Chez Moi

In a cute little French house,
on a country hill in France,
lived an American nanny,
who really loves to dance.

(Lame attempt at a poem, je suis desole....)

But anyways, I promised to show some photos of my house and here they are. The neighborhood I'm in is probably the cutest place I will ever live and the house looks as if it came out of a French Ikea magazine. J'aime bien chez moi.

I love how buildings in France don't typically have squared off rooms like in the US. They have angled walls and windows and really cool beams showing through sometimes. Here are the two of the kids' rooms.

 My room is on the 5th floor of the house so I climb about 7 flights of stairs from bottom to top. The whole top floor consists of my room and then a small closet and stair landing. I got lucky because my room is spacious, awesome looking, and has a fantastic view! I just feel like every time I move at night, the floor boards creak and I wake up the kids below. Hope not!

 (Before I unpacked and organized. Don't judge, clean freaks).

The backyard is awesome. I got super lucky, too, because had I chosen a family closer to Paris' center, chances are I would've been in an apartment with no forests to run in or lawns to play on. They have a large back patio where most of the family gathering this past weekend took place. A huge table for lot's of guests!
 The backyards all touch in this neighbor hood, off-set by the houses and with short fences or shrubs. The amount of greenery and flowers in this city make my (imagined) green thumb swell with happiness. I love looking out on the beautiful nature and vine covered homes.

 

 The living room is on the main floor of the house along with the kitchen and a guest room. It is pretty big and both sides of the room have shutter doors that open so the room has a lot of natural light and can be very airy. My kind of place! Windows everywhere!!!

The houses here also all have front patio-type areas that are enclosed with a front gate. This morning we ate breakfast out there and listened to the bids chirping. C'est la vie!

 The cutest front window for the cutest kitchen. And of course, a little herb garden and fruit trees lining the front and back yard.

 

The bathrooms here are a lot different than what I'm used to. One bathroom consists of three sinks and a really big open shower. It's really cool! And then the bathrooms with the actual toilet are actually called "toilettes", not bathrooms. They are tiny but I guess they don't need to be huge.

And my favorite part about the house...the stairs! They are so cool! And there are so many.... my legs were actually a little sore after walking in Paris all day to climbing these stairs a few dozen times. Life is a workout in France and I am loooving it. I need to burn off all those baguette calories somehow!