Chapter 148 - Fill the picnic basket (1/2)
Besides the classics of butter, cheese, baguette and grapes, Lily chose for the picnic in the park a delicious smelling Quiche Lorraine, which seemed to be fresh out of the oven and various cold salads, such as a seafood salad, bulgur salad, a hearty mango salad and an asparagus-strawberry salad, which she found quite interesting. For Adrien, of course, the pasta salad could not be missing in the basket, it was essential for the little prince! But the Tandoori chicken skewers were also among the toddler's new favorite dishes since their visit to the Camden Town market. Therefore, Lily added a few more meat kebabs to the basket.
Alexandre left the choice of food to his son and wife, while he just enjoyed picking out the right bottle of red wine for himself. Lily and Adrien, on the other hand, chose a rhubarb lemonade.
While Lily was still selecting some dishes at the fresh food counter, Adrien also wanted to peek over the glass front to see if he could find anything interesting. ”Alec?” With his hand in that of his father, the little fellow looked up.
Alexandre lowered his eyes, gazing into the little man's azure eyes. ”Yes?”
”Lift me up.” The toddler called out, throwing his little arms up in the air.
Alexandre laughed. His gaze was warm. ”Atop my shoulders?”
Hastily the little one nodded, his dark curls bouncing up and down like tiny springs dancing around the child's round head. In a single jerk, Alexandre lifted the toddler up and placed him on his broad shoulders. ”Hold on tight.”
Adrien nodded, but his gaze was already captured by all the colorful delicacies before his eyes.
However, soon he was getting bored of the food he couldn't eat. So he let his eyes wander of further through the room. There was a lot to discover.
”Look, Lily, look, Alec, look!” Adrien tapped Alec's head with his little chubby hands and pointed with outstretched fingers at a wooden shelf filled with glass bears filled with golden glowing honey. The little fellow had never seen anything like that before! He absolutely wanted to know what this was.
”Would you like one?” Asked Alexandre.
The little one nodded quickly. ”May I? May I? Please!” As he spoke, the toddler looked at the golden bears with glowing eyes, expectantly bouncing back and forth on Alec's shoulders.
Alexander smiled. ”Let's go and get some.”
Alexandre stopped close to the shelf. Adrien stared at the fascinating glasses. ”They look like the teddy bear you gave me earlier.”
” Oh, really?”