Montreal (April 2009)

For Andrew's big 30th birthday, we packed up the kids and headed out of the country for the weekend. We drove north for three hours to Canada. We got a beautiful hotel room at the Embassy Suites in Montreal, Quebec. They upgraded us to an extra roomy room, Isa had her own section, David had his own area, we had a separate bedroom and then the best part was the bathroom -- complete with a huge family sized jacuzzi tub. Again, the weather was quite chilly, but we still did some sight seeing and found our way to the underground part of Montreal (a series of shopping centers all connected underground). It was a fun and relaxing weekend, it really felt like we were far away from home (we were in the French speaking part of Canada). We came home and celebrated more of Andrew's special day with cake!

Relaxing in the room

Bathtime in a very roomy tubIt actually snowed that morning,
but cleared up in time for some exploring

March 2009

Spring in New England is a tricky thing. There is promise of warmer weather, less snow, but also cold wet days. It gets hard because you have really nice days where we are outside (if you just get over the mud) and then it gets a bit too chilly or wet again. Regardless, we are happier because there is less bundling. Most days we are still inside having fun, but on the sunny days, we are out trying to soak it all in.

Isa playing cars

Enjoying a sunny day in Burlington, VT