We love Paris in the Springtime

Sporty Stellan after test-driving his friend Orson's trottinette!

Stellan and Juan Mao in great form on the trampoline together in the newly re-vamped playground at les Halles.

Adventures of the One-Armed Bandit

For those who were concerned about Stellan's latest mishap, you can see from video clip below that there is no slowing down this boy and he is carrying on just fine.

I assure you that he is working it to the max! His "handicap" only surfaces at such instances as when he cannot be bothered to move. For example, 2 days out of the hospital he whined that he wanted his blanket and when I told him that his do-do was on his bed in the other room, he instantly protested "but my arm is broken!"

Keeping the POD in line, I replied that his legs were not so he could go fetch it himself.

You gotta love him for trying though!

Poor little POD

For those of you who don't know, Stellan took a tumble after climbing up on the bench in the kitchen and then slipped. He fell badly on his left side, fracturing his left fore arm in 2 places and landing all three of us at the Hôpital Necker all weekend.

Considering the many hours that we had to wait on a Saturday for the single operating room to become available, Stellan was quite the trooper and we were able to keep him amused and distracted thanks to our iphones and youtube access!

Not to worry, Darth Stellan thinks that he even more in common with both Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader now!

Darth Stellan Strikes Back

At school today, dressed for Mardi Gras with his friend, Electra

MARDI GRAS - it's DARTH STELLAN!

POD - the prince of darkness in action.

You've never seen Master Yoda like this!

Star Wars Gourmet Workshop for Younglings

uncle mark sent over cookie cutters, sandwich cutters and......

even pancake molds!

The Padawan Baker

Conversations with Buddha

We hadn't been to this particular park since early fall so I was really impressed that as soon as I released him from his stroller, Stellan called out for and then trotted off immediately towards the laughing Buddha in the garden.

On the playground

Doing Stuff with Dad

Stellan peaking out from underneath his helmet, about to go out on his first bike ride with Dad

Going in for an early morning shave!

WMD

do not be deceived the look of sweet innocence!
previously referred to as "pod" (prince of darkness) by his uncle mark, stellan has acquired a new nickname since arriving in canada.

he is now most affectionately known as WMD, the weapon of mass destruction. :-)

attempting to steer the golf cart at the islington golf club with porpor

peek-a-boo!

playing with titi iris

dancing to a remix of blue monday by new order

word of the week

as of this week, stellan's current vocabulary consists of the following words:

book

taxi
juice
bread

bubble

fa and shu (cantonese for flower and tree)

bus
COOKIE!!!
egg

voiture (french for car)

bike

bateau / boat

chat (cat)

plane (since seeing the bastille day airshow)

FISH

and with a wave of the index finger, "no, no, no, no no!"

in honour of stellan's new word of the week being - FISH,

we went the aquarium this afternoon.

having a moment with r2d2

with daddy along the fountains by the palais de chaillot at the trocadero

everyday is a play day!!!

this pasta pot started over his head and then wound up being some sort of percussion instrument instead.

snack time on the playground with ludwig

auntie lian's photo album

stellan, looking like a centerfold

another shot from the museum of childhood

getting ready to for a big trip

with auntie lian and munching on a baguette with jam at last sunday's "broc dej"

Museum of Childhood

on an old rocking horse

drawing at the light table

flipping through a roald dahl book

Tate Modern

Who says that it always rains in London?  Well, it does an awful lot but we were lucky on the Sunday afternoon at the Tate Modern where we were joined by my friends Lisa, Niklas and their 9 month old son, Charles Fritjof.  

These are the photos that she sent me of Stellan.  

Christian wielded the camera as usual that day so he'll be blogging shots of them on funkypastry.

messy, party boy!

day 2 & 3

dancing with uncle lars

breakfast on the terrace.

note: the few suspicious red spots on his face which confirmed as chicken pox later that morning at the soho walk in clinic.  

see saw up and down, stellan goes to london town

 stellan on the eurostar with christian and a financier in each hand

stellan's new friend lucien, at an installation in the tate modern

sharing some twiglets with lucien

 hanging out with lucien and his big sister, blanche

sunday brunch at the blicher's (copenhagen)

unfortunately helene, our hostess with the mostest was the one behind the camera so she isn't in any of photos from the scrumptious sunday brunch

pierre, henrik and elizabeth

uncle claus

ludwig watches over baby-man (as he calls stellan) while frikke looks on

baby-man!