Paris party!

Let them eat cake!


Sweetness from Cafe Pray...
 
It's always fun to play with noses
on famous art...
They puzzled over my hand-drawn pieces of  Picasso's Woman & Bird


and then played "Pin the Nose on the Picasso"


After a scavenger hunt, and treats,
we made wee matchboxes des Paris.

Ah the joys of the small things in life!

Paper. Art-making. A clamor of cousins. Laughter. Balloons.
Joyeux anniversaire! Happy birthday!

Here's to finding joy in the small things and the good things, my friends!

Au revoir!
C'est la belle vie!
Swan song!

Books!

Adele and Simon by Barbara McClintock
The Iridescence of Birds by Partricia MacLachlan, illustrated by Hadley Hooper
Henri's Scissors by Jeanette Winter
A Giraffe Comes to Paris by Mary Tavener Holmes and John Harris, ill. by Jon Cannell
Picasso and the Girl with the Ponytail by Laurence D'Anholt
Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Christian Robinson

Parlez-vous party?

It's birthday week for my three girls.

It took them awhile to agree on a theme.

Paris + kitty cats + French pastries.

Kitty cat cafe ?

Ooh la la. 
And you know me - I love any chance to make art,
especially for a party.

After researching all manner of things French,

I sat down to sketch in the book fort.

(Avec iced coffee in a jar, no less.)

Oh, happy day, mes petits.

I think I'll make some hanging art

and some tiny, cupcake art.

I should probably figure out games. 

I'm no good at games. 

Anyone?

Hide the baguettes? 

Name the French cities? 

Guess the French words? 

Some French books we love:

This is Paris - Miroslav Sasek

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

The Story of Babar - Jean de Brunhoff 

The Fantastic Drawings of Danielle by Barbara McClintock

Madame Martine by Sarah S. Brannen

The Story of Diva and Flea by  Mo Willems & Toni DiTerlizzi

Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell, ill. by Terry Fan