My good option this afternoon was to go with a friend from Message who had to do exactly the same shopping. It was fun for everyone, and a time to share our feelings, I love those moments. In France the back to school was last Thursday I know it is different in US. So good back to school to mums, dads and kids!

So the IPhone is perfect because they can be at the playground or we can be everywhere and enjoy this time to write an email, to read a newspaper online.

A friend of mine discovered it this summer also and with her twins and her little daughter she just has her handful but this tool help her like me to be more free. And another thing I enjoy is that the family loves having pictures of our little ones and sometimes with a camera, the time we download the pictures, and send them, days goes by and sometimes it is too late.

I just enjoy taking pictures and send them immediately to anybody. My IPhone is my new buddy and you how do you use it?

All the stores don’t have everything you need, and in August most of the stores are closed until the 24th.

So if you want to buy the special crayons or the princess pencil case go to Disney store on Champs Elysees or anywhere in the world, the price are 25% off on all the "back to school" articles so run now in the crowd or try to buy online it is still more easy.

As usual there is the Alliance Française and then if I want to buy something I go on Amazon.ca, it is the place to buy all the great French books for kids or parents.

And in Paris I go on Amazon.fr. It is the biggest English library for kids, adults. I love it. You can find a great selection of books for great price, because most of the time they have new and used books. A book I read to my kids lately is Fancy Nancy and the boy from Paris, I really liked it and my kids too.

For the one who live outside of the Bay area and New York, the CNED is another option. It is a distance learning for young French expatriates always in relations with French schools abroad and train teachers of French as a Foreign and Second Language.. The CNED send you everything to your house all over the world.

Are you ready to hear your kids speak French?

In France we have our famous Macarons and in US I discovered the Cupcake.
In Boston for the birthday party of her twins, a friend of mine bought some carrots cupcakes. I was amazed but it is like our Petit Four sucrés but more funny.

As a French girl when I watched American movies and saw these cupcakes I always thought their are not real but I discovered they are real and it is tasty!

So for the american people who visit Paris and want to buy these little cupcakes I know the place where to buy them. I discovered her through Message. She is doing a great job. The cupcakes are colorful in different shape. The kids love them because it is more easy to eat and can ask for a different one each time.

What’s your favourite flavour?

The recipe was inspired by the blog Chocolate & Zucchini. For the one who don’t know it, it is written in English by a French blogger based in Paris that lived in Silicon Valley. It gives really good French recipes and I find many ideas for my kids. So if you are fed up with pasta and ham, it is a nice option for the whole family. Bon appétit.

As a French women when I meet American people  some of them tell me that they went for the first time in Paris for their honeymoon but how many did they celebrate their wedding in Paris? With my english mother meeting in Paris, Message, I discovered a site Parisian events that organize wedding with an American style in Paris.

For me it sounds really great. On her blog the owner gives good tips to attend a wedding with kids so either it’s your wedding or the one of someone else, you are prepared to make your dream comes true.

Until last year I was using a face cloth (the French type, where you slide your hand inside, it is called a "gant de toilette") that you normally use to wash your body or for my kids ears and head.

Until I discovered in US  that most mums have wash wipes, for some it is even a gilt for the baby shower. The wash cloth is  thinner and dry faster than the French glove, and doesn’t smell that bad after just one use. So I bought like 20 from Carter’s that you can find at Target. 

So far I didn’t find any in Paris. So for the one we live in France, don’t hesitate to ask for it, it is those little things that helped me to be more green oriented. Voilà!

There is some morning you just want your breakfast and read your emails but with 3 kids it is not always like this. So this morning I decided to add some spicy in my life giving crayons to my oldest kids but the younger decided that he could also be a Picasso so one minute after I just discover red walls. As their dad was still sleeping I put everyone in the stroller and run to buy Magic Eraser from Mr Clean.

I discovered this product through a commercial in US 3 years ago and I decided it would be my buddy and now it is also available in France  Yes!

On the way back the dad was awake and unhappy to see this new decoration but at the end of the day the magic worked so well that I just learned from my lesson: no more crayons for the breakfast. Just be careful don’t let the kids clean their mess for once with this sponge.