in retrospect...

Before I compose my final "Rosenbaums' in France 2008" post, I realize that I neglected to post our general monthly reviews for November or December.  Here they are now.

November

Grams' visit, Rafa's 2nd birthday party, Thanksgiving, 

a visit to Musée D'Orsay and Max at Cité des Enfants 

(Paris' version of a children's musem)...

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December

INSEAD Children's Holiday Party, 

Paris by Night (a little trip Brook and I made to see the 

City of Lights all decked out for Christmas), 

the final Friday "coffee" (moms & kids), 

au revior to Tunde - Max's babysitter and first love -

and an unexpected dusting of snow...

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ex·pect·ing...

v.   tr. 

1. 1. To look forward to the probable occurrence or appearance of:expecting a telephone call; expects rain on Sunday.
   2. To consider likely or certain: expect to see them soon.  
2. To consider reasonable or due: We expect an apology.
3. To consider obligatory; require: The school expects its pupils to be on time.
4. Informal To presume; suppose.

v.   intr. 

1. To look forward to the birth of one's child. Used in progressive tenses: His sister is expecting in May.
2. To be pregnant. Used in progressive tenses: My wife is expecting again.

Baby Rosenbaum #2 - mid-June!

'tis the season...

Things are really wrapping up at INSEAD... so on Wednesday we took the opportunity to celebrate the holidays with the children.  We had a wonderful party with an old fashioned sing-along, some Christmas tree ornament decorating, and a visit from Santa!  It was great.

Here is the tree that the kids helped decorate...

Max & his mom waving at the camera...

An incredible Dutch Santa...

The chaos...

Santa with two children (who happen to be his own)...

Max was a little suspicious...

...but he enjoyed getting a gift!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

far from home, but still ever so grateful...

We are sorely missing our family and friends at home today... 

Wishing you all a warm and wonderful feast!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hosted a Thanksgiving dinner chez nous last Saturday night for our INSEAD friends.  It was a very special night as none of our guests had ever celebrated Thanksgiving before.  We cooked a 12-pound turkey in our tiny oven, baked pumpkin pies, and had all the standard sides.  It was a delicious meal and a touching evening as this France Adventure officially starts to wind down.

Here are some photos...

The table

The Chef & the "Bird"

Carving...

Some of our friends...

All of our love to you today and always,

-The Rosenbaums

PS - Max says hello!!!

grams comes to town...

We had a great visit with Grams in mid-November... she and Brook took a cooking class in Paris, and then she and I visited the Musee de l'Orangerie another day.  But Max had the most fun of all, playing and reading with his Grams.

autumn review...

In the chaos of all of our travels, etc., I forgot to post our general September review... so here it is now, along with October's.

September

Barbara's birthday party, forest walks, around the house, 

an afternoon in Paris...

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October

More around the house, more forest walks, Jorrit's 4th birthday party, Fami-Parc (a small amusement park), Halloween...

click here for the photos.