Kyan is turning 6

He's been dreaming about it for a long time, to have his birthday at the Lego Store with his friends. After playing with a whole bunch of special dino pieces, the kiddos learned how to build little vessels on tracks, before moving to the race track... As for the cake, we came up with a rugged terrain made of chocolate, nuts and marshmallows, perfect for dinosaurs...

Anastasia, 4

Anastasia finally celebrated her fourth birthday. She has been very patient since she's been counting days for a while. For the occasion, we had a real party with her little friends, and a guy who came with a whole bunch of animals... Even Grand-Maman and Grand-Papa were here...

Pre-birthday Party for Kyan

Since we're never home for Kyan's birthday (we're either in Canada or in Switzerland), we decided to throw a little birthday party for him before our trip. It's starting to matter now that he's been to many of his friends' birthdays. So, since we didn't know what the weather would be like and since it was a bit of a last minute thing, we rented a little gym for the party. It seems like we all enjoyed it. A bit tricky to take pictures, though, since kids were always either jumping or running... And if you'd like to see more pictures, it's HERE.

Wet weekend

Interesting night out, albeit without picture to illustrate the event. Saturday night was the traditional Lucasdigital Holiday Party, a big affaire with tuxes and evening gowns, with a theme at the base of an extravagant setup. This year, the theme was "The Cruise". We only had a chance to see the gigantic funnel of a ship, drop off our coats and move toward the buffet before the lights went out. From then on, it was a bit reminiscent of the Titanic. No icebergs, but we should have been more suspicious when we drove through 20 inches of water a block away from the party, with gallons more pouring from the pipes on the sides of the street. The party continued for a while with the few emergency lights. We didn't really know what was in our plates, or how to spot familiar faces, but it was still fun to watch processions of guests walking with votive candles.

But a few pictures anyway, of the little truck I made out of a box for Kyan. He doesn't seem too interested, but the cats and Anastasia are enjoying it quite a bit. The truck even has a "working" steering wheel, and a trunk where you can find all kind of unlikely items, like cookie cutters, a stuffed tiger, a pouch of curry sauce or a pair of gloves.