Hangin' with Saint-CatThe Jazz Festival started yesterday and we've already been twice! Last night all four of us met at Place Desjardins for a quick dinner and then headed to Lorraine Klaasen's concert of South African music. Clara and Leo went wild when they heard the loud, upbeat music. Leo was "happy feet" dancing like crazy, and Clara was doing pirouette after pirouette. Marc and I were not the only ones having trouble watching the stage, Clara an Leo were their own little sideshow!
It was around 9:30 when we left the festival, we took the bus up Saint Laurent and as one would expect, it was full. Clara started to whine about not being able to sit down and then a very sweet, kind woman offered to let Clara sit on her lap! Clara then proceeded to chat off this kind stranger's ear the entire ride home!
Now, this is where the story gets really good... we got home at about 10pm, kids brushed their teeth and got into their PJs and then spent the next 2 HOURS in their room playing an involved game with half the toys they own!!! Granted, they had both napped for 2 hours in the late afternoon but, wow they were just on a roll. For kicks Marc and I decided to just leave them be. We were really curious how it would all play out. At 12:15am I was too tired to stay awake any longer and announced I was going to bed. Clara looked up at me, stretched and said, "yeah I'm tired too" and climbed up to her bunk. Leo did not react so well, he needs a more gentle transition from one thing to the next so obviously he cried at the immediate shutdown of their game. But after a minute of freaking out and Clara asking him "Could you please try to be a big boy?", I tucked him in and didn't hear another peep from anyone :)
You'd think I was crazy to back to the Jazz Fest the very next day right? Well, I'd sorta, kinda made a promise that we'd go check out the kids section today (this was at 9pm last night mind you) so yup, off we went again this morning. Clara and Leo did not disappoint, they played hard in the bouncy castle, the slides, the giant piano, and made noise with the goofy instruments provided. The kids area is really well organized, there was loads of staff on hand to keep everything running smoothly and safely. I've got to write a letter or something to the organizers to commend them on a job well done.
It was around 9:30 when we left the festival, we took the bus up Saint Laurent and as one would expect, it was full. Clara started to whine about not being able to sit down and then a very sweet, kind woman offered to let Clara sit on her lap! Clara then proceeded to chat off this kind stranger's ear the entire ride home!
Now, this is where the story gets really good... we got home at about 10pm, kids brushed their teeth and got into their PJs and then spent the next 2 HOURS in their room playing an involved game with half the toys they own!!! Granted, they had both napped for 2 hours in the late afternoon but, wow they were just on a roll. For kicks Marc and I decided to just leave them be. We were really curious how it would all play out. At 12:15am I was too tired to stay awake any longer and announced I was going to bed. Clara looked up at me, stretched and said, "yeah I'm tired too" and climbed up to her bunk. Leo did not react so well, he needs a more gentle transition from one thing to the next so obviously he cried at the immediate shutdown of their game. But after a minute of freaking out and Clara asking him "Could you please try to be a big boy?", I tucked him in and didn't hear another peep from anyone :)
You'd think I was crazy to back to the Jazz Fest the very next day right? Well, I'd sorta, kinda made a promise that we'd go check out the kids section today (this was at 9pm last night mind you) so yup, off we went again this morning. Clara and Leo did not disappoint, they played hard in the bouncy castle, the slides, the giant piano, and made noise with the goofy instruments provided. The kids area is really well organized, there was loads of staff on hand to keep everything running smoothly and safely. I've got to write a letter or something to the organizers to commend them on a job well done.
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