We spent a lovely long weekend at our cottage. We have had some hot days lately so the water was still quite warm and we were able to take advantage of yet another weekend of swimming.
On Sunday we drove to Mont Tremblant which is only a half an hour drive away from our cottage. There, we spent the day in Mont Tremblant village which is a lovely little "town" of shops and restaurants at the bottom of the ski slopes. It really is quite something to see and Mathieu said it looked like a "fairy tale village". We all enjoyed take a luge ride down the mountain and Mathieu was very excited. Vincent went with Mathieu and I went with Gabriel (I had the breaks on most of the way down and ended up arriving a good 5 minutes after Vincent who was a bit braver!!!!!)
We also took a scenic gondola ride up to the top of the mountain where the temp. dropped about 10 degrees. As you can see from the picture, Gabriel loved it as did Mathieu!!! Vincent was also happy that day because it was the weekend where the boutiques were having a blitz sale on their ski equipment. So, Vincent ended up getting new skis and a new jacket and is now officially ready for winter. We actually passed the ski centre where Mathieu will begin lessons this winter. It is very convenient since it is 15 minutes away from our cottage. And, it will also be good for me because, though Gabriel and I will not be skiing this winter - (he too young, me too round!!!) there is a pool and an indoor play center that we can go to while we wait.
On Monday, we did a morning of biking with the kids on le petit train du nord. It was somewhat down hill in one direction so we worked quite hard to come back the other way! Needless to say, everyone was hungry for lunch when we got back so Vincent made a fire and the boys roasted hot dogs and marshmallows.
