Shack attack!

Summer vacations! What better time to go to the shack (our cabin on lake Nigani) ? None, I'd say, so that's where we went this week-end. We went sailing on our optimist, the Beluga, canoed and swam across the lake, did a picture shoot of us diving, and had a little adventure with a snapping turtle named platypus. Now no one knew for sure what the turtle's name was but we named it that because we were playing crazy eights when Ray-Ray said;

-Hey! There's something on the lake with a beak! It's probably a platypus!

All the time we were trying to identify it Ray-Ray kept telling us that it was certainly a platypus because what other animal has a beak and dives underwater like that? So when it turned out to be a turtle, Ray-Ray said;

-If it isn't a platypus, than Platypus is it's name. And so it was decided.

Around our dock there are lots of rocks and these rocks are the homes of many fishes. I call this area Rainbow City. I like to pretend it is my empire and so it is my duty to dive into it to count my citizens (the fishes) . In the time we were there, I counted 42 of them! It was a very exciting trip, I can't wait to go again!

More news!

And now, for the very first time, a post from the family computer (which still doesn't have high speed internet)! Even if it's been a while, I feel I must finish recounting our March break. After the farm, as you know, we went to Montreal, and breaking our regular "stick around" routine, went sight seeing. First, we visited the Biodome to visit the St-Laurence exhibit and the Rain Forest exhibit. I don't mean to dissuade those of you who relish a swim in the St-Laurence, but there are stingrays in there (and carnivorous looking fish, but only at the bottom). What I love most are the tide pools like this one, because they remind me of little treasure troves. In the tropical part, we saw more fish, wallabies, alligators and at least a dozen different species of birds, all of which were quite colorful. And that finishes my tale of exiting adventures.

Thats all folks!

An exciting break

At last, March break has come. Already, we have had several adventures. We began our trip in Toronto, shortly after Dad left for work. Our first stop was Ottawa, and we got there WITHOUT GETTING LOST! We stayed at our cousin's place and took Emma (one of our cousins) to the Parliament Buildings, took a tour, and saw the most fascinating stuff! Did you know that it was the librarian that insisted that the library be built in metal, to protect it from fire? Or that in the chapel, the nameplates that indicate the major battlefields that Canada helped during the wars were made from cannonballs from those battlefields? Those are just some of the things that we discovered! Then, in a shot of inspiration, Mom decided that, in honor of womens day,we would go have high tea. After that, we went to the farm and had heaps of fun sliding off the barn roof! now, we are in Montreal and ready for more and we can't wait!

Let it snow

I love winter, season of igloos, snowmen and of course snow. Today was one of our very best snow days yet! It couldn't come on a better day, ether, since today was our big Christmas party at school! We played games had a ginger bread house contest, and had a SECRET SANTA! The way a SECRET SANTA works is that, before hand, everyone pulls a name out of a hat has to buy a gift for that person. I got a boy named Time (there is an accent on the E), I got him a knight action figure, and a girl named Charlotte got me a wonder full pair of earrings. For the ginger bread house contest, we had half an hour to each create a ginger bread house (witch was actually made out of Graham crackers) and the winner got to eat his or her house. In the end, we all won and what we couldn't eat, we brought home. Mine was deeeeeelicious!

Books, books, books!

Yeaterday, I went to LE SALON DU LIVRE with my class. It was soooooooo jam packed it was a miracle everyone showed up for lunch! We didn't see much of our teacher, madame Brochu. She was too busy running around looking for students. I got a book while I was there. It's the second book of a series I am reading avidly. It was so much fun!

Turkey ahoy!

Pierre and Sharon are moving already! Since Pierre is having problems with his visa, Sharon is traveling alone. We're seeing allot of them right now but were really going to miss them!

getting worked up!

Finally! Back home for a little peace and quiet! Unfortunately, home is not as quiet as I was hoping. The workers that are building our third flour get here at 7 am and they don't come in on tip toe! Plus, they have taken a fancy to rock music. It's very exiting but I can't wait for it to be finished!