool, Lucie made a splash.
We hit the beach at Eraclea Minoa, with beautiful white cliffs and a pine strand to boot. It was very hot, and so we hid under the pine trees for some of the day.
One of the most fun things to do at the beach is to climb all over papa.
He's got such a tasty nose!
After a while, Lucie graduated from swimming at the pool to swimming at the beach.
She even went surfing.Lucie and Michele ponder whether to go in.Then Lucie makes a break for it.
Hunting for rocks to eat (you'd think we don't feed her).