Notre petit coin de la planète.
To the left
To the right,
Step it up, step it up
Alllright!!!
The girls worked on their balance training this week in their skiing lessons, which means they needed to hold their arms out a lot and even ski on just one ski. Things most of us seasoned skiers would really struggle with, yet these little bundles of energy just see it as a game and excel at them with such ease.
The title and lyrics are from the late 90’s hit Step it Up! by Stereo MC on their album Connected.
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The girls and I love to go skiing and on the way up we tend to listen to either some Gilles Vigneault’s Un Dimanche à Kyoto, The High School Musical 3 sound track or my personal favourite the Barenaked Ladies kids album SnackTime. This week we made our way up to Vallée Bleue listening to Snacktime so it became the soundtrack in my to my whole ski day.
When I saw “Thing 1″ get off the chairlift, all I could think of was Ninjas. Stylish blond Ninjas, but still Ninjas!
The lyrics to the song are truly awesome:
I woke up this morning and everything was different
Something was strange in the air
I woke up this morning and everything was different
I knew that the Ninjas had been there
I looked all around my bedroom
Underneath the dresser
Behind the bed, but nothing could be found
There was nothing left behind them
No way that I could find them
No fingerprints or crumbs on the ground.
The Ninjas are deadly and silent
They’re also unspeakably violent
They speak Japaneses; do whatever they please,
And sometimes they vacation in Ireland.
The Ninjas are deadly and silent
They’re also unspeakably violent
They speak Japanese; do whatever they please,
And if you tear off their masks, they’ll be smiling.
Special Thanks to Gracenote for not letting me copy these lyrics and force me to relisten to the song on repeat (many many many times) in order to post them here and possibly give the Barenaked Ladies a better mention. (#WhenDRMKillsMarketing&FairUse)
NOTE: Gracenote does not get a free link or tag due to their obvious “suckage” in this matter.
Freddy weighs about 30lbs and can now crawl about 4 feet in front of him but only if there is a doughnut waiting for him, even if it is just a toy one. He can sit himself up and although he still prefers to roll or slide backwards he’s really solid and strong when he does get himself moving. Everything in its time with this guy, but if you’re late but will he let you know.
Jacques be nimble, Jacques be quick… Jacques be into absolutely anything. This little rocket is crawling circles around his brother and will even try to steal the odd plastic doughnut from him. He’s cheeky, curious and always happy to be around his sisters and brother. Sure he still weighs about 5 pounds less than Freddy, but he’s just about as tall and eats as much too.
Also this little guys can totally stand up now!
Hey 'Sup Dawg? Yeah it's my ride.
We went to a birthday party at a friend’s house this weekend and Les Boys really took to the red Little Tykes car that you have all surely seen in most backyards and day care centres across North America. But Freddy was having so much in the car that I just had to take some pics. Jacques on the other hand just slid right out of it and decided to have no more of it for the rest of day.
There are a few more pics right after this:
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A fellow photog and mac addict, Stephen Hackett, of ForkBombr fame has been going through a pretty tough year! His son Josiah, who is just over a year old has been fighting a brain tumor. He’s such a remarkable little guy, and even though I don’t Stephen and his family personally, Josiah’s story has really touched me and I’ve been rooting for his progress from up here in Montreal. Just about 9 months ago, our little monkey above had his own scare at birth, so Josiah’s hit pretty close to home.
I’ve been wanting to take this shot for a while, but tonight little cousin Eddie’s visit was just the right setting for the pic.
Considering the last two posts, I just couldn’t resist.
From XKCD.com: Fall Foliage
If you haven’t read XKCD before, click on through and enjoy. I can’t promise you won’t be reaching for the High School physics or chemistry books though.
It’s been about 9 or 10 years since I chalked up my hands and laced up the old Boreale booties and tried to haul my aging butt up anything steeper than than a 5.4. Yet the harness is still in great shape and the booties still fit, and as chalk is already about 1000 years old, applying it lavishly to my sweaty palm felt as fresh as I when broke in the ball all those years ago on Poke-O-Moonshine.
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I was reading a Scott Kelby book on Safari online books and in one of the chapters he talks extensively about Adobe’s Photomerge feature. A feature I’ve been using for a while but it wasn’t until I read Scott’s book that I realised I have been missing out on a great trick.
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Getting ready to head home in few hours. We had had a wonderful time and the most glorious weather. Thanks to all in Blighty for reminding of how great this place is and why it was so difficult to leave all those years ago.
We’ll mis you all and you’re all welcome to came and visit the Great White North so we can repay the most generous Hospitality.
Tweeting with Les Boys
BTW if you want to use Facebook Lite: http://lite.facebook.com and are in the UK or Canada, you going to have to start spelling like a moron and drop your U’s and start using Z everywhere an S sounds hard as in: Colorize instead of the proper Colourise.
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JohnnyCanuck : And Twitter didn't suck too much tonight. I guess they must be getting their act together finally.
JohnnyCanuck : Somebody needs to administer the Heimlich to Manning.
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JohnnyCanuck : I'll tell you one thing, Lea Boys are loving the half times show. These one year olds are running around like mad head bangers #soProud
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JohnnyCanuck : @gruber Mick Jagger is pissing himself because he's old and incontenant and none of his nurses changed his bag.
JohnnyCanuck : @gruber Mick Jagger is pissing himself because he's old and incontenant and none of his nurses changed his bag.
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JohnnyCanuck : Not sure who to root for as I watch 1 game a year, but the Saints had pretty good run just now. You could say they really came marching in
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