A success for second edition of the Carrière's corn festival

Last Saturday was the second edition of the "Carrière's corn festival". It was a success. We've been telling everyone that we got close to 100 guests, but after sitting down and counting, we are more around the 60 mark! OOooops!
The weather was on our side, it was a beautiful day. It always seems that no matter how prepared we think we are, we forget things. The first year, we forgot a BIG must have, LIGHTS! We didn't get fooled by that this year. This year, We didn't have long enough prongs to get the corn out of the boiling water, that's already been taken care of for next year(thanks to end of season sales). We had our beautiful outhouse that made quite a few people talk. Now that I think about it, I didn't even take a picture of it yet. Gotta get onto that later on.
Little problems with keeping the pig on it's rod, but thanks to a very handy DH, it still worked. We had planned some games for the afternoon, but people showed up later than we expected.(Another change in next year schedule, invite people to come earlier.)
Thanks to my cousin for cooking and serving the pork, and to my crazy sister-in-law for keeping the pig hydrated while cooking by pouring everyone's beer on the roasting pig. Thanks you to all the good friends that put in time and sweat to make this what it was.
Another mistake we made? We were counting on different people for stuff we needed, and we learned not to. Do not depend on anyone, otherwise you might wait for part of the day.
Lot's of old friends, family members showed up, had good food, great company.
Some stayed over for the night in tents, trucks etc.....
The evening was pretty cold, but a bonfire kept things warm enough.
Hopefully next year, more people will come. Remind to add your name to our guest list!!!!!!

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godd time with friends and family

It's once again the time of year for our corn/pig roast. It's in it's second year running. Last year was a complete success, even if we weren't completely organized. But this year we are, or at least more than we were last year.
Nothing like being the host of a get together for family and friends, and have everyone congratulate you on all the good work you've done! A pat on the back is always appreciated.
And thanks to good friends, who offer their time and machinery, to make this place so much better.

They're still is area's that need improvement, but we'll get there in due time.
Last year we received around 70 people. This year, we're looking more into the hundreds. We hope to make it bigger and bigger every year.
Nothing like a nice big gathering of friends and family to catch up on old times. Eat good foods, drink good drinks, and laugh a good laugh!


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berry season all over!

Well, we can almost officially say that berry season is now over! When you say berries, I've got them! or almost! We did have strawberries, but the first year we got Miss Pitchounette(our goat), we let her roam free in the yard, and she ate all of them, plants and all. So we are replanting those next spring.
Nothing like fresh fruits for the kiddies. First thing DD#2 does when going outside? Heads for the raspberry patch. I didn't even get to collect any to make jams, they were being eaten' faster then they were growing. Same with the apples, had to watch them as they would grab them right off the ground, bugs and all, and eat them.
They say the dirtier your kids are, the healthier they will be, immune system will build. Well my kids must be super healthy, cause they sure are dirty!

another milestone

As a mother, I always wanted my daughters to have a something "special" in their lives. DD#1 didn't get attached to anything, blankie, pacifier, teddy....... But DD#2 has a doudou. A small blanket crocheted by my aunt as a gift for her birth. It all started has only in bed.....but now she has started to want it outside of bed, which I denied. But now she has started waking up during the night, asking me to cover her with her doudou. No, she is not cold! She always has on thick pj's, and other blankets cover her. So I try and put a stop to that, with hours of screaming and throwing fits threw out the night, I've had enough!
The doudou is officially gone as of this morning. She will be going down for a nap very shortly. Her first nap without her doudou. Ho! How that will go!

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update: The first night with out her doudou went without a hitch! I explained that she was a big girl, didn't need her doudou anymore, that it was now gone with her pacifiers. She understood! Said it was ok! What a intelligent little girl!

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Proud Mommy

DD#1 's first day of school didn't go as smoothly as I thought. She told me yesterday that when she got off the bus at school, no one knew who she was, what class she belonged in, or where she was supposed to go. Her name didn't appear on any of the class lists.
I had to swallow hard not to cry when she told me that. Bad enough she's going to a new school, when she gets there, she feels like she doesn't belong. How scary is THAT for a six year old little girl, having to fend for herself, in a completely new environment, and having to deal with irresponsible adults.
But I'm so proud of her. She took matters into her own hands, and got things done! Figured out where she had to go, found her class, and said "hello, i'm here!" She said she wasn't even afraid, she knew she would figure it out somehow. That's mommy's little girl!


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the weather is changing

It's cold out there this morning. +4c, everything is covered in white morning dew. The sun is getting up later and later, and setting earlier and earlier.
I love this temperature. Having a long driveway, it's always a nice, quiet walk to take my daughter to the bus. The cool air wakes you right up! Bring along the four dogs, sometimes a cat that just won't stay home, and it gets pretty noisy quickly!
I keep checking one of our maple trees that is the first to have it leaves turn orange. So far, still green, but sure won't be long 'till it turns.
Had to get our sweaters out this morning. Soon it will be jackets, hats and mitts. But it's still officially summer, so let's enjoy it for as long as we can.
I just started collecting veggies from my garden, no time for ground frost now!

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change, for the best?

Threw out life we always have important decisions to make, and the ones concerning our kids' future is always the hard ones to decided. I do believe I made the right choice, but only time will tell.
I have to explain. When DD#1 was just about one year old, I started babysitting an English boy. So DD learned to talk while playing with him, therefor learned to talk English first, even though we are completely french.
So we decided to play off on that, and send her to English school, thinking that the french she would get at home, plus the french learned at school, would be more than enough to hold her threw life. We were wrong! Her french is just horrible. Her two year old sister can speak french better than her.
She came to me one day, and told me "Mom, I think I was born in the wrong family!" It broke my heart that my kid is thinking this, but ho why???? "Because I don't speak like you do!" That made my decision easy, she is now entering french school.
I had to do it for the first grade, otherwise she would've been too far behind to catch up.
Kids are very resilient, she will be making new friends on the first day there, plus she already has three friends that attend that school.
And the good thing about french public schools????? We don't have to buy any school supplies. Right up to the pencil case. They only need school bag, lunch box and a pair of inside shoes, how cool is that!!!!!

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