The Stories of our Lives

The past 26 hours has been a LOT of fun — and I am very tired right now!

June 24 is the St-Jean-Baptiste, which is our provincial holiday (which means a day off work, yay!). We have celebrated in 2 ways.

Evening of June 23 – Classic celebration

On Tuesday night, we fired up some fireworks at my parent’s place. It was Xavier’s first experience with fireworks. He loved the first one (a burning schoolhouse), jumped and ran at the second one (a noisy exploding one), refused any other, and eventually enjoyed the whole show from the safe cabin of grandpa’s pickup.

Games in the yard with grandma, before dusk.

First firework, enjoyed by Xavier.

After the 2nd firework… “Another one, Xav?” “Hum, no no. I will play with my trucks. No firework. Not now.”

“Alright, close the door. We will watch it from here. We will be fine here.”

Then, we brought our kids back home 3 hours after their usual bedtime. Ick!

Still, great evening! Thanks to dad and mom for the celebration!

June 24 – National Park

We spent today at the “nearby” National Park with our friends Amélie and Nicolas. 4 adults to 2 toddlers was a good ratio for the time we spent at the waterfalls there.

I love the light in these pictures.

I had fun trying to photograph water sculptures.

Yup. We brought our toddlers there.

But Xavier loved sitting and splashing in the waterfalls.

This is my BFF Amé.

And her boyfriend Nic. They enjoy photography too.

After the falls, we spent some time on a small beach. It was about 145 degrees in the sun. The water was: FINE.

I usually tell Xavier not to do this at bath time. He loved the lake.

Orly loved her new friend, Mud.

Then we drove back home, had yummy BBQ, and tried to put our crazy tired kids to bed.

Thanks for the visit, Amé and Nic. It was a fun day!!