We have lunch with Estelle (our French daughter) every week to two weeks. However, but we hadn’t seen “her men” (Laurent and the boys, Paul and Victor) in quite some time, and David was anxious to practice his French with them. It was time to get together again. So, over lunch with Estelle, we worked out the logistics for lunch at their house on Sunday – what time, who brings what, etc. Our original plan was to bring everything and fix lunch there, but Estelle vetoed that idea. Instead, she said we would just have a small, light French lunch. We were to bring wine, bread, cheese, and dessert. So far so good.
The weather was absolutely beautiful, and our bus ride and short walk to their house was quite pleasant. Their yard was showing off its spring colors, and the French Windows were wide open. Really a lovely day to spend with some of our favorite people! And, we all had a great time. BUT, we did NOT have a small, light lunch. True to form, Estelle had prepared a delicious, multi-course meal –she even surprised us with an appetizer we had asked her about after seeing it on a menu. Over the next few hours, we all ate until we could eat no more. In fact Estelle sent us home with some of her white and dark chocolate mousse since we just couldn’t fit in another morsel.
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| Caught mid-chew after several courses and a few bottles of wine. |
After lunch we had a leisurely coffee in the yard. That’s when what we called “the floor show” started. I’ll spare you the details but it included a supersoaker (large squirt gun), David and the boys running around, and a very tangled roll of extension cord. Laurent and I watched with amusement as Paul, and then Estelle, and then also David struggled with the tangle. (How many people does it take to untangle a roll of wire that one person was so successful in tangling?) Suffice it to say everything was back in good order when we went back inside the house.
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| Took one to tangle but three to untangle! |
When it was time to head to the bus stop, Paul and Victor wanted to show us their prowess on their razor scooters at the park along the way. The park had all the ramps and so forth that skate board parks have in the US – but nobody was on a skate board. There was one person on roller blades and a few folks on the side on a unicycle, but everyone else was on a scooter. It was quite impressive to watch all the tricks and moves they were doing on their scooters! In fact one group was trying to capture one guy’s performance on video. Paul and Victor are quite accomplished and gave us a great demonstration performance! From there things progressed to the usual game of “you can’t catch me!” with David, and all three of them got a good workout!
At last it was time for us to catch our bus and waddle home and for the boys to hit the books and finish the homework they had been trying to forget. Another delightful day at Chez Neveu.
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