Dinner with friends

Tonight we had Julie and Charles over for dinner with their kids. Emily is Mathieu's friend and they went to pre-K together. The 5 kids had a real good time playing together. They played, did some WII, used the pool and after dinner watched Jumanji while the parents relaxed. It was a real nice evening. Thanks so much Julie and Charles, Emily, Felix and Jeremy. We had a great time.

Thank you for your great Salmon recipe, Ricardo. The wines were excellent too:

Le Fleur de lys

Vin apéritif issu d'un assemblage soigné de notre vin blanc et de sirop de cassis donnant un apéritif de type kir très rafraîchissant.

Température de service
Entre 6° et 8°C

Suggestions d'accompagnement
Tout simplement en apéritif

Prix
750 ml - 13,75$
375 ml - 8,00$

Meursault Le Limozin Ropiteau 2009 Code SAQ : 11466375 CUP : 03473120 008213 Catégorie : Vin blanc Couleur : Blanc Nature : Vin tranquille Format : 750 ml

Prix : 45,75 $ Inventaire en ligne : 1 ACHETER Disponibilité SUCCURSALES

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Pays : France Région : Bourgogne Sous région : Côte de Beaune Cépage : Chardonnay Appellation : Meursault Fournisseur : Ropiteau Frères Pourcentage d'alcool : 13.0 %

Brome Fair

Today is our annual visit to Brome Fair. It was a long trip, the highway was locked down with traffic. We did make it however. Sophie, Chris and Alex were parking some cars and mom was relaxing on the porch. On the grounds we first went to see Nick, Amy and Zach at their camper and then went to eat. We met up with Sue's mom, her sisters Annie and Carol, along with Peter and Jason. Jason is Carol's son, a filmmaker from out West. We made it back to Nick's camper.

Suzanne, Mathieu, Thelma and Peter

Nick and Amy's camper

The camper. Nick is selling pellet machines and RC helicopters (I got one).

 Nick gave me a demonstration on how good he is with a backhoe. With the machine he picked up three tennis ball on top of orange cones, place them in a bucket, tipped the bucket and placed each ball back on its respective cone. Amazing. I tip my hat to my brother. I had a video but my card was to filled.

It was time to ride the midway. Sabrina, Mathieu and Zach had a great time on them. First it was time for the bumper cars. Sabrina was a very determined driver.

A run on a super play park, a yearly pleasure...

The dragon, ah, the dragon. One of those moment when you wonder if you're a good parent. Sabrina did not want to go but we forced her because we want her to conquer her fears and do rides if we ever go to Disney again. She was a trooper. After a few tears and some forceful convincing she went on it. She did not like it, did not dislike it ("Only once a year"). Zach kept his arm around her all the time. Mathieu had a ball.

They did a few more rides afterwards...

Suzanne's Family...

Carol, Thelma and Annie

Jason

Peter

Coming back to Montreal we saw seven hot air balloons. Real nice.

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First Day of School, First Casualty

Today is Sabrina and Mathieu's first day of school. First we brought Sabrina to school. She was starting at her normal time.

Sabrina and Mathieu

Happy to see BFFs

Kiara and Sabrina

Mathieu who's starting kindergarten had only a half day today. Suzanne and I brought him to his first day of school.

Walking to school

Almost there ...

First day done :)

Both really loved their first day.

We lost our first two fish today. While the kids took it in stride, Suzanne and I both grieved. I also ran a full battery of tests on the water to determine what was happening. A pH that's too high and high levels of methane could be the culprit so I ran to the petshop to get products to adjust the water.

Montreal's Botanical Garden

This afternoon, Thelma, the kids and I met up with Suzanne at the Montreal Botanical Garden. It was the first time Thelma got to see the lanterns. Most of the special exhibits were closed, unfortunately, but we still had time for a nice walk through the gardens.

We ended the evening with a nice picnic in the park. While it was a bit cold, we had a great time. We even played tag after dinner.

All in all a great evening.

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More Fish

We got four more fish today. Two Sunset hifin Wagtail Platy and two Dwarf Sky Blue Gouramis.

Dwarf Sky Blue Gourami

Sunset hifin Wagtail Platy

This is a bit what the aquarium looks like now:

I will take a better picture later, once the fish are better. Right now, the barbs are very aggressive.

A day of leisure...

I love those days when we do nothing but lounge in the pool and read.

Current Weather Sunday, August 19, 2012, 10:00 EDT St. Hubert

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How to train your dragon; Aquarium; Heitz Cellar Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

What an incredible day we had today. Suzanne was able to get tickets to "How to train your dragon" at the Bell Centre from livingsocial.

The kids and I went to have what I would consider to be one of the best breakfast I have ever had at Bocacinos.

 Next it was time for the show. Here are a few pictures of the kids at the show:

Here's the review made by a friend of Suzanne's on FB. Quickly though, it was simply Wow!

When we came back home we all went to safari to get our first ever pets. The kids got six fish to begin: 3 platy red top moon and 3 golden neon barb.

Golden Neon Barb

Platy Red Top Moon (Mickey Mouse Fish -- look at Mickey on the tail)

It's such a fascinating thing to observe the interaction of the two group of fish in the tank. The platy stay mostly up, while the barb stays at the bottom. During the day the platy tends to be the most aggressive one, but that's reverse at night. Really cool to watch.

We completed the day with a good swim in the pool. Suzanne and I were able to spend some time with a good wine.

Cabernet-Sauvignon Heitz Cellar Napa Valley Californie 2006 Code SAQ : 00702092 CUP : 00098803 010609 Catégorie : Vin rouge Couleur : Rouge Nature : Vin tranquille Format : 750 ml

Prix : 51,50 $ Disponibilité SUCCURSALES

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Pays :
Etats-Unis
Région :
Californie
Sous région :
Napa
Cépage :
Cabernet-Sauvignon
Fournisseur :
Heitz Wine Cellars
Pourcentage d'alcool :
14.5 %

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