What's that word again?

One of Baby B's favourite websites is starfall.com. It's an awesome site with everything for kids learning their alphabet and learning to read.

As a result of playing the games on the site, Baby B has learned that "when vowels go a walkin', the first one does the talkin'." This helped him to spell and say words such as "goat", "boat", "team", "meat" and "maid". No guff. No tricks were involved in taking the pictures: the kid can spell.

Of course, he doesn't know how to spell "made" yet but Simone believes that'll come in time...

Trop à faire? Ne faites rien du tout!

Au programme dimanche dernier: un allez-retour à Toronto, un voyage à l'autre bout de la ville (2x allez-retour pour déposer et ramasser un enfant quoi voulait aller voir une amie), une promenade en vue d'aider les enfants qui souffrent de la maladie de Tourette et un tournoi de rame. Mis à part le premier voyage, Simone souffrait d'ennui à cause de la pluie et, bon, d'accord... de paresse extrème.

Du coup, elle a passé l'après-midi à jouer dans la cuisine avec Bébé B.

Bon, y-a pas d'quoi être fière...

Driver Error

Some days, the only error resides in owning a driver's license and operating a motorized vehicle capable of sitting more than one person.

Yesterday, Simone packed up baby, mother-in-law and the dog. They drove across town to pick up the 17 year old. After a successful pick-up, late by a mere minute (the 17 year old was late, not Simone), Simone drove a little further and dropped her mother-in-law a half hour early for her 4 pm appointment. She then proceeded to the 11 year old's school, arriving in time to see the last of the busses leave the property.

They then went to the 11 year old's singing lessons and, after dropping off the kid, Simone's cell phone rang. Sighing, she checked the display. Her mother-in-law was calling. "I made a mistake," she said. "My appointment was for 1:30 pm, not 4 pm, so I missed it. Can you come and pick me up?"

Simone said she could.

"I need to be dropped off at home," the 17 year old pointed out. "I need to get ready for my graduation."

So Simone dropped the 17 year old off then drove across town again to pick up her mother-in-law. They negotiated the 4:30 pm traffic and made it almost in time to pick up the 11 year old. Baby was fast asleep and snoring by this time. The dog, however, needed to use the facilities. Simone had to walk him around the area while Baby B screamed incoherently because he'd woken up when the car door slammed shut and Mom had disappeared from his line of vision.

The business having been concluded, Simone and dog hopped back into the car and everyone went home.

The question is.... who was in the car at this point?

Ils m'ont fait pleuré!!!

Simone est arrivée à l'heure. Par contre, elle a oublié d'apporter sa boite de Kleenex. Peu importe, se dit-elle. Ils ne vont pas m'avoir avec la même histoire cette année.

Elle savait d'avance que les élèves de 12ème année allaient recevoir une bougie qu'ils devraient alors donner aux élèves de 11ème année. C'est un geste symbolique qui signifie que les plus ainés de l'école quittent et que c'est à leurs cadets de devenir leaders à leur tour. Très bien, Simone a réussi à ne pas pleurer.

Par contre, elle ne s'attendait pas à cette présentation PowerPoint... Des photos de bébés s'effaçaient pour faire place aux visages presque adultes des jeunes dont la graduation du niveau secondaire prendrait place le lendemain. Les élèves présents ricanaient et s'amusaient énormément mais Simone, elle, pleurait à flot. Quelle misère. Et pas une boite de Kleenex en vue!

La prochaine fois, Simone ne pleurera pas, nah!

Mais elle apportera une boite de Kleenex au cas où...

Graduation Countdown

Mr Loveshotpeppers (along with his beautiful girlfriend)will be graduating from high school tomorrow evening. Armed with a brand new suit and a brain fairly bursting with knowledge, he is ready to conquer the world. This morning, his school hosts a special mass in honour of the graduates to be. Tomorrow, a milestone will be reached. Sigh... but hurrah!

Qui aimerait faire un pique-nique aujourd'hui?

Le soleil se lève et Simone a déjà tout préparé. Il y a un grand pique-nique d'organisé aujourd'hui et Bébé B et invité. Il y aura un tas d'autres petits chenapans dans un des parcs du voisinage. Ça risque d'être très amusant.

D'ailleurs, Bébé B se réveille près de 2 heures plus tôt que d'habitude, tellement il doit être excité... ça promet!

Reste à savoir si son meilleur ami, son chien, est invité lui aussi...

The Heat Is On

No, it's not what you think. Summer has not arrived. Or at least, it has not stayed. The heat is back on inside the house. By common consensus, it was decided that the house felt too darn cold. There was no warming up anymore. The fact that stepping outside required the use of a thick winter jacket to ward off the cold wind should given Simone a huge hint but she was eternally hopeful that things would warm up.

They didn't.

Now it's June and the warm air is blasting through the vents and Simone's cold feet are warming up slightly.

And to think that they're suffering from heatwaves in Europe...