My Birthday

Last Tuesday Jan 31st was my Birthday, which started of with a call from Paul and Jennifer and the kids who sang the happy Birthday song. While they made the call, Nico, almost three, just left the room. The minute they started singing he ran back into the room with a big smile on his face, he thought they were singing for him! After explaining to him that it was NOT his Birthday, his smile turned into a big frown, hahaha!

Then at 11 Lynne came to pick us up, (they live 45 min away) to drive us all the way to Gatineau QC, to pick up Ron as well. They took us to this quaint French little place, actually the area has lots of small French restaurants. With the fresh snow covering the hilly streets it looked very romantic and inviting. I had the best soup I'v ever tasted. It was so very, very enjoyable. The only thing I did not like was the driving conditions, the roads were very slick. But Lynne brought us home again and she is a good driver. It is amazing though, that just across the river you are, as it were, being transported to a little town in Europe. We live in such a beautiful area.

Then as we came back to our apartment, we found in front of the door these beautiful flowers. The delivery person had left them there with a note attached from Yvonne. Who at that time was away at sea on a cruise. She must have ordered them before they left and the poor girl was already so busy and overwhelmed with finishing of her design projects and packing etc. Anyway, it sure made me feel loved that's for sure. Along with a few calls from friends and family in Holland, my day was wonderful.