Not an anniversary, not a birthday, just a badly needed opportunity to recharge batteries and stand back from everything for a while.
My husband and I jumped on the Eurostar to Paris whilst my mother “borrowed” Ted for three days at home.
Our Montparnasse hotel room view spanned from the Arc du Triomphe to Sacre Coeur with glimpses of the Louvre, Grand Palais and St Germain de Pres in between.
Pressing your face hard on the window, you also caught a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower.
Coming home I’ve spent the past few days chilling out in the garden, away from the emails and the to-do list.
Away from the self imposed deadlines and standards.
No cooking, just stuff from the fridge.
I’ve been considering which landmarks matter most in the hotel window view of life.
And it’s not towers, basilicas and monuments.
It’s a little boy eating ice cream.
I swear he’d grown bigger in the three days we were away.
We were not missed – although he was delighted to see us return. Life goes on at grasshopper height.
I hope you had an Easter as sunny and relaxing as mine. When was the last time you took a step back?
We bought a house in France, so three times a year I get to step back, it’s heaven. As a matter of fact I’m stepping back right now, and loving every second of it. Great weather! No school run! No , as you say, self imposed deadlines, just loads of fresh air and super food, couldn’t ask for more. Long live stepping back! Jude x
Ah! A house in France! How I would love that!
What a lovely break you must have had, gently meandering the chic streets of Paris, switching off from the daily grind, chilling out in the garden on your return and perhaps indulging in some lovely pastries, as I did, in considerable quantities! I tried making some macaroons on our return last year actually, on the blog they are, good fun to make and will definitely need to return to Paris for the more inspiration for more macaroon ideas!
We did squeeze a macaron or two in yes!
What a sweet post … I am sure you were missed … maybe even just a little bit ;0)
I love this post. Everyone needs to take a step back sometimes and it sounds as if yours was well deserved and I agree with Chele, I am absolutely sure you were missed really.
Well admittedly, he did say he wanted to stay with mummy and daddy rather than go home with grandma!!
Hi, this is a fab post. You are definitely right about needing to step back occasionally. I’m overdue one of those! And don’t worry children do miss us they just have a great talent in not showing it LOL.Just found your blog via Tots 100 and enjoying catching up on some of your posts. Please pop over to mine at muminmeltdown.blogspot.com
Thanks T x
Great to see you here… hope to have you back soon!