Quebec City Aquarium

This past weekend we visited my Sister-in-Law, her fiancé and my nephew. They live about 45 minutes south-east of Quebec City. On Saturday we were looking for something to do and ended up at the Quebec City Aquarium. My nephew apparently has been there about 15 times and absolutely loves it there. We bought a family pass (as Quentin got in free) and it cost about 58$ with taxes. That’s not bad at all.

My fave thing at the aquarium was this cutie. I’m not even sure what it was but he was pressed up against the glass window of the tank and had the cutest little face!

Quentin was super excited to see “finding nemo” as he called them (above left) and I love the jellyfish – don’t they look like buttons?!

The shade of this green is one of my fave shades of green (above left). Whatever that was too, it was stunning to look at. The kids called this (above right) a sea mushroom. I thought it was cool to look at as well.

The polar bear we saw was doing laps in his pool and the seals were lounging by their pool.

There was awesome sand castles.

And awesome se creatures as well. How neat are these?

I tried to get a picture of all 3 boys. Mackenzie had no interest in smiling. It’s so difficult these days to get a picture of all 3 of them. I hope it’s just a phase and hopefully we’ll get to a point where I can take a nice picture of all 3 of them smiling at the same time. Maybe one day soon….

Coolest Experience of my Life

The coolest experience of my life was flying Tim Air in a Cessna from Montego Bay to Negril in Jamaica this past January. Our pilot was Fraser and he was super cool. On the way to Negil I flew with my family of 5, along with my dad, and on the way home, my brother & his girlfriend joined us as well. Honestly, it was one of the coolest experience of my life.

Isn’t the scenery stunning? Look at the turquoise water!

This is a video (above) of us in the Cessna taking off from Montego Bay to Negril on the first day of our vacation. I sat in the 3rd row (we were 6 of us plus the pilot on board). I took video of us landing, but my camera battery died while I was filming and the video file is corrupted. I’m not sure if there is a way to salvage the file? Does anyone have any ideas?

This is a video (above) of us in the Cessna taking off from Negril to Montego Bay on the way home from our vacation, to catch our flight from Montego Bay to Montreal. On the way home, I sat in the first row behind the pilot and my father. (Both ways I sat in the same row as Quentin).

This is a video (above) of us landing in Montego Bay in the Cessna. My dad was giving me the play by play with how many feet we had until we landed (not sure why, lol).

One Happy Kid

When we were in Jamaica, there was one thing that drew Sean almost every day while we were there: The water slides. There were 2 slides, one super fast one and one slower one, which Sean went on over and over and over again.

He had a blast.

I think he would have taken the water slide home with him if he could.

He tried to do something differently each time he went down!

Thumbs up!

Cool dude.

The daring devil!

I think we’ll have to take the kids to the local water park this summer.

Knitting on the Beach

I got a little bit of knitting done while I was in Jamaica. It was so nice & relaxing to knit on the beach with a Frozen Margarita in hand! I promised Jamie that the next knitting item I’d finish is his OVERDUE socks, that I promised him for Xmas 2009. (Oops!) One is completely finished, but the other isn’t. At least sock 2 has been started. I designed so many pairs of socks between 2008-2009 that by the end of 2009, I was all “socked-out”, as I called it. But now, I’m back and plan to finish his socks as soon as possibly!

Yeah Man!

I just got back (on Saturday evening) from an 8 day trip in Negril, Jamaica with my entire family. (We were 11 of us!) We stayed at the Sesame Street Beaches Resort and had a blast. I have a ton of photos to sort through (from my iphone, waterproof digital camera, my pocket camera & my Nikon professional). I have a LOT to talk about, so stay tuned! Luckily the week we went was the COLDEST week in Montreal in years, (-39C with the wind factor) and it was a good week to get away.

