The kids and I spotted blue sky and a tiny ray of light and we were out the door.  It's amazing how much we appreciate sunshine and blue sky now.  

The Jardin de Tuilleries is next to the Louvre in the First Arrondissement  "smack dab" in the center of the hustle and bustle of Paris.  I love the energy in this area.  (It is full of tourists getting their first glimpse of Paris and it is exhilarating.  I will never forget my first trip to Europe, I was mesmerized.)   It was so nice to see the kids light up as we exited the metro and looked out onto the large park.  I told them "run" and they did.  They chased each other and played hide and go seek. 

Max and Sophie remembered this park from the summer because they have a small area with trampolines.  We headed toward the trampolines and  they jumped and jumped until they couldn't jump anymore.

I think their mouths must have hurt by the end of the day from smiling.  Oh, it was like medicine to me.

We found the small fountain where you can rent tiny sailboats and push them with a long stick but I couldn't rent one because this is "Daddy's thing".  He "sailed" with the kids this summer and I didn't want to do it without him.   "Oh Mommmm".

So we watched the ducks instead........

and giggled some more.........

then I promised them we would go to "Angelina's" for a cup of hot chocolate.....

but the line was about 40 long and I knew they wouldn't last........

so we found a small cafe and had a much quieter and less expensive cup of hot chocolate....