Mother's Day

Lucas gave me a piece of artwork he made in creche :)
I got to sleep in, and had pancakes and coffee for breakfast. We then left for Val D'Azun again for the day after Lucas had his nap and I watched New Moon while Lucas was sleeping.

Yummy food & New Moon

Another care pack just arrived, a late birthday present from one of my best friends, Chet Leng. She sent me lots of foodstuff - rendang & curry, pork floss, Bee Cheng Hiang Bak Gua (my absolute favourite!!!!!) and even rojak sauce :)

Everything arrived intact even though she sent the box months ago by sea mail (too heavy to send by air cos the air mail charges would have been frightfully expensive)

I am truly blessed to have so many friends and family who think of me and send me yummy food (AND Mickey Mouse books - thanks again See Ming!!!!). Some even take the chance and send me movies (ahem!) from home, since the movies shown here are in French and DVDs are soooo expensive here compared to KL ;)

Anyway, I gave into the urge and watched New Moon on pay per view yesterday - a present for Mother's Day. I kept resisting paying for it since its 5,99 euro to rent ( that's like, RM30 and I can get 4 DVDs from Malaysia for that price....) and my sister already said she has the DVD for me already, but anyway Fred insisted so I watched it yesterday - TWICE!

Although Jacob's so sweet and truly adorable in his wolf form, Edward's tortured soul is hard to resist, so I am still on team Edward after watching New Moon. Can't wait for Eclipse; I am re-reading it for the 3rd time :)

Les Gerbes, Val D'Azun

We spent the Pentecote weekend at our friend's gite in Val D'Azun. A mere 40 minutes drive from Tarbes, Val D'Azun is next to Argeles-Gazost.

We absolutely love being at Didier's - not only is his guesthouse absolutely beautiful, its calm and comfortable and peaceful. Absolute paradise.

Lucas loved being there so much he didn't want to leave, kept pulling me to go upstairs to the room to "do-do" (sleep)

Pâtisserie Royalty, Tarbes

Yesterday the girls (Cathy, Liz, Sophie) & I went to Royalty salon de thé - glacier - traiteur- pâtisserie at 33 rue Marechal Foch.  I have been living in Tarbes for a year and have never ventured into Royalty. I always thought that Royalty was a  pâtisserie selling only macaroons. But to my surprise, Royalty is a tea room with a small cozy section where the girls and I had macaroons and juice and coffee. Royalty is also famed for its ice cream, tarts and cakes and chocolate which I have yet to try.

Liz & Cathy explained that Royalty is an award winning pâtisserie and no wonder! Their macaroons are to die for!!!!

I had the pistachio macaroons with creme and fresh raspberries. I could have had a dozen of those. Amazingly yummy!!!!!

Needless to say, Royalty is now one of my favourite places to go to for tea with the girls.
http://www.royalty-tarbes.com/

Smiley :)

Lucas was eating his PB sandwich yesterday and I noticed that he ate some of the crust and left some behind. He then "arranged" the crusts on the table, pointed to them and said "smiley"!!!!! He had 2 small pieces of crusts as the eyes and the angle of another crust forming a "v" as the mouth!!!!

Cry it out baby

I was looking at my blogger profile and saw my age number has automatically turned 40. I still flinch at that number. OMG!!!! I cannot believe I am 40. In case you are thinking - Oh no, this is another one of those psycho babbling blogs from a crazy hormonal 40 year old; don't worry la... I am totally zen today :)

I managed to slip in a 3 hour nap this arvo and missed out on a chatting session with my sister and my aunts who are visiting from Oz.

Lucas woke me up 4 times again last night. This has been going on for more than a week now and last night when Lucas called for me at 1.10 am (he went back to sleep after 10 minutes) I could not get back to sleep til past 3. Even then I had to move to the day bed as I was tossing and turning so much I was afraid I'd wake Fred. Anyway, Lucas' last call out session was at 5.45a.m and this time I was just way too tired and sleep deprived, I decided to let him cry it out. His cry out session lasted 20 minutes (that was the longest 20 minutes I've had to endure with Lucas screaming and me lying there thinking that the child psychologists who tell you to let the kids cry it out must not have heard screams like Lucas', and alternated between wondering if I could find a boarding school here which will accept 2.7 year olds and praying for mercy and deliverance...)

Anyway the cry out session, as I've mentioned lasted only 20 minutes (lemme tell you, he could have gone on for a whole hour...) because Lucas managed to climb out of his bed. I could hear him opening his room door, and calling out for me. He went to our bed but could not see me so he came looking for me at the day bed. He didn't approach me til I told him he could, tho' ( that was a sign that he understands that he cannot climb into bed with us to sleep); standing 10 feet away, calling me repeatedly.

Today after his 3 hour nap, Lucas is back to his happy self - especially when Fred told him to get ready for a bicycle ride. Lucas is on a PB diet - he doesn't want anything else but PB on bread and his Nesquik. I add fruit into his night bottle (that's the only time he takes his bottle now, preferring to drink from a cup)

Now that the weather's gorgeous again, its time to restart Lucas' potty training...

Le soleil revient!!!!

I woke up today happy knowing that this week, the sun is back and the weather is going to be warmer! Its amazing how one takes sunlight for granted when living in a tropical country. Even during the winter, the sun was still shining here in Tarbes. Last week, she disappeared :(
Just when we thought that Spring was truly here, the temperature suddenly took a dive last week. It was so cold we turned on the heating again because the insulation where we live is terribly poor (which explains our high gas bill). It didn't help that certain parts of France started snowing, including Tarbes and when it wasn't snowing, it was raining non stop...

Now that the sun is back, I hope she's going to stay... but just in case she doesn't, I won't put away our winter clothes just yet.