Its true. Sadly, Fall is not as fun here. Kids get like 2 weeks off of school, so there should be the aroma of celebration in the air! (Although this tends to make au pairs around the country grimace and hide in fear, so I can get that. I am one of the Lucky Ones - as the two older children are gone spending the week at their uncle's. It is currently just me and the baby. Which I actually very much enjoy).
The leaves are changing colors, the air is crisp and biting, and when the sun shines, it still shines with that bright, early fall intensity.
But there are no pumpkins anywhere. Nobody is setting out displays of whole frozen turkeys. There are no "fall flavors" of ANYTHING, no scents of cinnamon. No leaves-and-apples decorations up anywhere. Not a haystack in sight. Nor have I seen the abundance of squash that normally accompanies the season.
To combat this lack of fall joy I have taken certain steps:
1. Making applesauce. As it turns out, the father is allergic to cinnamon. That's OK. I get the compote de pomme to myself.
2. My daily tea intake has nearly doubled since my first month.
3. Watching holiday episodes of "Friends" in my spare time.
4. Looking forward to Christmas
5. Thinking of ways I can teach/do crafts with the girls about Halloween/Thanksgiving. We have already made hand turkeys. (A bit premature, I will admit).
6. Planning my upcoming Paris weekend with friends. This is GOING to include buying canned pumpkin in the America/Canada section of the Grande Epicerie de Paris (the only place I have heard of that carries it) and helping Mia take her three kids to Disneyland Paris on October 31st.
Also. Currently my biggest fear is that I will ruin the washing machine. They got new detergent which is in tablets instead of powder. I really needed to wash some of my clothes. I am currently checking the machine every 7-9 minutes to make sure suds don't come bursting forth from the door.
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