Tuesday, May 17, 2011

National Scrapbooking Day at Scrapbook Centrale

Le méga crop organisé par la boutique Scrapbook Centrale pour souligner la journée {inter}nationale du scrapbook est ma journée préférée de toute l'année. C'est mon noël, jour de l'an, Pâques et anniversaire . Ma journée, juste pour moi que je partage avec ma best de scrap Miss. Cacoune. Je respire le scrapbooking de 9h00 à 22h00 et partage cette activité avec plus de 100 autres femmes. Un délice.

C'est maintenant ma 9ième édition de cet événement avec la proprio Natalie. Mes premiers crops était chez elle dans son sous-sol. J'ai manqué seulement le premier. Natalie fêtait son 10ième National Scrapbooking Day comme proprio.

Voici un résumé des quatre dernières années :

2010

2009

2008

2007

On débute toujours notre journée {inter}nationale du scrapbook par une heure de magasinage dans la boutique pour ensuite se diriger à la grande salle où plus de 100 femmes sont réunies pour la journée et la soirée.

Mon plus grand moment est toujours celui du dévoilement du fameux sac cadeau. Natalie est toujours très généreuse et travaille très fort toute l'année à amasser des cadeaux de la part des fournisseurs. Avec un café Starbucks et un méga gros muffin, j'adore comparer les items avec ceux de Cacoune et faire des échanges et des partages moitié-moitié. Un bonheur immense, je jubile!! Je pense que cette année fut l'année du meilleur sac. Je peux facilement tout utiliser. Elle a vraiment mis le paquet. Thanks Nat!

La sac plein à craquer, café et muffin :

La grosse pile de cadeaux à découvrir :

À part le scrapbooking, il y a aussi des activités tel qu'un make and take (fabrication d'une jolie carte), des jeux et des tirages. Je ne sais pas comment de cadeaux il y avait mais la quantité sur les tables donne une idée.



Comme à chaque année, nous avons eu beaucoup de plaisirs. Merci Nancy de partager ce grand moment de bonheur avec moi et pour les nombreux fous rires. Deux filles bien heureuses!!


J'ai quand même été productive. J'ai complété 13 pages très simples et une carte.

De retour à la maison, voici le fameux sac cadeau et un regard sur son contenu : chipboards, rub-ons, die-cuts, papiers, revues, albums, lettrages, punch, encre, poudre, rubans, mist, étampes, auto-collants, pochoirs, oh my!






J'ai également gagné trois kits lors des tirages.

1. Un assortiment de produit KaiserCraft de noël. Il est parfait pour faire mes cartes :
2. Un kit de 150 morceaux de My Mind's Eye, collection Mary Mary.

3. Un mélange de produit thématique noël et un livre.

Je dois maintenant attendre plus de 350 jours avant de recommencer.

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

4x6 photo love - March

J'ai terminé ma page du mois de mars. Mois #3 = 3 photos. Je n'ai pas hâte au mois de décembre!!

Le défi et les instructions sont ici : Two Peas in a Bucket

Une page pour la fête de William en mars. Je me suis forcée en utilisant des étampes et des petits détails ici et là! Le mois d'avril est en branle. À suivre.


Monday, May 02, 2011

Flying boy

Avec le tempo enlevé, Will peut recommencer son entrainement de tennis sur le mur de la maison.

Sunday, May 01, 2011

La tradition des bas de laine.

Cette année, Monsieur porte le rouge! Comme la tradition le veut, Robert met des bas de laine pour frotter le fond de la piscine.

L'eau était à 58F.

That's my pool boy, hot stuff.


Video Games Live

Super soirée avec les gars à la Place des arts de Montréal pour voir le spectacle de Video Games Live.


Video Games Live™ is an immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Top orchestras & choirs perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action and unique interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience!

This is a concert event put on by the video game industry to help encourage and support the culture and art that video games have become. Video Games Live™ bridges a gap for entertainment by exposing new generations of music lovers and fans to the symphonic orchestral experience while also providing a completely new and unique experience for families and/or non-gamers. The show is heralded and enjoyed by the entire family. It's the power & emotion of a symphony orchestra mixed with the excitement and energy of a rock concert and the technology and interactivity of a video game all completely synchronized to amazing cutting edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting and special on-stage interactive segments with the audience.

If you or someone you know is into video games you won't want to miss this highly acclaimed one-of-a-kind concert experience. Or maybe you are looking for something cultural and exciting that the whole family will enjoy? Video Games Live™ is not just a concert, but a celebration of the entire video game industry that people of all ages will adore.

Video Games Live™ is created and produced by industry veteran and world famous video game composer Tommy Tallarico.


Si vous avez la chance, allez-y.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

For some chuckle

With the arrival of spring, school is slowly coming to an end and it feels like homework is dwindling down.

With spring comes spring cleaning.

Will has lost 5 teeth in one month. What's up with that?

The baseball season is officially starting with evaluations and some outdoor field practice. Be prepared for a summer of fun!

Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter week-end

Where did we go for Easter? We went to the Big Apple!


The Big Apple in Colborne, Ontario that is! This year, unlike all the other years, we headed to Toronto for Easter week-end. We had big events planned and all were a huge success thanks to our wonderful hosts Angie, Jim, Keagan and Caite.


The road to Toronto was lots of fun for the four Kia passengers who sang their hearts out. Beatlemania was in da house! Will also watched Big Bang Theory episodes on the laptop.




On Friday evening, the boys (Robert, Phil, Will and Jim) went to Rogers Centre to see a Blue Jays baseball game while Julie chilled home with Angie and the kiddies. The Blue Jays won 6-4 in the 11th inning.




Saturday morning, Julie and Robert went to T&T, a major attraction for the eyes and palate. LOVE going there and wish that one day we may finally have one in La Belle Province. The samples were better than at Costco's!


Will was great playing with Keagan and Caite all week-end. He's always wanted a younger sibling so he was happy. The kids also enjoyed playing with him. Phil was in book heaven. Jim has an amazing collection of Beatles books, Rolling Stones, etc. He took advantage of it and read a lot.


Robert is still in love with this girl. Unfortunately, the boy is allergic to the camera, right now.


Pizza Pizza for lunch and off to see the Big Show. Our hosts were so generous in giving us tons of cool merchandise for Billy Elliot, The Musical as well as driving us to the theater. We wore our t-shirts to the show, making a little publicity as we walked downtown. What an amazing production, the talent was incredible. I would go back to see the show in a heart beat. The place was sold out. The Cannon Theater is gorgeous. We even caught a ball from the cannon in the show. We took a trolley back, that was fun and so convenient, we felt like locals.





Sunday morning was the much anticipated Easter egg hunt. Will searched for the hard to reach eggs and helped the little ones with the treasure map. I am positive that this Easter will be remembered. “I wish it was Easter every day”, says Keagan. A special thought to Barbara and her family with whom we’re always celebrated Easter. You were missed.







Caite with her new bling.


The kids playing with the loot.


Next was another cultural even for the boys. We had Dim Sum lunch. The boys had a chance to practice their chopstick skills and sample new delicacies. Since they are very picky eaters, we are proud that the boys put an effort in tasting. I love dim sum. I wish I could have tried everything on that menu. It was oh so delicious



This is my favorite photo. Phil is showing some concern towards his brother as he is trying something.

After lunch, we said our farewell to our friends and headed back on the 401 where we did our first pit stop at The Big Apple. Phil had an amazing crumble apple pie and Will had a burger. While we are happy that they tried the Dim Sum, this was just a sample for them.



We had a late dinner in Corwall and came back home in time to watch Michal Ignatieff on “Tout le monde en parle”.

Happy Easter everyone!