Simon has been on Vacation since Xavier’s birthday and we have been having a lot of fun…

Last was filled with birthdays, seeing friends, hanging out, the trip to the Fort and then on Sat we hung out at home and Simon asked me to help him make my birthday cake… he did pretty good but needed me on his side to explain a few things (grease and flour a pan? sour milk? etc) and also make sure that he didn’t miss any steps…

We had a great supper and had cake later that night 🙂

happy birthday to me :)

On Sunday it was my birthday (32!) and it was stormy in the morning and really not a nice day to go out… but I really wanted Sushi for my birthday supper and made plans to get sushi and eat at friends house… we left in the early afternoon and we caught a bit of rain on the way but it soon cleared up… we took the scenic routes from our place along the St-Laurent to the Island of Montreal and then when on the Island took the scenic route until the western tip of the island where my favourite sushi place is… then we headed to Gen’s and hung out with her until it was time to go home…

On Monday we hung out at home again and it rained some more…  and my mom came and picked me up at about 4pm and we headed out to Montreal for another birthday supper… We got to Montreal and the weather had cleared up and the atmosphere of old Montreal was booming and full of life… we headed to “The Keg” and had an amazing (and quiet) supper… It is really hard at times to slow down and enjoy a meal.. For 7 years now meals have been a bit rushed and there has always been a kid around asking something… so quiet suppers where we take all our time was a bit weird but I forced myself to slow down and it was great…

Yesterday was the first day in a while that it hasn’t rained and it has been warm… we headed out to the beach at “Parc de la Yamaska” near Granby which about 1h15min away… we were supposed to meet Simon’s mom at about 11am and we would have been there about 15min after 11 but we unexpectedly got stuck in the traffic for the Granby Zoo… being the first day in a long time with great temps and no rain everyone seemed to be heading for the Zoo/waterpark for the day… It took us more than an hour to get about 4 km… and then finally we were able to go another route and we got to the beach at about 12:30…

We had a picnic and then hit the sand soon after, choosing the beach with less people (no lifeguard)…

building in the sand

A lot of people arrived after us but it was still a lot less crowded than the main beach and the boys had a blast with the beach toys that MIL brought for them…

Khéna

Xavier fishing...

At the beach

The boys Love the water…

Daddy and Khéna

And MIL had  a blast with them also…

MIL and Khéna

The day was just gorgeous and we stayed until supper time when the boys were starting to get tired and hungry…

beach at Parc de la Yamaska

Simon will be going back to work next Monday but the vacation time was not wasted at all… It has been a blast and we still have a few days to go 🙂