Welcome back to the blog....

Have recently been reading a friend's blog - and have decided that I MUST get back into the swing of this blogging thing... And now that Maddie goes to school 2 mornings a week, I am going to try to update once a week, either on Wednesday or Friday mornings!!

So the latest and greatest with us is that we had a fabulous (and quiet) Christmas, right here in Wilton. And that since then we have been on the move!!! Skiing is now our favorite pastime...Alix is ALWAYS asking when we can go back!!! So last weekend we went to Whiteface - near Lake Placid in the Adirondacks - AMAZING!! I could honestly just sit and watch my girls ski ALL day! Dang they are cute.... Then this weekend we are headed up to Laval, since Nic's grandmother is moving into a new "home". And then we are going to drive half-way home on Sunday evening and spend Monday skiing with our friends at Ascutney in Vermont - the mom is my new good friend, and her daughter is Zozo's BFF!!!

Here are some pictures from skiing...oh, and also a couple from our jaunt up to Val d'Or just before Christmas...oh, and other random pics from the last little while...!!!

La, la, la...!!!

Wow...it's been a while!!

So now that we're on Facebook, it's hard to find time to update the blog AND Facebook AND Shutterfly, etc... so maybe I'll just post here from time to time!!

So now it's October, and we are itching for 2009 to be over... our house was robbed last week, and it just feels like that's the icing on the cake... Hopefully it's the low/turn around point and everything will be uphill from here!!

The good news is that we are really getting settled up in CT. The girls are doing great in school (and preschool) and have made new friends. Last weekend we went to Ambler Farm (local) and had a great load of fun!! Made a scarecrow, decorated pumpkins, ate hot dogs for lunch,... the list goes on!!

The bad news is that our camera AND laptop were among what was stolen, and so no picutres for a while, and also we lost a bunch of pictures because they were on the laptop... if anyone out there has pictures of us taken since January of 2009, I would be SO gratefull if you wanted to burn them onto a CD and send them to us....just drop me an e-mail and I'll give you the address: julielegrispetit@gmail.com

OK, so that's all for now, but please check us out on Facebook for more up to the minute stuff!!

Cheers,

Julie and Nic

Getting settled in, up in CT!!

Well, sorry for being slow on the update, but mostly I update via Facebook now, so if your not on FB you should really think about it!!!

We are all doing really well up here in New England! The girls have made friends with the neighbours and some little girls down the street, and Alix is ready to start first grade at Miller Elementary School. We're members at the Y, and also Merwin Meadows - a park with a really cute little lake for swimming and playing in the sand.

The house is pretty much set up, though I'm still trying to figure out the girls upstairs: should Alix and Zozo be together - Madeline feels left out.... Should Zozo and Madeline be together - both Zozo and Madeline want Alix, but Alix wants her own room...AAARRGGHHHHH!!!! We'll work it out I'm sure!!

Audrey-Anne has been with us since we moved and I think Madeline will be a little traumatized when she leaves in 10 days...!!!! Yanick and Rachel came down with Chloé, Christophe and Benoit for a week, so it's been pretty busy! We've been to the Maritime Aquarium twice, and the children's museum twice. We're keeping busy and visiting lots before school starts, which happens to be August 31st - Miss Alix's 6th birthday!!

P.S. My birthday is soon too...I'm a little traumatized myself!!!

Happy Birthday Zozo!!!

Wow! Four years tomorrow!! Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you!