Monday, June 22, 2009

Life is a beach!

Well, summer is officially here, and being the water baby that I am, that has meant that we have been hitting the beach!  On Saturday we took a drive to our favourite little town of Knowlton in the Eastern Townships.  It is just the most quaint and charming little town and it has been a ritual over the last few years to go there several times in the summer.  We stop to stroll in all the little shops and bakeries (and of course the fudge shop!!!) before we head to the beach.  Unfortunately, Mathieu was disappointed that the train store that had a big electric train track going through the store and outside is now closed.  But, they had a great time at the beach.  It was a cool day with big grey clouds but that did not stop us from all going swimming (I think the water baby gene must be hereditary!!!).  Once again, Gabriel refused to get out of the water even when his lips were turning blue!!!

Yesterday was father's day and the boys and I spoiled Vincent (a well-deserved spoiling!) with some new shirts and some new books. Then we hopped on our bikes and rode to Parc Jean Drapeau on Isle St. Helene.  It is a quite a ride since we have to cross the bridge to get there but, once again, Mathieu was a little trooper pedalling with great determination behind Vincent.  He was quite fascinated by the fact that we were taking a bridge that "went over the sea" .  Once there, we decided instead of going to the outdoor pool that they have there that we would check out the man-made beach.  It ended up being quite lovely with a really great play structure so we set our towels down and spent a few hours at the beach. 

The other day, we were also lucky enough to get a visit from Liz and John and their new baby William.  Both of the boys were quite fascinated by him and Mathieu has been asking for a new baby sister lately because, "We have enough boys in this family maman, we need another girl"!!!!

The boys are doing really well.  Mathieu is very proud because he lost another tooth yesterday.  The tooth fairy came last night and Mathieu decided he was going to save his money this time instead of spending it.  Gabriel is beginning to show signs of being 2 soon!! He is not being bad at all but he just wanting to explore and get into everything lately!  He is a ball of happy energy and he definately keeps us moving. And even when he does do something "naughty" it is so hard to be mad at him when he looks up with his big blue eyes and blond curls and gives me this absolute angel face "Oh Oh maman"  Anyway, that is all for now.  We are having a joint birthday part for myself and Gabriel on Sunday with a bunch of friends in the park so I will post those pictures soon.






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