music

today I'm listening to this...




I hope you all enjoy it.

I guess I have Vampire Diaries to thank for wanting to listen to this but that's ok. It's my guilty pleasure to watch Ian Somerhalder shirtless dancing to a cover of this.

September in a week - Part 7 of 7

Last part of my 7 part series.
At L's party W practiced his "So long boys ptrrrrrrr"

His Grand-Papa brought a box of wood and it was a big hit.

It just goes to show how entertained a 2 year old can be with a cardboard box and some pieces of wood.

W also got his first try at beating the piñata to death!

So this is it. This was our September. A month that will always be remembered as the day W got more or less potty trained and discovered his love for puddles and his daycare lady.

September in a week - Part 6 of 7

We went to the library and I managed to snap a photo of my boys before the security guard told me off. They looked so cute watching "Mary Poppins" while waiting for me to get my first ever Canadian library card!

We bought W's halloween suit, doesn't he look adorable!

We went to W's cousin L's 6th birthday party and W spent the time eating candy off cupcakes and playing with his cousin N's toys.

and looking cute...

Last part tomorrow. Make sure to tune in!

September in a week - Part 5 of 7

The last couple of weeks of September was quite wet so W got to use his splash clothes.

And boy did he splash!

Too cute!

And splash...

Too wet to go out too cold to play ball? Not for us it isn't!

September in a week - Part 4 of 7

When we didn't sit in fire engines we sat on rocks!

And played with more trucks.

And phoned Grand-Maman and Mormor!

And cuddled while waiting for the cake for the "Bonne Fête Grand-Papa" like W said. W also discovered his love for puzzles.

Part 5 tomorrow.

September in a week - Part 3 of 7

We bought a nice red fire engine for W and he spent all day every day in there. Sitting on his cussion eating snacks and watching "Cars" with all of his toy trucks lined up inside.

We also went to the Jean-Talon market and found a real forklift that W just had to sit in!

I have to admit I was snapping these photos with a disapproving looks whilst saying "please babe, get him off of there before he figures out how to start that thing!"

Next part tomorrow!

September in a week - Part 2 of 7

W spent the last warm days of the year playing with trucks in the park.

He also spent a special, alone, day with Pappa in which they went to the library!

Tune in tomorrow for part 3!

September in a week - Part 1 of 7

September feels like a month when not much happened. But then when I actually stop and think about it a lot happened.
W used his splash pants for the first time and spent a couple of days with his daycare teacher. And we played and laughed and loved and fought and ran and walked and...

...we played with trucks, trucks and more trucks!

We borrowed trucks from the local daycare and lined them all up and then threw tantrums when we had to return them all.

We enjoyed the sun in our stairs.

And chocolatines in the mornings!

This is part one of a photo series of our September, tune in over the next days for more photos and captions!

sadness

I always find autumn a little bit sad.
The leaves changing colour and then falling down,
the temperature dropping,
the cold creeping in.

This year it seems a little bit extra sad.
It feels full of change,
W leaving for daycare some mornings,
me searching for work.

Autumn is the time when sadness fills me.
Because the distance to my family seems further,
the mornings are darker,
the weather wetter.

It always feels like the beginning of the end.
The end of the year,
another year full of moments that, as much as I try,
I can't hold on to.

I feel like I am loosing my grip,
on my love,
on my baby,
on myself.

Let myself cry,
my tears hidden by the rain,
watching the beauty,
in the shift in season.

Preparing for the winter.
The cold, harsh,
endlessly long,
winter.

Maybe it's just the music,
the sad notes,
the beauty in the melody,
the perfect words.


you tell me...


Thank you Rebecca at Girls Gone Child for introducing me to this wonderful song that has, so far, stirred up all of the emotions I had hid deep down inside.