And Montreal had more to offer

We also saw Grandma! Here grandmother and granddaughter are sporting a bit of cheery/cherry red. And Sophie is sporting the skirt I "designed' (I picked the fabrics) in oh 1978 or something. Auntie R had something similar.

 We took Grandma out on Sunday night for soft tacos and then a return trip to la Diperie (and yes, they now have a branch in Toronto). Sophie had cheesecake dip and mini-marshmallows; I had lavender and rainbow sprinkles!

Bon anniversaire, Montreal

And then there was this place...

That night (our first) she had black liquorice dip with pretzels!

Jacques Cartier bridge's light installation - 35 million$ over a decade...

Biodome glowing warmly / ominously

Sunday was St Viateur bagel shop's 60th anniversary. The 50th was a sweet memory of my dad and the children.

 I arranged to meet up with a global humanitarian colleague at the street party

We love our bagels

Then it was on to a Montreal 375 party in a neighbourhood park.

Lots of juggling, swinging, etc

Time for a quick meal with our lovely friends/ nos enfants terribles

Then off to the weekend highlight...

Les Geants strolling through the streets of Montreal. See some amazing shots from an old school mate of mine

Yup, I took a selfie or 2

The little girl in her rain slicker

WOW! What a weekend. And Darwin did fine with his puppy sitters.

Suiting up

 As middle school graduation approaches, Seb wanted a suit. And his grandparents obliged - complete with purple shirt and all.

Matchy-matchy

Sophie loves the idea of us wearing something the same or similar. She is tall enough to try an XS. Sigh - it already looks better on her! But no, we did not buy them

Running for strength and pleasure and pride

Sophie ran the 200m and 800m events at Track & Field day. She had opted out of 1500m because "it's early and no one will be there to cheer me". She was had been practicing at least 4 times/week for the last month or so. There's always a big turn out from her school - just not Grade 5 girls. She was the only one...

The girls who ran the 800m

Yup she smiled and ran

She had made it past the girl in yellow - it took quite some manoeuvring

Great pacing of the race 

and she finished 2nd in the 800! So off to the next round in June - and not only will her coaches (Shannon and Andre) be cheering her on but hopefully Gramps and Nana too.

She then had to sprint across the stadium to get into place for the 200m, which she ran with grace. Not quite her distance though. 

We are on borrowed time....

How our teen spent his screen-free afternoon

Seb had an externally imposed screen-free afternoon yesterday.

So he sank a few ships in the tub

and built a robot (the screen wasn't internet-enabled and only came out for the last 20 mins so he could program the robot before Scouts - in the woods)

Our lovely birthday fella

We tried to fete him well.

Slow and steady indeed

yes, it's true. He had to make his own (carrot) cake

I made a pretty lovely dinner though

Some of his haul

And it was dinner at the Good Son the previous night

I knew it was the right place when I saw oysters and brussel sprouts on the menu

End of an era

It was time for my love's ski poles to be jettisoned. They were made in East Germany in 1988 or so
and he was mightily attached to them.

baby, it's cold out there

First week of May and it's down-right cold. So we bought Sophie a new sweater. She misheard me and thought it is an owl-neck!