Let Them Eat Honey! (and spaghetti)

Happy Spring!

Spring is the one season that is always unpredictable. When March 20th comes rolling in, we're either in snow (most likely) or in summer-like temperatures. This year, it's the latter. The sun feels like mid-May outside, yet the air feels like April.

What I love about Spring:

-the chirping of birds;

-the peeking of crocuses;

-the sending the winter coats off to the dry cleaners;

-the freshness of the air;

-the possibility of "new";

-the micro opening of buds in trees.

It's the season of song, freshness and life!

Little Elf

Margot loves hats. She loves just grabbing hats and putting them on her head, regardless if they are hers or not.
I found her running around the house with my Rikke Hat.

Winter Escape

While the rest of the province was having Spring-like temperatures this weekend; we had fresh snow!

Simon and I went on a little getaway sans toddler near Algonquin Park. It was a nice way to cap off my March break. We relaxed, slept in (until 7:30am!), ate delicious meals, read, knitted (Simon watched), went  snowshoeing on Bear Trail.

Happy March

It's my March break and I'm suppose to be marking essays right now. I have about 60 compositions to correct. I started at 10 am this morning and I have done three so far (it's 10:30 am)
Needless to say, I'd rather do something else: enjoying this sunny morning, knitting , reading Out of Africa, organizing my yoga dvds.
I did my yoga practice this morning, which was lovely! Yoga Today rocks! If I don't do my yoga practice early in the morning, I lose all interest. Before a shower, a cuppa tea and checking my emails, I need to do yoga. If I don't, the day just unwinds and before I know it it's the afternoon and other things take priority.

A new month. I can't believe we're in March already! It just kindda crept up.

Random things (because I love randomness):

Margot loves looking at videos of herself on the computer. This is how we survive the "witching hour":

"It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city and possess all the attractions of the next world," - Oscar Wilde

When you need to refresh a room, sometimes just moving the furniture around does the job. This is what we did to our bedroom and now it's so inviting: there's a little reading nook, the bare wall isn't so overbearing and there's a little trinket bookcase that use to be our console table.

But now our entrance looks like this. It's a bit empty, but that's alright as Margot excels in reorganizing the baskets full of tuques, mitts, sweaters.

Leap Day!

February 29th should be a worldwide holiday. Don't we all deserve a random day off in February every four years? Of course, we do!
A day to play in the snow.

Here's Margot brushing her teeth (back in January):

A Playful Season

The weekend. Sunshine. Mild weather. Snow on the ground. What to do on a Saturday morning when you wake up at the crack of dawn (not by choice)? A day full of possibilities!

The secret to do activities with kids is simple: get there early and leave after one hour.

February is Winterlude month in Ottawa. The top three sites are: Snowflake Kingdom in Jacques Cartier Park, Ice Scuptures at Confederation Park, and the Rideau Canal.

This morning, we went to admire the Ice Sculptures:

Two weekends ago, we visited The Snowflake Kingdom with Jason and Noa. It was a cold and brisk Saturday morning. Since we arrived when the gates opened (9am), we didn't wait in line to go down the ice slides.

And skating on the Rideau Canal on Valentine's Day:

The best part of winter is enjoying the sunshine and the snow.