Nathan's 2nd Birthday in Paris (1 of 2)

Instead of having a birthday party for Nathan this year, we decided to go to Disneyland Paris and Paris for his birthday (because he really only has one friend here so far :) ).  On Friday evening we headed out on the Eurostar train that took us to the little town outside of Paris where Disneyland is.  The Eurostar is so quick and easy.  We will definitely be taking another trip to Paris in the future!

We stayed in one of our Marriott timeshare resorts, so we had a cute little townhouse just down the street from Disneyland. Because we got in kind of late Friday night, we decided to have a low key day on Saturday and just stay around the resort.  This turned out to be a great decision.  Nathan had a blast!  Just outside of our townhouse, there was a little pond with ducks and a garden that housed about 7 little kittens.  We spent most of the day feeding the ducks and kittens (they baked fresh baguettes on the premises and it turns out that is great duck and kitty food!) and Nathan had a great time chasing them around too.  

On Sunday, we headed to Disneyland, or as Nathan calls it "Mickey Mouse's house and Nemo's house."  We had such a fun day there.  From what I can gather, Dumbo was Nathan's favorite ride.  At least, that's the one he talks about the most.  

Monday morning (Nathan's birthday), we had a quick little birthday celebration - surprise balloons and the first of many renditions of "Happy Birthday" - and then we took a short train ride to Paris where we saw the Arch de Triomphe, strolled down the Champs de Elysee, went to the top of the Eiffel Tower, took a boat tour down the River Seine, ate great crepes and French Onion Soup, and had yet another birthday celebration Monday night in our hotel room in Paris.

I think Nathan had a good birthday celebration!  We still can't believe our baby boy is 2 years old.  He brings so much joy to our lives and we are having such a great time watching him grow up.  Happy birthday Nathan!  We love you!

Chris and Nathan on the train.  Nathan loved that we got to "eat on choo choo."

Nathan and Daddy hard at work on the train :)

In the garden behind our townhouse.

Feeding the ducks!

Disneyland Paris!

Main Street

First ride.

Dumbo ride.  Nathan still talks about it.  Mommy and Nathan were in the "green Dumbo go up" and "Daddy and Uncle Casey pink Dumbo."

Teacups

Mickey Mouse.  Sadly, this and the stuffed animal Mickeys were the only Mickey Mouses we saw all day.  We didn't see any characters there :(

Nathan and Uncle Casey in line.

So tired - nap time.

Nathan's birthday present from Great Grandma and Grandpa Russom.  He got to pick out whatever he wanted from Disneyland and, of course, he picked a Cars baseball and baseball bat.  He loves it so much.  He now calls Disneyland "Mickey Mouse's house, Nemo's house, and baseball bat's house."