Day 3: Christmas Eve in Nice

On Christmas Eve, the kids weren't sleeping well (as in, both waking every hour) and were coughing a lot, so we spent the morning resting.  After researching doctors who spoke English and how it works for tourists from out of country, we found a doctor (praise God!!) who was literally DOWN THE STREET and open ON CHRISTMAS EVE.  Now that was a serious answer to prayer.

It seemed like the medicine started working almost immediately for both of them.  Carter wasn't that bad, just congested, but Maddie was especially not feeling great.

After their naps in the afternoon, we drove into Nice just for a couple hours with the double stroller to walk around.

As soon as we got there, we had a late lunch on the beach.  I insisted on crepes: banana Nutella and another with prosciutto, goat cheese, and arugula.

You can't really tell that she wasn't feeling well.  Thank you, modern medicine!

She had a BALL on that thing.  She could've stayed on it all day.  No, all week.  We took her on 3 rides then literally pulled her off while she kicked and cried.

 It was really nice to let the kids rest in the comfy stroller while we could still walk around and see some of the main sights.  They both fell asleep as we strolled the quiet Christmas Eve streets of old town Nice.

We did find a turkey to eat for Christmas Eve...but the oven didn't cooperate and turned off in the middle of slow cooking the turkey so we ate it the next day when I could monitor the slow cooking.

This night, we actually ate with the kids and spent some time playing.  Mimi and Pops sent us 3 boxes with Christmas gifts in them, so we opened one a day.  New exciting toys kept them busy when we were hanging out at the apartment.  Thank you, grandparents!  It felt like a little Christmas every day.