Colours to Go

Colours To Go owner Susannah Findlay and I bonded over the fact that we were both reading the same book (I'm still reading it... as I got distracted from it). I asked her if I could review one of her products, and that an upcoming trip with the kids was a perfect time to do so, and not only am I reviewing this product, Susannah has donated not one, but TWO colouring wallets (with gel pens) for me to giveaway to 2 lucky readers!

These crayon (or gel pen) colouring wallets are very well made, and are in super bold colors.

They fit nicely into your purse, diaper bag, or into a kid's backpack. This product is fantastic and a great thing to bring along to keep kids entertained.They are super handy and I was glad to test out this product. They also make a great gift.

My boys absolutely loved it, and kept going to the pad in the wallet to color on, instead of the colouring book that was in their carry on bag. It was a great hit! If you'd like to win one for your child, or if you don't have a kid, to give away as a gift to a kid you love, here are some ways to win:

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Creativity

So I have a funny story to tell you. After we boarded the plane to leave to Florida last Wednesday, just after we took off in the air, once the seat belt sign was taken off, both boys had to go to the bathroom. So I took them to the front of the plane as there was only one gentleman waiting for the bathroom as opposed to the 3 people waiting for a turn to use the washroom at the back of the plane. Sean kept saying while we were waiting that he "couldn't hold it in any longer" numerous times. The gentleman in front of us didn't care and didn't let us use the washroom ahead of him. So Sean peed a bit in his underwear. Anyhow finally it was our turn. Sean finished his business in the toilet and a nice flight attendant got me Sean's backpack with his change of underwear. Luckily his pants were dry. Sean changed his underwear, got back dressed and I sent him back to our seats, in the middle of the plane. My mom was at the seats with Quentin. Then it was Mack's turn to pee. However we discovered that he could not reach the toilet seat, he is a too short. If I lift him, he becomes stiff and can't pee (we tried. He is also too heavy for me to lift anyhow & obviously there is no stool on the plane, so I asked the flight attendant if she had any ideas (while telling Mackenzie to hold it in). She said "hang on" and left to go get something. She then came back with a "barf bag" (you know, the white ones that are in the seat pocket in front of you on airplanes) as they are leak proof. So I convinced Mackenzie to pee in the bag and then I dumped the pee in the toilet. Creative & got the job done. Later on during the flight he went to the bathroom again the same way. He thought it was funny. Then, while we were descending to Fort Lauderdale airport he said he had to pee very badly "now". He said he couldn't hold it. So I pulled out the barf bag from the pocket of the seat in front of us, got him to stand up and pee in the bag quickly to be able to get him back into his seat for landing. As he was peeing though, he had to announce it several times quite loudly for everyone to hear (as the plane was quite silent besides the normal humming of the plane), "I'm peeing in a bag! I'm peeing in a bag!" He had everyone in the rows in front and in back of us laughing hysterically. I almost died!

(If you were in my situation - what would you have done? Let your child pee in the leak proof bag or let your child pee on himself, all over the airplane seat too? Going to the bathroom at the front or back of the airplane, was NOT an option).

And during the rest of the trip, Mack has had to go to the bathroom at the oddest times. So he has now been marking his territory on trees and poles outside too. I love how easy it is to take a boy to the bathroom while out! For this, I am glad I don't have any girls. Girls can't just whip it out and pee on a tree/grass. I fear that when we get home and his teacher asks him what he did in Florida, I fear he will tell them he "peed in bags and peed on trees & poles".

He was very excited to pee in the bag again today on our flight home. I don't know why this was exciting, but I guess to a 3 and a half year old... it must be quite funny.

More tales of my adventures with all 3 boys (with my mother! we both left our hubbies at home) coming right up! I've got lots to talk about/tell you about!

09.22.10

I spent the day today with my mom & the boys.

We did a little shopping in Plattsburgh, New York.

The boys were pretty good today. They had their moments though.
I got a bit of knitting done today on baby shell.
(My mom drove both ways, so I got to knit in the car)


Mack got a 5 minute cat nap in the car until Sean unfortunately woke him.


