La Vie est Belle: Petit Breton

THE STORY: 

Life is beautiful or, as they say in French, "la vie est belle." In the case of this tiny river named "La Vie" ("Life") in the Vendée, it's quite literally true. La Vie is beautiful. And even though it's a tiny river in a tiny town, it packs a big wallop of fun in the form of the inflatable water park, something that France and Europe has embraced.

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Those Three Little Words: Biquette de Vendée

THE STORY:

Though I have hundreds of thousands of photos, and I seem to have lost the ability to keep up with my careful cataloguing system a couple years ago, it only took me a few minutes to find a photo of me smooching one of my kids. You can see it happens so frequently, Pippa looks a little bored ("Yup, my mom loves me. Ho-hum."). I have warned the girls that it's one of my life's missions to kiss each and every freckle on their faces. That ensures me infinite kisses.

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