Team Lim!: 2013

Monday, February 4, 2013

Break it down!

Here's an awesome video of Kai dancing.

You can tell he's super into it because he gets smacked in the face and barely reacted. Sorry for the bouncy cam, I could barely contain my giggling.

Check out the awesome leg kick at 45 seconds.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

This weekend I took Kira to Fete de Neige at one of the local parks. It is an outdoor festival with tubing, dog sleds, carriage rides, snow sculptures and other fun stuff. The weather was pretty decent on Sunday, so off we went

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Here is Kira caught in action bailing on her face after attempting (and failing) to change mid-slide from her bum to her belly.

Note cheek showing a nice little ice-burn. She was just fine though.

Here she is "sculpting" a snow block.

What you don't see in this picture is me yelling "Don't put your tongue on the ice!!"

She spent ages on this slide because the white block part at the bottom would slide out (like a sled) when she landed on it.

A little too big for the car because of her snow stuff, but she enjoyed in none the less

And here are a couple of other pictures from the last week or so...

Kai and Daddy hang out on the couch. Kai LOVES to imitate what Daddy does.

We had a pretty fierce wind storm here this week and it knocked this very large branch off the tree across the street. Fortunately, Thursdays is no parking in front of our house otherwise this branch would have fallen on top of our car! (our house is the one on the left)

Superhero dress up

Her first ballet class!

Kai REALLY loves to watch TV

Grandma Pam + Kira at a crepe place in Old Port. Kira shocked us all and ate a crepe (full of Nutella)

Grandpa Randy + Kai.

Old Port. The ice was starting to melt in the river as it was so warm during the week that Grandma + Grandpa visited. Grandma was disappointed to not have any snow. We certainly got the winter temps + snow the following weekend when we all got our first taste of "real winter" in Quebec and -40 degree weather. Brr.

Never too young to train them to clean up their mess :)

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Happy New Year! 2013 already...crazy how time moves so quickly - we have already been in Montreal for 4 months! Everyone seems to be adjusting to the new routine here. Kira seldom mentions her old preschool friends from Vancouver anymore (in the beginning she was mentioning them multiple times a day); Kai loves his daycare and often cries when he has to leave because he wants to "play, play, play" more; Jon is enjoying his new job and coworkers; and I have finally started my french school.

Perhaps the biggest surprise for us so far has been that the winter isn't really bothering us as much as we thought it would. That said, we have spent a small fortune on the proper winter items for us and the kids, so that definitely helps, plus, the "real winter"hasn't yet arrived (or so the Montrealer's keep telling me). Over the holidays we got 45+ cm of snow, but after a couple of days, the city returns to normal and the snow is just there and you live with it. Such a contrast to what I am used to. This week has been warm and the snow is turning to slush, I find myself wishing for the cold temperatures to return so that the nasty slush will be soft snow again. Maybe I really am adjusting to this new place...

Anyhow, enough rambling and poor grammar (yes husband, I know you will comment on it later); here are some pictures of the kids, including some old ones that I have just found on my phone, enjoy!