Fun weekend...and an incident!

Liam was off school on Friday, but Noah wasn't. I decided to take advantage of this time with Liam and go on one of our special 'dates'. On most of our dates, we go to our croissant place and eat till our belly's can't take anymore. Now as a mother, I really cherish these special moments. So on Friday I got up, asked Liam if he wanted to go on a date with me and headed downstairs to start our day. I was packing Noah's snack for school when I saw Liam coming down the staircase dressed in a shirt and tie. He had missed a few buttons on his shirt and his tie was loose...he had gotten all dressed up for ME. He said : "Look Mommy...I want to be handsome for our date." My heart melted!!! Here is a picture of him on that morning.



When Noah saw Liam in his shirt, he also wanted to wear a shirt like his big brother.



On Sunday, Liam had his ski lesson. He started about a month ago and is doing pretty good. Here is a small video of him going down a slope.


















Later on, we got a call from our friends to join them for some outdoor fun. It was such a beautiful day on Sunday...almost Spring like. We met in Chateauguay and headed to a nature reserve not too far away. Chantal, Bob and Maï-Lee were in the car up front and had the misfortune of hitting a dear. The whole thing happened so fast!!! Thank God nobody got hurt. Bob skillfully controlled his car and avoided what could have been a disaster. On the other hand, the deer really got hurt. The police had to come and put the poor animal out of its misery. The whole thing was horrible! Noah was sleeping throughout the whole ordeal but Liam saw the whole thing. He had so many questions. After answering all of them, he seemed to be at peace with the whole situation by the end of the day.  We did end up going to the nature reserve after the incident and had fun walking on a trail in the forest. Here are a few pictures.

Tortellini is too hot!!!

Thought you would enjoy this little snippet of our life. Here is a video of Noah eating dinner tonight. He was having tortellini and was making me blow on every single bite because it was too hot.



I received two more squares for Mia's Bai Jia Bei this week!!!!

Fabric 8 was given to us by my aunt Nicole and my uncle Gary. They're presently on vacation in Florida and took the time to send us a beautiful piece of fabric. Their message to Mia is very touching.



Fabric 9 is from Chantalou. She is a very busy mommy...especially right now with the recent arrival of her beautiful daughter Manuela...but she took the time to send us a cute piece of fabric!!! Je suis très touchée par ta participation Chantalou...merci!

Bai Jia Bei (100 Good Wishes Quilt)

Creating a beautiful quilt for a baby is a tradition in many cultures, but the thought of making one which includes 100 good wishes stitched into every inch is really lovely...

The Bai Jia Bei is a Northern Chinese tradition to welcome and celebrate life. It is their custom to invite friends and family to contribute a patch of fabric, along with a wish for the new baby. In keeping with this Chinese tradition, we invite you, our fellow bloggers, friends and family, to 'welcome' Mia by being a part of her Bai Jia Bei.
If you would like to contribute a square of fabric and a wish to Mia's Bai Jia Bei, please send me an email (coutureka@gmail.com), or leave me a comment.

Thank you so much for joining in and helping to make a wonderful keepsake for our daughter! One day she will be able to look back at all of the wishes that were sent while we waited for her arrival. We are so excited about this project and can't wait to share it with our daughter! When we complete it we will post pictures for everyone to see.
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I am happy to say that we have already started receiving fabric for Mia's quilt.
Our first 3 squares were given to us by our good friends Chantal and Bob. They had a LID of March 29, 2006 and have recently been united with their beautiful daughter Maï-Lee. We are so happy for them!!!













Fabric 4 and 5 were given to us by our friend Eveline. She carefully took the time to choose two beautiful fabrics. Her message to Mia is very touching!







Fabric 6 was given to us by good friends of my parents. I am very touched by their contribution. Merci Denise et Claude!







Fabric 7 was given to us by my uncle Gilles and aunt Raymonde. Thank you!!!