Our family

So much to say, so little time!!! First off, we spent another wonderful weekend at our cottage. Because we are north of Montreal in the mountains the temperature at the cottage is always a couple of degrees below that of Montreal. On, Saturday morning we woke up to a lovely winter wonderland! The boys were so excited and ran out to touch the snow with their bare feet On Saturday afternoon, our good friends Tanissa and Ryan came out to the cottage with their little Christian and baby Élodie. We had a wonderful lunch together and the kids had fun playing outside...(The "big" boys too!!!). Coincidentally, Tanissa's mother used to have a cottage very close to ours so Tanissa and I made a little trip to visit her old place. As it turns out, it is 10 minutes of walking from our place. Tanissa said she really regrets now not buying it from her mom when she had the chance because we would have been neighbours!!

We came straight home from the cottage after Mathieu's swimming class yesterday in order to be home on time for Halloween in the city. Once again, I am reminded what a kid I am at heart because I get genuinely excited about these kinds of holidays!! I love having kids in part because I get to enjoy these kinds of things and experience their excitement. I also particularly love Halloween on the Plateau because it is really a great ambiance. The air is usually nice and crisp this time of year and the sidewalks are usually covered with leaves so you hear this "swish, swish" sound as you walk. Our neighborhood also has a lot of little kids that come out that night. Also, alot of the houses really go all out and the decorations are amazing!!! I just think there is something special about a holiday where neighbours open their doors to greet one another (and my voyeur side loves to peak in other people's places!)

Mathieu decided close to the last minute that he did not want to wear his dinosaur costume so I made a trip to the Dollar store and gave him a few options to choose from and we put the Dracula costume together. It took lots of gel and fake blood (which 6 year boys seem to find fascinating!) but we pulled it off. Gabriel, as you can see, was cute as a button. You should of heard how enthusiastically he said "Merci!!!" every time someone gave him candy. What a concept for a three year old...free candy!!! Too precious!!! He was just so happy and so adorable....Croquant!!!

I am now 7 months pregnant and all is going well and baby is kicking stonger and stronger every day. The boys give my tummy kisses daily and Mathieu is excited to meet his new baby brother. Gabriel seems to understand the concept that there is a baby in my tummy but I am not sure to what point he realizes that it is going to come out one day!!! It might be a bit of a suprise. He has gotten so much bigger lately and is really becoming a "big boy". He's been full of "I love you's" and hugs and kisses lately. He and Mathieu have also been playing a lot more together (check out the video!!) and sometimes are a bit of a "tag team" which is great but can sometimes be challenging when it is late and you`re trying to get two boys to bed who are just egging eachother on and think every burp and animal noise etc. is genuinely hilarious....!