The summer fiesta (July 8th, 2012)

Every year we meet with grand-maman's side of the family to celebrate summer and birthdays. Her oldest brother turned 70!

This is a very nice family picture taken by Jean, Charlotte's dad. We are only missing Mélanie and Richard... next year perhaps.

Mommy always has her hands full with Gabriel. They had fun putting stickers into a book. This was a nice present from aunt Claire and aunt Jackie.

I told everyone stories, especially the two French girls on fun stuff to do here in Montreal.

Antoine had a blast with the Slip'N'Slide.

So did I! It's much nicer to do it standing up than lying down!

Mom spent a lot of time with Juliette! Naked time with Gabriel!

Antoine got cool puzzles for his birthday!


Thank you uncle Jean for all the great pictures you took.

Antoine turned 6! (July 2012)

Antoine turned 6 a few days ago and we decided to celebrate it in our backyard!

We invited Charlotte, his grand-parents, his aunt Geneviève and our grand-parents!

It was the perfect occasion to ask for another face painting job from mommy!

Tante Caro made another fabulous and delicious cake for the birthday boy! 

The theme was cowboy... but it turned out more like a beach party than anything else. Mommy managed to get this picture of him for the milli second he kept the cowboy hat on (thanks to his daddy's help)!

Grand-papa was happy to hold Gabriel for a milli second as well! This boy is always on the run and give his love sparingly!

Charlotte on the other hand was willing to do anything for a laugh.

We all got to splash her good!

 She was willing to get wet as it was scorchingly hot outside. No wonder we spent the whole day in the pool.

Can you see tante Caro tiny belly filled with life? Yes, it's there and she is proud to show it! She is now 18 weeks pregnant. Halfway done before my baby girl cousin comes into this world as a Christmas gift to us all.

Antoine is really good at blowing candles but he hates it when we sing! We know exactly why, we are all tone deaf in my family!

We all had so much fun, especially Antoine. We love you so much Antoine!

The Spiderman in us! (Late spring 2012)

MAYA

If you know me well, even just a little, you know that I LOVE climbing!

I'll climb pretty much anything! From Antoine Versagym to...

the rocking chair... to...

the spiderweb at the playground! My dream is to do competitive extreme cheerleading!


Mommy was kind enough to bring me to the Coyotes open house!

I got to jump in an open pit filled with soft cubes. Mommy even jumped with me the first time!

It was easier to jump in it than to get out of it!

We even invited Markis (our neighbour) to join us! It was his first time jumping on the trampoline. He preferred the Tarzan rope. He enjoyed his outing in spite of a small injury when the rope hit him back in the face as he was jumping into the pit. His nose was bleeding quite a bit... poor Markis. For some reason I only jumped once using the rope and did not like it.

An instructor was trying to show me how to roll... I know how to do it, but on that day I kept on doing a bridge instead of a roll!

I am still a champ!

I decided to work on that skill for the rest of the afternoon. Mommy can a please do cheerleading in the fall?

GABRIEL

Anyone who knows Gabriel, knows that he LOVES Spiderman and turtles!

He is not a master climber but a master slider! He is not afraid of the big slides (the ones mommy and I are afraid of).

He always likes to go on his swing and he keeps on saying higher! PLUS FORT PLUS FORT!

He can actually go on the big swing now... but he likes to go back to his baby ways once in a while! His love gor GONG GONG is still strong as you can see!

Gabriel likes to play in the rain with his Spiderman umbrella!

I have a doggy umbrella!

It has been a hot summer so far and we are lucky enough to get a few big rainfall once in a while. We love playing in the rain when there are no lighting rods in the sky. Safety first!!!

Everyone must know by now, but Antoine will be a big brother in December! We are so excited to have a baby girl cousin on the way! Soon we will show tante Caro round little tummy on the blog!

We have been spending time with Jackson as well this summer! He is a daredevil this one! He is more ready to snap the lids on our fingers than to play a melody!

We love him to death. He gets along well with all of us, especially me (as he likes to imitate and bully me) and daddy who he wrestles with!

We are big fans of the hot tub. Gabriel asks to go see papie every week!

I spend time with my cousin Charlotte who we all call Charlot now that Gabriel named her this way!

I tried to show her how to skateboard. Charlotte is so nice with me, I love when she comes and sleepover at our house. 

I am enjoying my summer so far, especially when we go for sherbet after supper! I am a bite scared about starting school in a few weeks. Do you have any advice for me?

Father's day = Daddy time! (June 2012)

We have been spending alone time with daddy as mommy is studying hard and going to school full time!

Gabriel is all smiles as he is playing with a ball full of water. I did get wetter immediately!

Gabriel is a big boy and is using the potty now! He only has to weat a diaper when he is sleeping now. Daddy is very happy about that.

Dad and I spent an afternoon at a local fair while mommy and Gabriel were napping.

It was a lot of fun. I really liked the bumper cars.

I was so proud of myself when I won a Huski stuffed animal at an agility game. I named him Carl!

We couldn't wait to go see Star Wars Identity at the science museum! I did not really like it... Daddy was disappointed that I was not into it in spite of having seen the movies several times.

Gabriel liked it! He will be such a geek like mom and dad when he grows up!

Swimming in May!

Swimming in May!

Yes we have been swimming in May! It has been so hot so early this year!

We even hoped to be splashed about at the dinosaur waterpark at the corner of our house...

No luck... not open yet. We are only in May!

We pretended to be attacked by dinosaurs instead!

No water at the park... no problem! The ice cream parlor did open in time! Good business sense for sure. I really enjoy sorbet in a cone right now!

We invited Brandon for a splash down!

I have to say I enjoy torturing Paul, dad's really good friend from work.

Mia was tired, but still enjoyed a good push on the swing.

Brandon and I also watered the plants at the same time.

Gabriel usually does not like to be sprayed by the hose... too cold for his taste!

I was really brave and hot to go in the freezing water in May, it was about 68 degrees F.

Gabriel stayed as long as most of his body was dry.

Mommy loves Gabriel's eyelashes, especially when they are wet and form stars!

Here is Julien jumping in!

Amazing quick from Max!

Here I go! Thanks dad for these nice pictures!