I’m surprised I can find enough time to blog about Sierra’s 22nd month considering only a few days we had a flood in the basement. We’re basically in a holding pattern at this point as people come in to assess the damage.
Sierra is still a ball of energy and love to laugh which is good times. Although she does have a streak in her which has her turn a smile into tears at the drop of a hat. We want to go inside after hours outside? No way Jose! Haha, I guess all kids are like that.
While she doesn’t say a whole lot of words (I’m pretty sure she’s just messing with me when she still refers to me as Maman), she can understand pretty much everything we ask. A soother is ‘na-na’ which is really the only important item in her life to know the translation for.
After her bathtime she is enjoying brushing her teeth. When I say brushing her teeth, I mean putting the brush in her mouth, sucking the toothpaste off of it, rinsing the brush and then sucking the water from it over and over again. So…there’s minimal brushing going on.
Clearly she likes ketchup as much as her own mother.
Sierra is a little mystified as to where the snow has all gone.
Tyler was nice enough to host us lads over for an evening of debauchery. When I say debauchery with gentlemen over 35 years old, it basically ends with us tired around 10pm.
Showing off her handiwork that she did at daycare
It was Victor Von Dube’s first birthday party and everyone had a great time!
Sierra helping out Mom while she took some photos of Victor eating cake.
It’s pretty nice outside around this time of year so we make the most of the park.
The ladies enjoying the campfire.
I came across this in a boardroom and thought it was hilarious. Pasta and marshmallows!
Let’s not forget the super fun weekend with Dad where we went to Foret Larose!
Andreane and Vero went snowboarding at Mont Tremblant and supposedly had a fantastic time. I’m excited to see a bunch of videos from that GoPro they brought with them!
A video from Mont Tremblant
Sierra showing Tandreane how to do a puzzle
The Easter Bunny visited a little early this year around the house.
It was rock n roll t-shirt day at work a few weeks back. As you may know, I own a few so it was a tough decision for me. I decided to go with one of my favourite Pearl Jam ones…it encompasses Pearl Jam, horror and comic books..all three things I love!
Another great day for a campfire! It’s been a beauty month. We have to keep Sierra fairly entertained as she doesn’t yet see the point of just sitting and staring at fire.
It’s Sugar Shack season around these parts and so we tried out a new place this year – Ferme Drouin out near Casselman. This place was the cat’s meow. With a few kids in tow, it was a great spot which wasn’t overly packed like some others we’ve been to…we could leave our stuff at our table, go get food whenever (the food was awesome). It cost $25 per adult and I believe kids under 3 ate for free.
Sierra having fun with Beatrice.
It was a chilly day (-15…well, not overly chilly!) so we didn’t bother going for the horse ride.
What kid doesn’t like visiting a farm?
Sierra trying to grab Maman a fourth helping of ‘tire’.
This place had everything! Food, farm animals, tire/taffy and a sliding hill along with tubes! Vero went down about three times before she insisted I try and walk back up the hill with a tube and Sierra in tow.
I thought I was being pretty clever by having the tube around my body walking up the hill!
A few months ago, I caught wind that Santana was coming into town. It was strange because I had ZERO ticket information the morning of ticket sales and I was scrambling around looking for information. I went onto the actual Santana site and there was a free fan club I could join and get information on upcoming tours. Twenty minutes later I realize I can log into the site as a member and lo and behold, I had access to ‘fan club’ tickets which are tickets within the first ten rows of the concert. Is this for real?! Premium tickets available before the actual onsale date? Sign me up! We ended up with fourth row! It was surreal to be that close.
My favourite part of the past few months was keeping our seat location a secret from Martin and Vero. I even managed to get the tickets from the ticket booth without them knowing where we would be heading. I did let it slip at one point that we were on the floor when I said something like “Boy, I hope I can drink this beer on the floor.” We were all ecstatic when we saw how close we were. We even had plenty of leg room!
I don’t know a whole lot of Santana songs but it doesn’t matter. They put an amazing show. A lot of old tunes, new tunes and everything in the middle. The entire band is still in top shape!
The day after Santana I took the day off to brew some beer. Martin hooked me up with some actual hops and I had never made beer with them so it was an interesting process.
I almost needed a bigger pot!
After many minutes of boiling, the hops had descended a bit in the pot.
We don’t like going to stores without shopping carts because Sierra loves them so much!
Sierra figured out how to clean up dust.
My second career as a children’s entertainer took flight on a Saturday morning over at Krista and Ben’s. I had some great help from my pal Ethan who managed to strum a few tunes for me! It was quite fun and I learned a few kids songs along the way. I have to say, those kids loved ‘Happy’ by Pharell quite a bit. It took a few weeks to learn an hour’s worth of tunes but I think it went over pretty well!
Elizabeth enjoyed my guitar case more than me actually playing (naturally).
Someone really wanted her picture taken.
Luckily it warmed up a bit last week so I got to bring Vero out to Foret Larose to see how wonderful it was. Jon and Chantal came along and the kids had a fun time being towed in this sled. Luckily the snow was pretty nice to the person towing them!
This might be the last time Sierra will ride in this backpack. It’s getting quite tight!
Great spot for a break.
Taking a break from the madness which is a flooded basement.
Definitely one of my favourite photos from this photo series!