Friday morning

On Friday we headed out of the city to Parc National du Mont Tremblant. There were two short hikes recommended in our guide book that we thought we could manage. The forest was beautiful, and a nice change of pace from the city. Brian and Eli both enjoyed seeing the mossy rocks.

Brian and Calvin at the Chute du Diable (Brian with his "walking stick").

After that hike we went to another trailhead and had lunch, then hiked on to les Chutes-Croches. Both kids got excited about all the waterfalls!

All in all, it was a great way to spend a day.

Friday afternoon

We drove through a dirt road in Mont Tremblant National Park while the kids took a nice long nap. Then when they woke up, we stopped for a snack and a break in Saint Donat. There was a nice little park on the shore of Lake Archambault where we played in the sand and water for a little while. Eli was all perky after his nap:

He really liked the sand!

Brian, of course, had a blast, mostly throwing sand into the water.

Eli rolled up his cute little pants and dipped his toes in too. :) Of course, both kids ultimately ended up with wet pants anyway!

Saturday

In the morning, on our last full day:

It was drizzling but we decided to go and check out old town. It was not designed to navigate using a double stroller.

We had crepes at Place Jacques Cartier...

...and walked around a bit before heading out. It was pretty to see, but there was not much for kids, especially tired, cranky ones (not that our angels would ever be tired and cranky.).

Memorial Day Parade

Sunday was the Henrietta Memorial Day Parade. The parade people gave Brian a lot of candy! We're saving it for later of course...

Eli had lots of fun but had to go back early because he was getting tired.

This is about as good as we can get with Brian posing for pictures these days... one of the local high schools' marching bands in the background.

Grandpa's or bust!

Eli's thinking of you grandpa! Hope you feel well soon!

6 month checkup

Me and Eli outside the Strong museum last Friday... he is getting so big! Today was his 6 month checkup and here are his stats:

* Length: 28" (90th %)

* Weight: 18 lb 4 oz. (60th %)

* Head Circumference: 17.25" (50th %)

So you can see compared to last time he continues to grow and gain in percentiles. I truly believe he is trying to catch up with his big brother after a slow start. I think he will do it!

I was going to put a video, but it's still processing. If you're reading this, it's probably done and you can just head over to our vimeo page to see it. :)

6 months old!

Eli is 6 months old today!

So to celebrate (and to eat period, because Calvin had to go back to work at 5:30), we went to Moe's for dinner. Brian was mesmerized by Nascar...

All of us!

I had wanted to make a half-birthday cake for Eli too, but there just wasn't time. He can't eat it anyway, so it's no big loss for him, I guess! Brian did help me make some cupcakes though. Please don't laugh at the poor decorating job, it was super rushed! They say "Happy 1/2 B-Day Eli"!

Happy birthday, big guy! We can hardly believe how big you are!