Family Life & Kids
Thirteen ~ The Trip (if you ever visit Fredericton, NB)
June 5, 2012
I have a few more photos to share of Céline's birthday trip. Céline and I drove from our home in Québec to meet my mom in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Fredericton is a treasure of a city and was an equidistant location for us to meet up with my mom. If ...
Celebrating Thirteen ~ Care to Dance?
June 2, 2012
Encouraging their personal growth, while still keeping connected and committed to family life. It's going to be dance I tell you.
How Does a Western Anglophone end up living in Rural Quebec?
May 29, 2012
It's a long story. I've been getting some questions here at FIMBY lately along the lines of, "are you bilingual?" and "how did you end up in Québec, Canada?" I've shared the whole story of our American exodus and what precipitated that move in a bunch of posts over the ...
The Color of Chaos
May 26, 2012
The chaos is actually over (for now). Our black trailer pulled out of the driveway yesterday and now sits at our next home, which we'll move into in early July. The boxes got packed and loaded. The bags for Montréal were packed and not loaded. Phone calls and e-mail for ...
Simplicity Parenting ecourse giveaway
May 25, 2012
Last winter I read the popular parenting book Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids. I wrote a short review of it also, which you can read here. In that review I wrote this short summary: I definitely recommend (this book) ...
A Blossom Perspective
May 24, 2012
We're home from our trip. Thank you for all your sweet birthday blessings for my girl in my last post. Damien somehow managed kids, home, meals and working. The house was tidy when we came home, as tidy as it can be with boxes everywhere. I didn't ask questions. The ...
Celine's Home Birth Story (A Letter from My Mom)
May 22, 2012
Thirteen years ago today Céline was born. Céline and I are celebrating this special birthday right now, on a short trip with my mom, just the three of us. On this very special and significant day I want to share with you Céline's (home) birth story, written from my mother's ...
