Spring Thaw

Starting last Friday, the temperatures here in Montreal have gradually gotten warmer and warmer. Today it is almost 75f out - so warm that we walked to and from school today and had a picnic outside for lunch! What a beautiful and perfect way to celebrate the First Day of Spring! Almost all of the snow has melted and the weather is supposed to continue this way for the rest of the week so I am sure that what is left will be gone by the weekend!

On Saturday, I decided to take Jay & Arabella to Angell Woods for a hike outside. It was still a little chilly but the sun was shining and the spring thaw was happening. We had fun hiking around the trails, splashing in the mud puddles and we even saw our 1st Robin of Spring! We spent over an hour exploring and by the time we got back to the car our Wellies were perfectly muddy!

It Is Official!!

I received my IIN Diploma in the mail today! I am so excited!!

Swim Lessons

Arabella has been doing great with her swimming! She will be in the same level for her next session that starts in April. Mommy is so proud of you Arabella, you have been working so hard and have come a long way. Keep it up!!


Swinging...this would never happen in the States!
Arabella and her friend Cristina before they were spun around!

Butterflies Go Free

Last Friday, Arabella and I joined Bram and Ronald for an outing to the botanical gardens to see the Butterflies Go Free exhibit. Arabella loved it last year and was even more into it this year. She wanted to have a butterfly land on her so badly and when one finally did, she was ecstatic! There were so many beautiful butterflies and plants and it was magical to see all of the butterflies flutter around without a care. I loved watching them, it was calming and so beautiful. We even had the opportunity to see some that had just come out of their chrysalis and couldn't quite fly yet. A great time was had by all - it was the perfect way to start our Early Spring weekend!

Our Welcome Back To The Great White North

After some beautiful early spring weather, Arabella and I were greeted by huge wet snowflakes on Wednesday morning when we woke up!

It didn't last too long and Mother Nature had been kind to us ever since! The weather this weekend was warm and sunny...in the 60's today!

Bubbles!

Arabella had fun with some bubbles in the bath recently...so much so that I almost couldn't find her!

Spellcheck?!?!?

Last week while packing up Mike & Jeff for their move, I noticed something that just didn't look right...

Maybe they forgot to run spellcheck before sending the boxes to print...not sure what "Fragle" is??? Anyone??