These photos are a rarity. Cate Blanchett is in Paris with her husband and her three boys, and the paparazzi got lots of photos of the family while they were sightseeing yesterday. The photos are AMAZING! You know how I feel about Cate and how I find her to be an extremely inspirational woman, right? Part of my love for her is that she’s not constantly talking about motherhood for some kind of profit, angle or relatability. She’s an Oscar-winning movie star, she runs a theater, AND she’s the loving mother of three boys – she doesn’t bash us over the head with tales of motherhood and stuff.

I had to actually look up the boys’ names and ages because I didn’t know them off-hand. The names? Roman Robert Upton, Ignatius Martin Upton, and Dashiell John Upton. Don’t ask me which is which. If you ask me, they all look like Cate. They seem to have all gotten her coloring and I can see a definite resemblance. The littlest one – Ignatius (I hope they call him Iggy or Nate) – is not happy to be spending a day in Paris. Iggy is all “FML.” Iggy seems to be bored, tired and over it. I love the look on Cate’s face as she’s soothing him too. She has a great Mom-Face. It’s basically the look of, “You think I haven’t seen a tantrum before? I have. Now behave.”

I also love the way the boys pose for their mom’s camera. This family is adorable. Those boys must be super-rowdy – I wonder if Cate ever feels outnumbered?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.