Monthly Archives Oct 2004
One fall morning...
October 28, 2004
Fall is such a beautiful, if not slightly meloncholic time. Melancholic in that we know winter is approaching, although if you live in Alberta you're already in winter! Today the sky is a cystal clear brillant blue. There is a slight wind that carries the leaves gently down. This morning ...
Terrible Twos??
October 26, 2004
Brienne will turn 2 in one month. Our other children did not experience the terrible twos, threes, fours etc...But I am wondering if we are going to experience a taste with Brienne. She has always been more strong willed than the Celine and Laurent. She was an easy newborn and ...
Big Boy now
October 22, 2004
Laurent has reached 2 stages of manhood this week. 1. He now "goes the the bathroom" standing up. This he started on his own 2 days ago, incidently the day Damien was in Boston. That morning after he got up he went to the bathroom, came and found me and ...
My girls - sweet moments
October 13, 2004
My girls are making my heart happy this morning. While I was in the shower I asked Celine to dress Brienne. I come out of the shower to see Brienne is laying on her back very patiently (this does not come natural to Brienne) while Celine is slowly buttoning up ...
Letter parties and playing store
October 12, 2004
Kids are so creative and it's a lot of fun to participate in the games they make up. Two recent activities at our house have been letter parties and kitchen store. A "letter party" is a game where you identify nouns that start with a certain letter. The kids don't ...
Mr. Personality
October 12, 2004
Laurent is our out-going child. Brienne may be this way but it's hard to tell at this age. Laurent loves to talk to people, friends we know or strangers, it doesn't matter Laurent wants to talk. Whether we meet them at the park or they are replacing our neighbors roof ...
Good bye McDonald's
October 10, 2004
Two weeks ago we said goodbye to cable and tonight we said goodbye to McDonald's. We don't eat at McDonalds very much to begin with, maybe once every 6 months. Why the change, the new resolve? Well, we watched the movie Super Size Me tonight. This is on my list ...
Good bye cable
October 9, 2004
As some of you know earlier this year, in the spring, we got cable for our tv. It's a bit of a long story but basically we didn't pay any cash for it, so heck why not? About one month ago we got a bill for the cable service this ...
Letting loose and letting go
October 8, 2004
I've been undergoing a little bit of a transformation lately. I am a very goal orientated person. I like to have my list and get great satisfaction by crossing off my "to-do's". The product I create is generally more important to me than the process of doing it. This mentality ...
Baby Brienne
October 8, 2004
Brienne, is not so much of a baby anymore, as you will all see for yourself at Christmas. But she's still the baby of the family. This is what she's been up to lately: *Talking on the phone. Brienne loves to talk on the phone. Her and Laurent will talk ...
Celine update
October 7, 2004
So, this is what Celine is up to these days... *Learning to read. Daddy is teaching her using Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. She really enjoys this daily one on one time with Daddy. The lessons are about 20 minutes long. *Considering future careers. Celine recently ...
Fetal pigs, crawfish, perch....
October 4, 2004
Last Thursday Celine, Laurent & I participated in a homeschool science lab so to speak. Another homeschooling family we know had invited some families over to do animal dissections together.
