We decided to really get down to business and start up this investigation full time. Doing such though requires time away from Mommy and Daddy so we could go about solving the mystery. A much needed distraction was necessary ...
Emery and Avery trying to "sneak away" together,
only to be quickly caught by Mommy and Daddy
Avery tried "playing with other kids" in
the hopes that she could blend in and get away ...
... but wouldn't you know, Mommy and Daddy
were always right there taking photos and such!
Emery made a break for it, running
down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées ...
... but Mommy always nabbed
her before she got too far away ...
... they were always just too quick and reactive to run away
from ... it was going to take more than just running away ...
... it was time to put a good getaway plan together,
so we went on a ride to set a plan into action.
so we went on a ride to set a plan into action.
It was time to show how mad someone can really get when sometimes things don't always go their way, like the infinite sadness and fury a baby has when a fun carousel ride gets stopped abruptly (watch the torment in the video below)!
The aftermath of Emery's "tantrum" when the carousel stopped ...
note this was really just a trick to get some alone
time away from Mommy and Daddy!
After some even more persuasion, we finally talked Mommy and Daddy into leaving us in our room for a very long nap while they explored the surroundings. It was actually much easier than we though to get them out of our hair this way.
Mommy and Daddy exploring Paris ...
... and Marie Antoinette's castles
of huge mirrors and chandeliers ...
... and statues of monkeys on goats ...
... and of course, always back to the great Eiffel Tower!
So while mommy and Daddy we away, us kids finally got on the case ...
Emery and Avery out on their own searching for clues!
There were so many suspects everywhere!!!
A representation of Avery in deep thought as
she runs through all of the clues to date ...
she runs through all of the clues to date ...
... EUREKA, a first real lead
pops out from the clutter!!!
pops out from the clutter!!!
We just had to test some hypotheses involving
how someone could evade all sorts of anti-thief protections!
Sometimes nature and the surrounds show off clues
that might be normally overlooked ...
... only trained experts like ourselves know
how to read the environment for these clues ...
... and it always helps to have good
contacts in an unfamiliar city!
contacts in an unfamiliar city!
Our contact Maggie (seen here) had some
valuable insight to help us on the case.
valuable insight to help us on the case.
She directed us to a specific bench on a
Southwestern corner from the Eiffel Tower ...
it seems this has been a hot spot
for illegal art dealings in the past!
After only a few hours of watching, we got a lucky break!
I recognized a well known master art thief had stopped by.
Good thing we can read lips! Their conversation seemed to
indicate that the Mona Lisa was going to be shipped out tonight
from "the store" but they never said what "the store" was and
every time they called it that, they made this weird gesture pointing
upwards into the sky that reminded us of another clue,
a painting at the Louvre.
a painting at the Louvre.
Could this be a real critical clue???
We had to get back to the Louvre fast!
We had to get back to the Louvre fast!
Racing down the halls of the Louvre ...
... right down to where it was ...
Leonardo da Vinci's St. John the Baptist
pointing upwards into the heavens ...
pointing upwards into the heavens ...
and wouldn't you know, but right above the
painting was an advertisement for ...
painting was an advertisement for ...
... this place!!!! Could it be that this is "the store"?
Could it be we were about to solve this mystery!!!
Before it got too late, we had to rendezvous back with
Mommy and Daddy before heading to the police dept ...
Mommy and Daddy before heading to the police dept ...
but as always, they first wanted to first eat some lunch ...
... and of course, as usual, take some time for
some photo-ops along the way ...
some photo-ops along the way ...
... way too many photo-ops ...
... way way WAY too many photo-ops ...
... and also of course another out-in-the-open
Emery diaper change!!!
We were super excited that we were in the mist
of solving our first international mystery ...
... "Emery and Avery, International Heroes "
has a nice ring to it ...
has a nice ring to it ...
... we had to act fast before nightfall to capture the thieves,
so we grabbed the Paris chief of police ...
so we grabbed the Paris chief of police ...
... and then back to the Louvre it was!!!
But get this, the police chief said our hunch way impossible!
The family who owned the Fragonard Parfumeur were very
good friends of his and there was no way they were involved.
The chief then said the business that moving to London
as of today, so he would not even waste any of his time
as of today, so he would not even waste any of his time
following leads on anyone outside of his jurisdiction.
We knew exactly what we had to do next ...
board a plane off to London it is!!
TO BE CONTINUED
