On Sunday, the phone rang and the caller ID left me a bit confused.. I wondered who would be calling me from a Grocery store up North in St-Jean-de-Matha…
I answered the phone and the person asked for me and then said that Colin had won the colouring contest they had! The last time my mom had taken the boys they had picked up some colouring sheets at the grocery store, went home to colour them and brought them back the next day to enter in the contest…
Colin was so happy to have won! the two others were a tiny bit jealous…
They said that I could go pick up the prize at any time, so I decided to head out there yesterday and then head out to my mom’s new house that she rented for the winter.
So I packed everyone in to the car and headed to the ferry…
There are times that I look in the rearview mirror and am surprised to see that the minivan is so full…
Though I often miss the mountains of BC, I do have to admit that the Quebec countryside can be quite beautiful also… Yesterday was one of those perfect November days. Cool, at just 5C but the sun keeps you warm when you are outside… The sky was a brilliant blue with just a few clouds at the horizon…
We headed to the grocery store first…We got to the desk and the woman there gave Colin his prize and then took a picture of him…
Colin was so proud of his new monkey and blanket…
We then headed to my mom’s new rental house… it is in a great quiet location and is the perfect size for her and not too far from the cabin that she stays in in the summer… The boys played around the property and my mom and I hanged out with Wilhelmina. Even though my mom doesn’t live too far, we don’t see each other often, so times like these are good for Willa to know her grandma a bit more…
I also coveted her stove while she made tea… the dials on this are so cool!
We then said bye to my mom and left just before dark to head back home to meet Simon for supper….
I just love days like these… I really need to do it more often…
