Scrumptious Fries & Blue Skies

Last Saturday was a BEAUTIFUL day in Brussels...one that made the cold dreary winter seem almost worthwhile as we all start dreaming of the impending spring!! The skies were a gorgeous shade of blue and although it was only in the upper 40s the warm sunshine on your face made it feel so much warmer!

So we of course HAD to get out of the house! We had a beach party to go to that afternoon (what a perfect day to break out the flip flops too, right?), but before the jimmy buffet and hawaiian shirts we took our chance to head down to the Flagey market to try the famous frites (french fries) we have heard so much about. We typically hit up the market most weekends to grab a rotisserie chicken or two for the week and usually some fresh fruits and veggies, but this was our first time sampling the fries (ok, I guess we did steal one fry out of Bruce's cone when he was in town visiting, but that doesn't really count) Supposedly the "French Fry" was created in Belgium and not France...and they are quite the fans of fries here. They double fry them so they are nice and crispy and typically eat them with a mayonnaise type sauce. We decided to bring a left over packet of ketchup from McDonald's with us because although they have ketchup you have to (1) pay for it and (2) get it all piled high right on top of the fries...which kinda defeats the purpose of the aforementioned crispiness :o)

And the famous Flagey Frites were quite delicious. As you can see my little model was definitely enjoying herself.

This weekend we are off to the fabulous Paris, France! My 1/2 Marathon is on Sunday and I'm kinda freaking out. Not about the race exactly, but that I am going to turn up sick before then. Autumn has been sick all week with 101-103 temps. We went to the doctor yesterday and she has the flu :o( And Jacob has been fighting a nasty cold/flu bug for a few weeks now. I have been sneezing all day and my nose is like a faucet, but if I feel like this on Sunday, I'll be fine...I'll just bring some kleenex. I'm just petrified I'm going to wake up tomorrow or Sunday and feel rotten and all that cuddling with my sick little sweetie this week is going to have caught up with me! Ugh...Sunday really needs to hurry up so I can make it through without catching either of these monstrosities! Say a prayer! It's so hard to train for several months for something and then get so close without being to complete it. I really want to run this race!!

In other news...we got fired from our shared babysitter this week :o( She decided all of a sudden that she wanted 14 euros an hour instead of 8 since there were two kids instead of one. Our friend had negotiated the price up front and told her there would be 2-3 kids, but for some reason now she decided she wants more money. My friend Donatienne is quite upset with her and I think is actively looking for her replacement...so maybe I'll have my Friday mornings off again in the future, but for now Autumn and I get to hang out :o)

Hopefully on Monday I'll have good news and I'll have made it through the weekend and the race without being sick!! And will of course have some more pictures of the eiffel tower to share!!