Grandma bought Marie-Hélène a raincoat, and it’s guaranteed to be the brightest thing you see on a cloudy day.
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Summer wardrobe
April 8, 2011 – 11:21 am
Grandmaman went to Grand Forks this week and brought back clothes for Marie-Hélène. We played dress up this morning and she seemed to agree that they were lovely clothes indeed.
We’re just waiting for the grass to turn green before she wears them for the day!
Now, about yesterday’s post. I’m not saying we go about swearing [...]
Swearing
April 7, 2011 – 7:00 am
On the subject of swearing, I read something hilarious and I’ve repeated it to at least two people. (Otherwise, I never remember jokes. Why did the chicken cross the road? I don’t know. And the blonds… there are only two I know, the one who puts white out on her screen, and the other who [...]
Phonecall
April 6, 2011 – 7:57 am
Yesterday morning, the phone rang. Christian and I hadn’t even taken our showers and Marie-Hélène was still asleep, and the phone rang. Now, when the phone rings that early in the morning, it could mean only one of two things. Someone’s sick or someone died. So we rushed to answer the phone, at 7 in [...]
Circus
April 5, 2011 – 7:00 am
I’ve missed writing over here… Christian was on holidays last week, and rather than stick to my wake-up, exercise and write schedule, we mostly slept in, and brought Marie-Hélène into bed with us for her morning bottle. Then she’d play between us before we’d begin the day with showers and breakfast. I think we went [...]
Snow sculptures
March 29, 2011 – 7:00 am
As I rounded the corner, going home, I noticed the snow on our lawn had melted even further. The temperatures have had trouble summoning the oomph needed to get past freezing. But the sun has been shining so brightly, and forming such interesting designs.
As I was walking around our lawn, I heard our neighbor across [...]
Our longhaired little girl
March 28, 2011 – 10:19 am
If people don’t first remark: “She’s so petite!” they’ll most certainly remark her blue eyes and blond hair.
Marie-Hélène has mastered the knack for brushing it away from her eyes, and every morning, it’s the same story. “Marie-Hélène, Mama’s going to put an elastic in your hair!” To which she always replies: “Nah!” Then I tackle [...]
Weekly menu plan no. 6
March 27, 2011 – 4:52 pm
Since there’s no better time to procrastinate then now… I’m writing out this plan. Uh hum. Really, I should be writing the first act of a play for English, creating the photo album for 2009 (we’re a little behind since Marie-Hélène popped in) and getting on to the Travel Manitoba blog with gusto. But Christian [...]
John’s tea kettle
March 24, 2011 – 9:57 am
I don’t know how to break this to you, but the ostentatious giraffe tea kettle is John’s! It kind of started with Marie-Hélène. She associates animals with people… a whale for Papa (we don’t know why) and the lizard is Anna (because of her pet bearded dragon). Chantal decided John most resembled a giraffe because [...]
Tea drinkers
March 23, 2011 – 9:54 am
I’ve mentionned in the past that John, my brother, used to scoff at the idea of drinking tea. “Pfff… All it is, is flavored water….” he’d say. Then John’s best friend would hang out with his older brother and they’d drink tea together. John started having second thoughts about tea, and tea-drinking in general. Enter [...]