Ring My Bell

A lot of firsts this May long weekend.

First time we hung out at our local fire station.


Come to think of it, first community BBQ!




Some of Villeray's finest. I'm sure their firefighting skills are not too bad either.






First blossom sighting. This tree is on our street.

Liliane had her first waterfight with the kids in the neighbourhood! Isn't that cool? She made a new friend in an adorable 6 year old girl who lives across our back lane whose Mama is not only anglophone but she and her francophone husband lived for 8 years in.... Surrey, B.C.!

Turns out there are a bunch of really sweet kids on our street who hang out in the back lane so she spent Saturday afternoon running around with them (under Papa's watchful eye of course). It did my heart good.


For the first time EVER I actually got flowers planted on the May long weekend! We (along with the rest of the ENTIRE CITY) hit Jean-Talon market on Saturday afternoon and I picked up some pansies....




And a wee herb garden! There is parsley, two kinds of basil, lemon thyme (man I love the smell), oregano and sage. That other pot is Rue, an anti-cat/anti-squirrel plant.


The beginning of urban paradise!


Not pictured: our first trip with two kids to the park! We took care of our friends' 3-month old baby all day Sunday so we tried out our new stroller. You know what? Not a problem! He fell asleep on the way and snoozed all the way through our picnic. Plus he doesn't walk yet so HELLO. So EASY.

Call me naive, but I felt pretty good about it.

I wish I could say that this weekend was our first visit to Dairy Queen but HA! My readers know that's not true. All I can say is THANK YOU LORD for the Mini Blizzard.

Speaking of thankful, I saw an osteopath this week. My painful pelvic issues were DEALT WITH. As gentle as it was effective, my treatment lasted about 45 minutes and it was awesome. This particular osteopath is a pregnancy specialist and he also does a pre-birth treatment to make sure your body is ready for labour. Cool, right?

Oh and he also treats babies! Sounds weird? I know. But think about it - birth is as big event for them as it is for the mother. All that squeezing and pressure and trauma of coming into the world. Like the worst sports injury EVER. If anyone could use an adjustment, it's a newborn, am I right?

Project Air Conditioner is coming along nicely. Consequently, so is my marriage :) I should have news on that soon.

Hope y'all had a great long weekend!

Green Thumb

Alright, hold your applause at my oh-so-impressive garden.

It's not all me.

I have a secret weapon.

With just a little water and whole lot of cuteness, those flowers THRIVE.

Naturally.

So our next project is...

Teaching her to read! Naked! In the bathroom! No, kidding. Although that would be cool.

It's potty training! Also known as "Operation Lose The Diapers Already So We Can Afford To Take A Vacation Next Year."

So my quick trip to NYC this week was amazing. My nephew Asher is a perfect little morsel (who peed on me, but it's OK) and I will tell the whole story complete with photos in my next post because right now I'm a little worn out from our day full of F-U-N. It was actually warm and sunny (like a summer's day I hear) so we crammed in all the estival activities we could: park, picnic, wading pool and wandering around old Montreal, complete with a family bike ride!

Also I'm a little distracted by the Tin Man on TV. I am compelled to watch anything based on my beloved Wizard of Oz, but this interpretation is pretty dark and there are no sparkly shoes of ANY kind. But I'm sucked in anyway.

À bientôt!