Vocabulary so far:
-Maman
-Da (Dad)
-Yaya (Sierra)
-More
-Mine
-L’eau
-Main
-Ba (Balle)
-Bain
-Pac (Parc)
-Tedo (Teodore)
-Bas
-Pas (Non ou “je ne sais pas”)
-Dodo = auto
-Nana (suce)
-DooDoo = ChooChoo = the train every time it passes in Vars
Sierra is loving, loving LOVING the summer that has arrived here. She is fairly patient when we put bug spray or sunscreen on her. I think she knows it means she’s going outside so she doesn’t put up too much of a fuss.
Speaking of putting up a fuss, it’s like the world has ended whenever we need to bring her inside, much like every other kid in the world.
I am quite excited that we finally picked up a bike trailer to roll her around in. It’s a two seater so it’s great for her and a cooler of beer if need be. So far we have gone out a few times around the neighbourhood. I don’t want to go too far down the road in case she doesn’t like long distances. I don’t think she likes her helmet though.
This was taken immediately after a spaghetti supper where I proceeded to be staring at Sierra’s sitting on a chair (generally we bring one that straps in but thought she might be able to handle a real chair) and then watched as she fell onto the floor headfirst. Ouch! I was not impressed with my parenting ability that night. She seemed to be running around well but we woke her up every once in awhile that night to make sure she didn’t have a concussion.
She was loving the car that they had at the playground at the school.
We were invited over to Mike and Angele’s house for a BBQ. It’s quite amazing to be going to some events in the neighbourhood. No need for a car, just a stroller and a cooler of beer! Here’s Vero having fun with the trampoline.
Sierra sure loves her yogurt.
Sierra sure loved this baseball game!
Good times at the drawing table
I went to the Bon Jovi concert with my friend Marie-Annik and some of her friends. It was a wild night hanging out in Kanata before the show and the drive over there. But let me tell you…Bon Jovi just can’t sing anymore. It’s…really bad. I don’t think I’ll be going to see him again anytime soon.
Even though Jon Bon doesn’t have the voice he used to have, they still put on a decent show.
Talk about a blast from the past! Back in 2003 I was helping run a youth e-consultation/advisory board at work for the youth.gc.ca website. The group was called the Canadian Youth Connection and each month, in return for youth giving us answers to various questions we sent them, we would send out 10-20 prizes to random youth and wait and see their reactions. I definitely remember the reactions of people saying “I picked up a parcel and it was a director’s chair! Awesome!” I found this director’s chair in the hallway at work a few weeks back and it brought back some great memories of working on that project.
My regular walking partner was in Mexico for a week so I recruited my friend Marijo to try and find the longest route we could within the building (it was raining outside). I have to say we were both surprised at how far you could get using hallways…we ended up in a hotel a few blocks away!
Fun times with Maman.
This is the moment I dread the most when weekends hit…the moment when Maman brings out the berries for Sierra to eat.
Marie-Claude and Jean-Francois moved to a house in Wendover. It was quite the day of moving boxes but I’m glad we got it done in one day (or at least I did. Maybe they had to return for a few items).
There was a windstorm all across Southern Ontario (one where it blew off a portion of the shingles on Troy’s roof!) and this is the result in the park! Luckily we only lost two shingles in the process.
We got to babysit Maelle one evening which is always entertaining because she shows us her latest gymnastic moves.
The month of May is really nice for campfires as it’s warm during the day and cool at night. I’m pretty sure we scared Maelle pretty good with our ghost stories. I have to remember that she’s only six years old the next time and refrain from talking about killer clowns.
We went to a chip stand in Embrun for Mother’s Day. It was actually a really good setup…small tables for little people like Sierra, some bathrooms and some great poutine! I would highly recommend it. If only I could remember the name! It’s the one on the way to Mike and Melanie’s if that helps?
Niam niam.
When Grand-Papa comes to visit, it’s play time!
We had an early birthday cake for Sierra while Grand-Maman and Grand-Papa were here before their trip to Spain. In posting this, I just realized she had the same exact reaction on her birthday. Maybe she thinks the candles are too bright?
Big fun times with big boxes
Ah, the joys of unwrapping a box larger than yourself
Sierra showing everyone how sliding works
I would like to think she looks this excited during the bicycle ride as well! I’m not too sure about that considering I hear her yell out “Maman!” all the time and she tries to take her helmet off.
I have to say that this Schwinn trailer is quite amazing. I don’t even feel any drag behind me on the bicycle.
Hanging (or is that smothering) Dad.
Sierra was not a happy camper that we had to go to Embrun to drop the car off at the garage. Luckily Dong Seng was with us and we gave her a fortune cookie!
Etienne insisted we had a beer along with our caesar. I can’t say it was a bad idea. Sidenote: the poutine at Pele Mele is fantastic.
Hot Maman heading out on the town!
