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 August, 2007

Xavier TV

I did mention in the last post we’d started Xavier helping out around the house, right? Here’s the confirming video: .
Also, Frank initially uploaded the whole tape’s worth of film by mistake instead of isolating the vacuuming sequence. We’ll probably take it offline in a while to get back some Picasaweb space, but for […]


Aux oiseaux

Transl. “At the birds”
[French expression, close to “on cloud nine”, delighted, enchanted, lovely.]
Little mish-mash of news from the small Gélinas family:
Baby 2
Baby 2’s pregnancy album is now online! It’s a little website similar to the one I kept when I was pregnant with Xavier (and similarly in FRENCH only, sorry!); it presents ultrasounds, doctor’s appointments, […]


Laundry logistics

We’re not much for folding laundry. We often forget loads in the dryer until we’re looking for a piece of clothing, or we’ll bring a hamper of clean clothes upstairs because we have to clear the dryer for a fresh load. That hamper usually stands in the corner of our bedroom through the week, we’ll […]