The Simple Pleasures of Childhood

On a recent warm spring day, with nowhere to be after school, we decided to stop for an icy cold treat:

Soccer Season Begins

The rain finally gave way to sunshine, the soccer fields dried up, and the season has begun!  We knew it would be a challenge juggling three practices and three games per week, but our youngest insisted she was ready to play! And here she is at her very first practice:

It remains to be seen how she will do at her first game. I explained to her a few hours ago that she would be playing her first game tomorrow. She answered "but I already had my game". I attempted to explain the difference between a game and a practice, but as usual, she was not listening...

The Girls Help Out

The girls were surprised to find out that there was no school on Monday. I explained to them that due to the heavy rains, many roads around Montreal had flooded, and some teachers and students were unable to get to school safely. We discussed ways that we might help out. Along with my sister, we stopped first at Tim Hortons to pick up a large box of Timbits for the volunteers (plus a smaller box for the girls).  Next we headed towards Ile-Bizard to help fill some sand bags. We each filled one bag, plus an extra one for good measure. Once our three-year old started sliding down the large pile of sand that the volunteers were trying to shovel into bags, we decided to head home. We talked about the flood the rest of the way home, and about helpfulness. Despite the cold weather, the girls seemed to have appreciated their first experience as volunteers....  

The Cutest Hip-Hop Show

Last Wednesday, the parents were asked to go to preschool three times within the same 4 hour block: Once to drop them off at 8:30, another time to pick them up at 12:30, and in between at 9:30 for a 30 minute hip-hop show. In addition, the show started at 9:45, so the parents were kept waiting in a narrow hallway for 15 minutes. I was beginning to regret my decision to attend, when the preschoolers blew everyone away.

Our three-year old was so expressive, moving to the music, shaking her hips, and simply dancing like the cutest preschooler. I had no idea she had those moves! Our 5-year old was a little more subdued, but the kids and parents alike seemed to enjoy the show! And although I believe that the show should have been either at the beginning or the end of the school day, it was worth the wait and inconvenience!

Our three-year-old with the red cap

Our 5-year old in the middle