The title of my blog, "Cochon Avec Des Ailes", translates as "Pigs with Wings". Let me explain. Dan and I are approaching our 15 year anniversary on August 8th. If you had asked me 15 years ago, "Is there any way possible that you predict fifteen years from now you will be taking your 4 kids to Europe in celebration of your anniversary?", my response would have been, "When pigs fly..." (I am originally from Arkansas, and we say things like that.) Well, the pigs have sprouted wings and are about to take flight to France via Amsterdam. It is a fitting title, as we are from one of the self-proclaimed BBQ capitols of the world.
Let me clear up a few questions you may have.
Yes, we are taking our four kids, Sidney, Lyndon, Hadley and Jack, ages 9,7,5 and 3.
No, we are not taking any grandparents or babysitters. We do have friends meeting us in Paris, however. They have two kids of their own, so it won't minimize the chaos.
No, Jack is not potty-trained, yet, due to that being my least marketable skill as a parent.
Yes, we are crazy. Hopefully, in a crazy-fun sort of way and not in a crazy-insane sort of way.
If you would like to follow the chaos, please check out this blog regularly. It should be entertaining...to you. Hopefully, it will be entertaining to me. I may be rocking in a corner somewhere in Europe. We have, at least, managed to convince the kids that we are flying in and out of Amsterdam, not "Hamsterdam," which is what they interpreted us as saying. They were envisioning a land of giant hamsters. I think they were a little disappointed when we finally cleared up that misconception. I cushioned the blow with the info that hedgehogs supposedly inhabit the park near our apartment there. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the guidebook is correct, as they are infatuated with hedgehogs. We shall see. Stay tuned!
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