Getting outdoors more with your family
December 2, 2009
My husband fondly remembers our pre-marriage days when he could move from apartment to apartment by simply packing his life possessions in the back of his Honda hatchback. 15 years, a mortgage and three kids later the same can't be said! Unfortunately, the multiplying stuff that comes with family life ...
preparing for a perfectly wonderful un-perfect Christmas
December 1, 2009
Throughout this post I have photos taken from Christmas last year. Each illustrates an activity one of our family members wants to do this season; Celine wants to decorate, Brienne wants to play in snow (no snow yet), Laurent wants to bake, Damien wants to hike and I want to ...
A birthday, holiday, long weekend... done
November 30, 2009
I'm exhausted tonight, vegging out in front of the computer going through my photos from the past few days. So thankful that the living of the those days is now through. If you are a mama you know how much making birthdays meaningful is a huge (and for me daunting) ...
Season of Light
November 28, 2009
Today is blustery as all get out, no snow unfortunately. A good day though to cook and bake, which is exactly what I'm doing. Yesterday we spent the day creating, together as a family, gifts for grandparents, aunties and uncles. With Thanksgiving come and gone it seems Christmastime is truly ...
my beautiful boy
November 24, 2009
It seems a bit odd to write a post about my son the day before my daughter's birthday. But I just happened to take a couple of these photos yesterday and they melted my heart. Laurent was a challenging baby. In retrospect he was probably allergic/sensitive to something in my ...
November Sweet Stuff
November 23, 2009
Thanksgiving week; a week of cooking, traveling and/or hosting, preparing and cleaning up. We are going to friends to help them eat a home grown bird (or two). But in addition to the usual day of thanksgiving and harvest feasting we will be celebrating Brienne's 7th birthday this week - ...
November hike-u
November 22, 2009
study in contrasts orange blaze, cold river, gray bark November beauty And not related to the above poem (which I composed while hiking yesterday) but sort of... I have no words today to explain how the mountains, rushing rivers, bare trees and sunsets give me life. Call to me and ...
