Farter Nosepicker

It is the story of Farter NOSEPICKER,
who farted every time he picked his nose.
One day, Farter NOSEPICKER, picked a bogger as big as his head,
and then farted all day long ...

Farter NOSEPICKER is no more.
He has no more boggers, and no more farts.

2nd snow

We didn't get a break this week. This morning I was supposed to bring the car to the garage to have our winter tires put on. When I opened the door it was pure snow coming in mixed with freezing rain. Once again I worked from home. I like to work form home but I like to work from the office too. It rained (freezing rain that this) all day. Tonight before giving the kids a bath we made a fire in the fireplace and Sabrina had popcorn. Even if Matt was all over the place, it was very pleasant.

I really enjoyed having Saby on me on one side with the popcorn bowl on the other while we looked at the fire.

"We're going in the backyard to see the winter" -- Sabrina

I opened the door to go to work early this morning and I was hit by a snow storm. Snow was falling horizontally in big gusts of winds and there was a lot of beautiful snow all over the place. Needless to say I decided to work from home. Traffic is usually very bad in the first snow.

Sabrina just couldn't wait to go outside and "see the winter". They're out now. I've been working since 6:00am so I figure it was worth it to take a pause to enter this.

A little dance

So both kids started to dance on the table and that was so cute. Mathieu (13 mos) and Sabrina (40 mos) are just so cute dancing, we had to insert that video in the blog.

Halloween

Sabrina and Suzanne went trick and treating while Matthew and I gave out candies. He was quite a charmer saying bye to everyone leaving. Sabrina had a great time and collected tons of candies that had to be sorted afterwards to remove anything that may or did contain peanuts. For a good week afterwards she was always asking for a "Halloween Surprise".

Ecomuseum Visit

We had a family outing to the Ecomuseum in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue and we all had a great time. This is one of the nicest little zoos I've been to. Most of the animals in the zoo have been rescued or were born there and cannot be returned to the wild. An amazing place.

The deers came very close to us. The otters loved to give a show by jumping in the water, coming out and climbing on the rock to look at us. And it doesn't show, but that bald eagle is about the same size as Mathieu.

Mathieu's birthday

Our little boy turned 1 year old on October 12th. We first had a nice little birthday here at our home with Melanie, Francois and Benjamin. Here are some pictures:

Then we had a family celebration at Mom's place. It was really fun and we had a great time (Mom's gift was amazing, like Sabrina's).

His first no

Mathieu was really good at saying yes with his head. "Do you want more food?" He'll shake his head vigorously. Well this morning I asked him if he had had a good dodo, which he understood as "do you want to do a dodo". Of course he shaked his head vigorously from left to right. This was his first non-verbal no.

"Dina" is gone

I knew it was going to happen one day but Sabrina can now pronounce her full name, very nicely. She used to call herself "Dina". She'll always be my little "Dina". I love you honey... (M)

Cereals and chocolate milk

"So what do I do next Sabrina"
"Poor the cereals in the bowl"
"ok what next"
"Now poor the milk in the sippy-cup"
"Ok and now?"
"Put some chocolate milk.... wow that's a lot of chocolate milk"
"There you go, so what next?"
"Now I go down to watch TV, cowboy!"

From Sabrina:

Sitting on the toilet, almost falling in:

"One day I'm going to fall in, and you'll never see me again!"

From Sabrina:

"Maman, you're the most fabolous cake maker"

Today ...

So I show up at the doctor's office today for an appointment I made two months ago. I have this cold that just won't go away and a sore on my side which is persistent as well, and it's time to take care of it. I am told that my appointment has been cancelled, that I was called two weeks ago and that the next appointment will be at the end of November. So basically, the idea is that I'm cancelled two weeks before an appointment and told it will take another two months before I can see my GP for a physical...

There's something wrong here. Am I going to be cancelled two weeks before my next appointment and be told that the next one will be in February. You know I could do this with Revenue Canada... "I'm not going to pay my taxes now but I'll pay you in two months"...

