This morning we went to St. Chapelle, which housed the crown of thorns ; ). It is next to Notre Dame. Anyway, wonderful place. We entered on the ground floor and both Holly and I thought, hmm, this isn't as beautiful as we thought it would be. And then we went up to the 1st floor. Wow. It puts Notre Dame to shame. Huge intricate stained glass windows. Not to be missed. Following that we went to get ice cream, despite the fact that when we left the house the 'real feel' temp was 22 degrees F. Nice ice cream at Berthillion's on Isle St. Louis. Even if your hands go numb.

Our next door neighbor Yvette gave Emma and Finn hand-me-down jackets! A really nice, touching, gesture from relative strangers.