We met up with awesome Kerry for dinner.
We've been trying to get together for almost 4 years now.
FINALLY made it happen!
Kerry rocks.
Sean had a good time with her daughters at dinner.
He definitely kept them entertained.
Kerry's wearing the "K" scrabble earrings I made her.


Kerry brought along with her my belated birthday gifts.
Aren't I spoiled!?
A package of purple yarn!
I got some Noro Silk Garden Sock, some Catalina Chunky,
some Aslan Trends Invernal, and some Classic Elite Yarns Giselle.


She also made Mack a sweater, she was test knitting the pattern.
I'll see if I can snag some photos of him wearing it tomorrow.
I love it. I love the cables. I love the zipper in the back.

Thank you sooooooooo much for everything Kerry! So glad we finally got to meet!
Let's do it again soon!

We had an easy drive to & from Plattsburgh. It's only about 1 hour and 15 minutes. We would have been home so much sooner, but the border customs dude made us pay duty on all the stuff we bought, since technically even though we declared approximately 50$ a person (exactly what we spent), there is absolutely no exemptions for being out of the country for just the day. (50$ is for being gone for 24 hours from the country). Never have we had to pay duty before on 50$ each. Well, this dude was in a nasty mood or something. That's okay, I don't mind paying the duty, though, with 2 cranky kids, I just wanted to get home. Most of the stuff was for Sean anyhow, we specifically were looking today for size 4 pants, long sleeve shirts and sweaters (mainly zip down) for him. Thankfully, I found him everything I was looking for. I *think* his size 4 wardrobe is now finally complete.

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09.19.10

Today we loaded up the kids in the car, early enough to get to our destination and eat lunch before we surprised the kids with a huge surprise! Jamie drove both ways today, so I had about 4 hours of knitting time in the car. I worked on Baby 3's Baby Shell, which I started last night. Making great progress today - will show you tomorrow. This really is a super fast knit.

The boys were great in the car for the 2 hour drive. Mack seriously concentrated on the movie they were watching (Toy Story) and making his little pucker face. I love it.

We got into Ottawa with plenty of time to stop for a sit down lunch. I wasn't interested in having any crap fast food for lunch, which is why we planned accordingly.

The boys were super excited to have gotten their drinks in a very cool baseball cup.

Then we arrived at our destination.
They even handed everyone out glasses just like Dj Lance's.

The Yo Gabba Gabba Live Show!

We were excited to see that Biz Markie was part of the show too! We weren't sure if he'd be there in person. He's pretty funny.

To sum it all up: Yo Gabba Gabba Tickets for 4 People: $201.44. Lunch after a 2 hour drive: $44.00. Stuffed animals at the venue: $45. Food at intermission: $15.75. The looks on both Sean & Mackenzie's faces when Yo Gabba Gabba live came out on stage: PRICELESS.

Today's Random Thoughts:
- I did find a dress for the wedding I have in October. I think I would have much preferred this one, ankle length and less busy, but I can't seem to find it in Canada, Old Navy's Canadian website won't ship to Canada, and the closest US Old Navy to me, doesn't have maternity. At least the one I got was 30% off, and came to under 20$. I really didn't want to have to buy a dress for one time, especially since this is my last pregnancy, but for under 20$, I'm not going to complain.
- One of my blog readers suggested I get Knit Two on Audio book with my credit. Hmm, didn't think of that. Too bad reading the review of it, ruined the ending of the first book, which I still have about a third of it left to listen to. The reviews though were either "loved it" or "was extremely disappointed". Hmmm. Wondering - do I take the chance and get it - since it's free? And it seems like everything else people are recommending I either have the book or have read it already? Not sure what to do. Has anyone else read Knit Two? Any good?
- I got the energy to bake when I got home so I made some Zucchini bread with a huge zucchini Jamie got from the garden recently. I added in some chocolate chips and it came out delicious!