I don't know if you know but Dan redid his entire house. He had this little home on a small land. He took it, moved it forward and then created a full basement for it, doubling the size. There's still a lot of work to be done, but the thing is, he's done a lot of it himself to save money. Now we don't have that much time. Most of the time not spent on family life for me is spent working and I don't want to lose what little time I have with my adorable kids so we've decided to ask Dan to give us a hand with some renovs. One important one was the shower that was leaking in the kitchen ceiling. Dan was able to figure out where the problem was, fix it and then re plaster the ceiling in a 1/4 of the time it would have taken me, and I'm not sure I would have done such a good job anyway. Thanks Dan, it was fantastic work.

http://www.48valoiswork.blogspot.com/

This way I get to spend more time with Suzanne, Sabrina and Mathieu. We got to see Max one day this week and it was great. He was real nice to his younger siblings and even Mathieu was warming up to him. Sabrina was happy, it had been so long since she'd seen him. He's doing good. Some may say he spent too much time in front of video games and computers when he was smaller but he turned out okay. School and work are going well and I'm real proud. Sabrina is also in school, in an interesting kind of daycare/pre-kindergarten inside a college where she made herself a friend called Sarah. The class is used as a teaching environment for students who want to become teachers or daycare workers. Sabrina likes it so much we have to be careful not to tell her too early she's going to it or she'll be waiting at the door all day. She's there on Mondays and Wednesdays. She's integrated quite well and tends to do so when there are other kids involved. Once someone told us that because we weren't putting our kids in daycare they would be anti-social... Yeah right.

Then again that's the first questions families here get when someone sees you have a kid: nice kid, got a place in daycare yet?

What happened to raising your kids at home? That's the way my mom did it and we turned right.

I have nothing against daycare except for when it's used for parents to dump their kids.

Mathieu is very friendly and charms everyone he sees. He now walks really well and is very proud of the way he walks. He turned eleven months two days ago but sometimes I forget he's not even one yet. I tend to treat him a lot older then he really is, poor little guy. I think I've done this with all my kids. I'm not a strong believer in talking like a baby to your kids.

He walks!

At 4:28PM today (Aug 31st) I received a phone call from Sabrina telling me that Matthew had walked. By the time I got home, it was 5:15PM and I got to see him take between 8 and 10 steps before sitting down. It would appear that he took a few walks before I did arrive. While Sabrina was in the bath, he walked again. He was quite proud of himself.

We are too. He's twelve days shy of 11 months.

A few notes: his first steps were taken because he was angry at Sabrina, wanting a toy she had in her hands. He walked towards her. He wobbles a lot, so he still has a road to travel before he gets there. But it's looking good.

Matthew walks

Matt did something amazing a few nights ago (August 23td). He was mad at Suzanne because she didn't want him to have Sabrina's toothbrush so he got up, started yelling at her, then telling her off in his baby language (I don't understand what he's saying but I'm sure it's foul and I fear that he's going to sit on the bench very often that little one). He then took two steps towards her, unaided. He was so mad he did not noticed he had walked.

Sabrina is three years old.

Wow, I can't believe our little girl is now three. She is so amazing, so bright, a real little princess. She is so intelligent, so full of life that spending time with her is a gift I thank God for. Happy birthday my love.

Disparition de Cédrika Provencher

It's important to remind people
Disparition de Cédrika Provencher (1997-08-29)- Disappearance of 9 yr old
Cedrika Provencher from the Three Rivers, Que. Canada area

La Ronde on Sunday

Thank you Nuance for a great day at La Ronde Sunday (Aug 19th, 2007). Sabrina had a real good time, even though she was a bit scared on some of the rides. Matthew also had a lot of fun as he got to hug a lot of my coworker and their girlfriends (I am not responsible if your girlfriend's clock starts ticking after holding him). Here are a few pictures.

Sabrina on the monorail, assessing the situation.

Matthew having a great time on the monorail. 10 months old and no fear (yet!!!)

Now that's a face!

Maybe this ride is a bit much for Sabrina.

Mom's Daemon

Suzanne's Daemon

My Daemon is a snow leopard. His name is Pereus