The Stories of our Lives

This is our family blog. We use it to share glimpses of our family life, everyday anecdotes and reflexions, and we archive the kids' growth. In Québec, Canada.

Orléane Orléane is now...
10 months!

Xavier Xavier is now...
2.4 years!

...and there's also their parents. Émilie writes most posts (including the children's) and handles the design, while François makes sure all the blog clockwork is running smoothly. To contact us: EMAIL.

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Archive for the month of March, 2007

Un sujet délicat

My fellow Quebecers will know this already, but we just had elections yesterday in Québec for the new term.
Two or three times during the campaign, we’ve made note with friends or relatives of how it is a touchy subject to discuss. Yet it was an inescapable temptation to dance around the subject, and try to […]


Spring-self

I changed my hair colour. I bought a new eye-liner. I stored my winter coat. I pre-hired students to come clean the windows in June. I bought a new stroller for Xavier (Frank kept going to work with it in the car trunk). I noted two “cabanes à sucre” (maple syrup celebration) lunches on my […]


Smashing video

Xavier’s been laughing when I say “tout doux” - very gentle - (it’s true, François, I didn’t invent it! Not my fault he won’t always do it…) so we tried filming it. It works a little, but that’s not why I put this video online. Let’s just say Xavier isn’t the one laughing in this […]