Susannah's First Visit to her Birthplace

We have been so blessed by amazing, and according to all of our German neighbors, extremely uncharacteristic, mild spring weather.   So we decided to take the sunny, ninety minute drive over to Strasbourg on Saturday.   Showing Susannah where she spent her first six months was so fun.   We even ran into two of our neighbors at the park.   Here are some of the photos from the day:

As you will see, Susannah was not in a photo-taking mood, so unfortunately most of our pics do not represent all the fun we actually had.   This is us at our picnic spot, Place de la Republique.



We grabbed sandwiches from our favorite Moroccan shop and enjoyed the green grass and brightly colored springtime flowers of France.

Modeling Daddy's shades.

The one smiling photo is from the fire-truck of a carnival ride that they had at Place Broglie.  

It was so fun and a little surreal to watch Susannah ride because I remember walking by this spot so many times before we were parents. 

We walked all day and Susannah usually caught a ride when the crowds got a little too thick.

Susannah's first glimpse of the Cathedral.  

And her first gelato from our favorite little shop.

Standing outside of Peter's school.   It is so funny because we have a picture in this exact spot when Susannah was only a few days old and there was a foot of snow on the ground.

We tried to end our day at one of our favorite restaurants, but forgot that for the French, 5 pm is a laughable time to even think about dinner.   So we had an aperitif instead and headed home.   As you can see, Susannah was exhausted and more than ready to go.  

 She LOVED Strasbourg though, and even said, as we were leaving the beautiful Parc de l'orangerie,  (where I unfortunately neglected to take even one photo) "Mommy, I want to stay in Strasbourg forever."  Peter and I completely understood where she was coming from.   ;)

After church on Sunday, we headed to the park.  

And to the ice cream shop down the street.   It has been all closed up for winter and we were so excited to try it out.

Susannah ordered the "Pinocchio".  So cute.

Speaking of ice cream, Susannah had her first ice cream truck experience on Friday.   We were spending the afternoon with friends on base when it came by.   I don't know who was more excited, Susannah or me!   And yes, I realize that ice cream three days in a row probably isn't the most nutritional choice, but the sunshine and warm weather relaxed this Mommy right into compliance.   ;)

Hope all of you had fun and relaxing weekends as well.   Happy Spring!