Quiet....

Saturday morning and all is....quiet!!  Vincent took the boys to Quebec city last night and I am appreciating having the house all to myself.  I "slept in" till 7:30 and am just having a lazy morning to myself.  I have been telling myself for the last 45 minutes that I should start cleaning but I have not brought myself to start yet...I plan to do a little cleaning this morning, a little shopping late morning, a  little napping this afternoon to get rid us this cold once and for all, and a movie tonight with Christiane.

Tomorrow will bring more cleaning and organizing as well as baking and cooking.  It's amazing how even cleaning becomes enjoyable when you are alone and there are no interruptions.  I feel so much more productive.

I do so enjoy these rare moments to myself but, don't get me wrong, by the time Sunday evening roles around I will be missing the lovely chaos of the my three boys!!!!

Time flies...

It's been months since I've last written on this blog.  I have even been contemplating abandoning it all together since I never feel I have enough free time to keep it up consistently.  It's always the same old story: by the time we manage to get the kids down to bed it only leaves a little bit of time (where I generally don't feel like doing anything productive!) before its bedtime for us too.  I had thought that now that Gabriel is in school I might manage to have a little bit more "free time" when Alex takes his nap but "free time" mostly translates into cleaning time or lately, nap time for me too as I have been fighting a bad cold.  However, when I had cancellations at work the other day and therefore not much to do I ended up reading some of my old posts on this blog and realizing how much I enjoyed being reminded of different memories or moments with the kids.  I decided then that no matter how cryptic and rushed my entries may be, I should keep up the blog as best as possible since it is a good keepsake for later on.  It is true what every one says, "Enjoy this time while it lasts because it goes by fast"...The kids won't be young for long and I am trying my best to appreciate and remember every moment of it all...There are moments I would love to capture in a bottle forever but I know this isn't possible...

Dancing...Johnny Clegg style!

Mother's Day

Mother's day is my favourite holiday. It now outranks Valentine's day, my birthday and possibly Christmas, probably because it is the holiday that means the most to me.  This year, as part of my present I got to have the house to my self for a little bit.  This has not happened since Alex was born so it was definitely appreciated.  Vincent took the three boys to Quebec city Friday night.  I was sick with a cold that weekend so unfortunately did not get to do everything I wanted to do but it was still lovely to have time to myself to watch movies and clean the house (yes, even this is enjoyable when no one is pulling at me!!).  I also got a chance to go out for supper with my lovely friend Christiane and her husband.

The boys came back Sunday afternoon and went for lunch at Marché Jean-Talon.  Since we are now almost always at the cottage on weekends it was nice to enjoy what the city has to offer...Then we took the boys to play at the park at the top of the mountain...After that it was supper at a chinese restaurant.  My boys spoiled me with cards they made themselves (guaranteed to make me cry!!!), a book, and some earrings...

Watching the three boys play together I could not help but think how lucky we are...And with a man I adore by my side I could not ask for more...

Finally, the sun!

Spent the most amazing weekend at the cottage with all my boys...The sun was shining both days and we definitely took advantage of the good weather to spend most of our time outdoors.  The boys and I had lots of fun catching water beetles in our stream.  (frog catching season is just around the corner!).  They also had a good time making water balloons and exploding them all over the place.  Mathieu and I hid behind the car and ambushed Vincent as he got back from his run!!  Yesterday, the boys even waded in the water a bit and got wet up to their bums.  It was funny to see them running around in their underwear covered in mud...What's a cottage for if you can't get dirty?  Both days we were able to enjoy the bbq and eat our lunch outside...Yesterday, we even stayed later and had supper on the balconey.  Then we bathed our dirty children put them in pjs and set up for home...Needless to say they were pooped and they fell alseep on the way home...Summer is just around the corner and we can't wait for more sun-filled outdoor days ahead...