The next two need a bit more back story We had a garage sale this past
weekend. Aside from selling all the big things and a few smaller items, we
we’re left with mostly all of the baby clothes we had there. SO, Yannick put
them all in these oversized green garbage bags so we can dump them at the
“clothing bin” up the street for needful families. Ahem, Evy had OTHER
ideas… So they have been both DRAGGING the 4 bags all over the house, at
some point using them as bean bags! LOL I find that the first photo looks
like a bunched of whales got beached onto our dinning room/Play room floor!
They we’re both sliding from them at one point, I do have the video, I’ll
add it in a few.

Finally, we also had a visitor come to play as we we’re havign supper. Evy
exclaimed there was a cat in the tree and, although it IS possible, in three
years, I,ve never seen a cat be that enthusiast about the squirrels and
birds to go up and CLIMB any trees around here. Lo and behold, it wasn’t a
cat at all! I got closer and tried getting some shots of him with the P&S.
Which explain the sucky pics! lol Heck, the flash even went off adding
nothing to it’s quality There was literally no time to go downstairs get
my other camera as our friend would have left. He wasn’t very shy either. At
one point, I decided he didn’t look fearful enough and went back to the
patio. He then went on his way…

That as all the excitement we had for Saint-Jean Baptiste day. No fireworks
for us Actually, no beer either, someone drank the last two to “be sleepy
early” sunday night… A 3am flight out of the city WAS a good excuse
though! lol

Happy father’s day Dude! You are so thoughtful and gentle, I love how you look out for me when I’m not looking where I step, how you want to spend all this time with my girls and not miss out on their little firsts Yes, you can give them something wickedly sweet for Halloween’s this year I know they will adore you to no end and will always cherish those moments that you take to show them how to feed the hens or how to get their hands dirty to do something themselves

Happy father’s day Ronald! I’m so grateful to have a fantastic father-in-law who loves to photograph his grandchildren as much and keep all those little moments alive with them. I love that you are so open to art, music, gardening and always willing to come pitch in to help us get stuff done around our house. Your help is always very appreciated

And last but not least, Happy WONDERFUL Father’s day to my darling husband, who truly is a super-dad. For as much as you are far from us for work, you are doubly here to help and care for us the women in your life. We miss you so very much when you are away because we love you so very much. You are always so caring and willing to do more than your share if only to lighten the burden of my days and get in some extra brownie points Your daughters love you and they really do respect you, especially when they are testing your limits; they do so BECAUSE they love you and BECAUSE they respect you so. Their eyes light up at the mention of your return from work at the end of the day, they can hardly stand themselves when I say you are 5 minutes away from home We love you so much you could never truly know… Happy Fathers day.

As it is, Evelyne was in preschool for the first time this year (actually, she still has three days left, Monday, Wednesday and some sort of theater party Thursday). She’s graduating, but at the same time not… see, I started her in preschool this year because I KNOW she needed the outside interaction. She needed to see other kids and although there are a lot of home based daycares around here, I knew that with a new little one, we’d not get out much,e specially during the winter months. SO, last year we enrolled her in preschool (it’s just a couple blocks away from home) and she’s about to finish her first year. Now that said, she’s also born in October and the way the schools are set up around here, the age cut-off falls at the end of September… meaning, she’ll start school when she’s 5… and will turn 6 the following month. Some parents would want to have a derogation (right word) done and get their kids in a year early, but not me. I think being the eldest/tallest will actually boost her self confidence, not that’s it’s “low” now, but she’s a very shy and introvert little girl when she’s not home. When she IS home, it’s a whole other story. She’s quite the extrovert let me tell you… Long story short, although she’s “graduating”, she’s not. She’ll stay with her favorite teacher another year and most of her little friends will iekly move on to the older class. That said, quite a few others are younger even than she, so she won’t be the only one taking Miss Nathalie’s class again next year. So I’m not entirely worried

On another front, both girls had swim lessons with the red cross this spring and although Gabrielle did fantastically, she’s still a baby and the first class they offer, although Gaby was old enough to take it, she’s not quite ready to move on to the other level Evelyne on the other hand is VERY much afraid of water. It’s THE reason we got her in to take this swim lessons. She’s got panic type fears with a few different things, notably, bugs, high spaces and water. A few other things might be added to that short list, but we’re working hard on getting her to NOT panic… SO, she obviously didn,t graduate her Salamander class this time around, one of the pre-requisite is that they learn to paddle 5 seconds on their own… the girl will not let go of whomever is holding her a second. She can probably physically do it, but she’s too panic stricken for it to count, KWIM? In any case, this summer we plan to go swimming at the closest community pool and she’s looking forward to me teaching her to swim Gotta give kudos to a library book we rented for that one

Finally, my little brother (who am I kidding, he’s at LEAST 6 inches taller than I am! HA!) graduated College as well this month. I had the privilege of attending his graduation last week and I must say, I was SO proud Here are a couple of the pics, the rest can be found here on facebook

So you get an idea, I’m a tad shorter than my dad, but taller than my mom Doesn’t my bro look like a fun guy? I sure think so

Congrats bro!

Just a sneak peek for them and you all, sort of anonymous really

Sweet Naya & belly baby!

Edit: Can’t help myself, a couple more Enjoy!

BUT! Although I’m not marketing or putting myself out there, I’ll hopefully start getting a few bites here and there Photography is something I’m VERY serious about and if all I need is to keep at it and keep having fun doing it, then, I’m in! I’m soaking all the wisdom I can find from different areas, I’m honing my eye and my technical skills and the best way to do all this is to get right out there and practice! practice! practice! Who wants to be next?

Let me tell you, this first little guy is SO smiley you wouldn’t believe!

This little dude can make bubbles already!

And LOVES to splash:

This darling little girl is just so sweet!

swimming with mommy:

Grabbing at the watering cans

Lastly some of Gaby and daddy:
She loves to tell us where her head is or where is her hat:

Smiling is she’s getting dunked!

Silly daddy