Wednesday, June 30, 2010

To finish off June

Time to wrap up the month of June...

Alexia marked the end of an era, well, her small era.  She has been going to a class 'Music and Movement' since she arrived to Canada and she has now officially graduated.  Alexia will now be too old for it so it is time to move on.  Jennifer got a picture of her eing silly during her last day with Bruno.


Also this month, Alexia finished up her first year of pre-school.  Many thanks to her fabulous teachers for making it a memorable year for Alexia. 


I must mention that Alexia has found herself a little 'boyfriend' as you can see in this photo (they are holding hands!).  She is only 3!  Gord will have a heart attack when she will be a teenager...



Cara-Li, on the other hand, continued to play soccer like a champ.  She flourished from  ashy and subdued player to a goal-scoring demon!  Her team, Team Italy, won the soccer tournament in U8.  Cara-Li and her teammates (not tomention Coach Gord) were very pleased with themselves!


Cara-Li also finished off 2nd grade.  Now off for some summer fun before before returning to attack the 3rd grade.  Where has time gone?

To celebrate Father's Day, we went to Park Omega.  Every year, by Gord's choice, we go to some park or zoo for the day.   I must say that I , too, enjoy this tradition!  What better way to spend Father's Day than to spend the entire day watching your kids have a grand time!

And then, to end off the month, we had a lovely loooong weekend at the cottage for St. Jean Baptiste with our friends C, P and G.  We had so much and relaxed so much that we have no piuctures of the weekend!  Oh, here's one of the girls strawberry picking!



Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Shave to Raise

Some of you may already know that Cara-Li will be cutting off 12 inches of her long, beautiful hair at a charity event which will be held at the Montreal-West Pool on Thursday, July 8th at 6PM. Her hair will be donated to the Cancer Society to make wigs. Gord will also be shaving his head on that day. All proceeds collected will be donated to the Andy Collins for Kids Foundation and The Diabetic Children's Foundation.

Should you wish to donate, leave your email address in the comments section and I will give you the information on where to mail your cheque.

Please come out, one and all, to support Cara-Li and Gord! Thanks for your donation!




Friday, June 11, 2010

A mish mash of things

Wow!  I can't believe it's been a month since my last post!  Frankly, I have not been in the mood and I been fairly tired lately.  Not sure what it is but I am fast asleep by 10PM.  It's also the end of the school year and the kids (and I) are done.  Where is summer?  When can I simply sit on my dock and sip coffee (or beer!)?  Soon, soon!  My next post will be about our cottage renos.  I hope to show you our before and after.

For now, here's what we've been up to.

We went to visit Gord's family in Guelph for the long weekend in May.  As usual, we took Friday off as well and had a four day weekend.  Road trip!  We spent Friday and Saturday in Guelph visiting with Mom and Dad and sisters too.  Cara-Li and Alexia got to spend time with theri 2 little cousins C. and N.  They always have so much fun together!  We were staying at the Holiday Inn, where kids stay and eat for free (I did not know this!), which had an indoor pool.  Needless to say, lots of time was spent there on Saturday as it was raining.  I did a little shopping as the mall was across the street.  And we had a really nice family did at a Chinese restaurant.  No, we didn't choose Chinese because of the girls but because Gord's parents LOVE Chinese  :)
On Sunday, we headed out towards Niagara Falls where we would spent the next two days.  On our way out of Guelph, I remembered that there was a wonderful Antique Market in Aberfoyle.  And I have been looking for two antique headboards for the girls' cottage bedroom.  Gord was NOT thrilled about stopping let alone having to jam 2 wrought iron headboards into our already full car but I made a deal with him.  Since I knew what I was looking for, we would leave as soon as I found it or maximum one hour.  I found exactly what I wanted, purchased it, stuffed it into our truck and were back on the road within 45 minutes.  Talk about speed shopping!  Unfortunately, I did not take a photo of the before but here is what they look like now after having them sand-blasted and painted (by moi).  Total cost:  $190.00.

After our Aberfoyle adventure, we made our way to Niagara Falls.  Since check-in at the Hilton is after 3PM, we decided to go to the American side first.  Well really, I just wanted to go shopping at Gymboree and Target.  Oh and a quick stop for lunch at Taco Bell  :)  After check-in, we met up with cousins C. and N. and Gord's sister for a swim in the pool (seems to be the popular activity during this trip) followed by an Italian dinner and fireworks at 10PM.  The next day, the girls finally got to see the Falls in their glory from the top, from the bottom (in the Maid in the Mist) and from the sky (from the giant ferris wheel).  I love Niagara Falls!  It's so cheesy!


Cara-Li has been taking gymnastics at school as a lunch time activity at school.  And last week was their Gala Sportif in front of the school with a presentation in the evening for the parents.  Much to our pleasure, Cara-Li was nominated along with 2 other children for the Best Athlete in elementary school.  She didn't win but we are so proud of her for being nominated!  And her gymnastics show was fabulous! 


We had the pleaseure of having N. ans S. over for dinner along with their daughter M. last Friday.  The girls played in the yard while parents got a chance to chat and sip some sparkling wine.  You know they're going to China next week to pick up their baby boy!  Yahoo!  Cara-Li was really great with the 2 little girls (they're the same age) but at one point one did not want to share with the other and well, all hell broke loose!  Tears were flying and the noise level suddenly got extremely loud.  The funniest part was Cara-Li's reaction.  She just looked at them and started laughing!  In fact, we all were.


Next, we went to a friend's 75th birthday party at the cottage where 150 people were present to help celebrate with him.  Lucky him.  Hope that I will have 150 friends at that age!


Alexia can write her name.  Is it just me or is that advanced for a 3 1/2 year old?  I guess we all think our kids are geniuses!


Funny view in my backyard yesterday.


Doesn't it look like we've been shearing sheep?  Seriously, good thing we had our friends over last weekend.  We CANNOT eat outside as these big chunks of cotton are falling out of our cottonwood!

We are renovating... the main floor of our house is a mess!  The roof leaked into our family room a couple of years ago and the ceiling has to be redone.  And we are added new pot lights while were at.  God knows what else I'll come up with while the guy is here....