Look what Clara and Leo lugged home from school today...

They may be 9 and 7 years old but, there is still much fun to be had with a cardboard box :)

Awesome afternoon at the Musée des Beaux Arts.
We went with the intention of visiting out the Big Bang exhibit and ended up checking out a few other cool rooms on our way. It had been awhile since we visited and we'll definetly be going back again soon. Leo wants to bring his sketch book next time!

In front of the origami tree

My attempt at art.
Marc's silhouette in front of a Riopelle

Clara

Leo

Part of the Big Bang exhibit

More Big Bang

Happy Holidays!

Waiting for Santa Claus last night

Christmas brunch with Grand-Maman and Uncle Alex

They are famous!

Seven years old!?!?

Leo's 7th Birthday in Lachute on Thanksgiving Sunday.

Birthday party for the new 7 year old!

Gluten free cake!!! And it was delicious, even better the second time around ;)

Sauble Beach

I brought the family to Sauble Beach for the first time this Summer, I hadn't been myself in about 18 years but I still remembered the white sandy beach and the freshwater waves. Thanks to Adrian and Laura's hospitality we had the best beach vacation EVER!

Going for a paddle with Clara, Cobus, and Leo.

Birthday cake for breakfast!

Hair dye on the beach

Laura's colourful hands

Go carting!

Clara and Amelia

Alex's art on a pretty canvas

Alex getting down to work

Final product

The amazing, happy baby Sloane and one of her many fans.

Clara and Amelia after their last swim together for the Summer

Mont-Saint-Hilaire
We climbed all the way to the top of Mont. Saint Hilaire on Tuesday - this retired Papa thing is lots of fun! We followed the path to the Pain du Sucre, a 2.5km hike with lots of rock climbing. Grand-papa joined us and we had a really wonderful afternoon. In fact, these are all his pictures:

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A digital painting from the frog pond at the bottom of the mountian.