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Sunday, July 01, 2007

Mathieu the shrieker / Sabrina the master negotiator

We had a good first day to our long weekend. Max cleaned the pool (we're getting there!!!). We also did something we haven't done in a long time... we ate in restaurants. We had breakfast at IKEA and then bought a few things and we had supper at St-Hubert. It was actually quite pleasant with the kids. Sabrina is really good in restaurant settings. We were not sure how Mathieu would act. He was good, except that he was so excited that he started shrieking at the top of his lungs. Imagine the highest pitch shriek you've ever heard, such as in a horror movie. It was quite embarrassing but what are you going to do?

Sabrina was also quite sweet over the weekend. We went to the park to play and Sabrina brought back home a collection of branches. When we got home I told her that the sticks stay outside. I then proceed to take Mathieu out of the stroller and open the front door. I turn around, once inside the house, to make sure that Sabrina is following me. She has this peculiar look on her face (a little guilty? a little shy? a little cute?), her hands are behind her back and there's these branches sticking out. I say "Sabrina, what do you have behind your back?" She doesn't say anything. "Are they sticks?". She smiles. I say "Okay, you can bring 1 stick into the house." She starts sorting the sticks and then looks at me and asks "Can I bring 2 sticks in?". How can I resist such cuteness?!? Of course she can bring in 2 sticks.

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