The Stories of our Lives

Transl. “10 facts about the Gélinas children”

1. Orléane only rarely lets out a big laugh. The sound she uses to express glee, instead, is a weird noisy inhale of the “whee!” type. Combine this with a big open mouthed grin, and you’ve got the only type of gold I’ll ever need.
2. Orléane doesn’t coo, she caws. She’s my lovable little crow bird.
3. Xavier loves his baby sis. He’ll take her little hand and wave at us with it, going “hello mommy, hello daddy”, or he’ll drop on his knees in front of her and use his deepest voice to intone “coucou bébé” (hallo baby). He often laughs when they are exchanging smiles and chatting baby-talk, like they are telling jokes. Xavier also makes a point to remind us to bring the baby whenever we’re going out of the house.
4. Phenomenons Xavier likes to observe:
   • when something is a little stuck, or seems a little stuck [”it (s)tuck, it (s)tuck!”];
   • when something is flying;
   • when we are cutting stuff.
5. Xavier always had his behind in Huggies, but every Huggies Orléane ever wore ended up leaking. Unfortunately, she’s a Pampers baby.
6. Xavier’s favourite videos, sort of in order, right now: “Cars”, Pigloo (all the videoclips), Baby Lilly (all the clips except for the new one in space, but mostly the jungle and the pirates), “Toy Story”, “Monsters inc.”, Diego, Dora (poor Dora is starting to loose in popularity).
7. Orléane can be tough to breast-feed sometimes, because she’s wriggling a lot and she’s quite curious about what is going on around her. If I hold her hand to try calming her, it’s her leg that will start shaking.
8. Xavier used to sleep as soon as the car moved, but Léa is often awake in the car, especially if Xavier is there to chat with her. We have taught Xavier to inform us if his sister is sleeping or awake, since her car seat is rear-facing and we can’t see her face from the front.
9. Orly’s favourite food, in order: bananas, squash, sweet potato, oat, pears, rice, carrots. It is also the list of all the food she has tasted so far. Xavier always preferred cereal, rice especially, and still today, he prefers food that tastes more bland (bread, potatoes, pasta, rice). I was surprised that Orly took a fast liking to the acid taste of fruit, and that she has less interest for the sweet taste of rice cereal.
10. Xavier rarely sings, so far. The only song he’ll sometimes sing is an air François did not remember correctly, so Xavier sings a mixed up version of the chorus (and sometimes accompanies himself by dancing).
    The song? Les pirates from Baby Lilly [V’là les pirates, Ho ho! À l’abordage, Ho ho!].
    The mixed up version? [La la la lah, les pirates! La la la lah, les pirates!]

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