A perfect afternoon in the park

Our little trio had a blast today in this sunny Monday afternoon at Withrow Park!

More Teething!

Courage, my love!

Lola + 1 tooth!

Lola on March 1st, one week after her first tooth came out. Pretty happy.
Soon : steak-frites on the menu !

2012: on the starting blocks!

Et voilà! Nous sommes rentrés de notre petit périple de fin d'année. Après un mois de festivités en France, les bagages sont maintenant défaits et rangés au sous-sol.

Lola, Marco et moi avons bien remis nos horloges biologiques à l'heure torontoise. Toute la famille a pu bien profiter des vacances de Noël en famille et entre amis sur le vieux continent; il faut dire qu'entre la campagne iséroise, Lyon, Paris et Genève, le dépaysement a été garanti.

Il est aujourd'hui temps de dire : Bonjour 2012! Eh oui, le mois de janvier est arrivé avec sa ribambelle de bonnes résolutions et autres 'goooood vibrations'. Après 6 mois d'interruption pour congé maternité, la reprise au travail s'est faite sans trop de heurts hier pour la nouvelle maman que je suis. Bébé Lola est restée à la casa avec papa, et tous deux ont passé une journée fantastique, à rire, manger et dormir. Ah, la belle vie!

Photo Cédric Roulliat

 J'ai hâte de découvrir ce que 2012 nous réserve... Happy New Year to you all!

Get ready to be totally Magoo-ed this Christmas!

I could not resist this one. Here is my gift to you for Christmas...and there are six parts to it. Start it and you will not be able to stop!
Hope you like it ;O)

Falling for Edwards Gardens in the Fall

The light in September is my favourite! Less crude, more gentle - it seems to adorn and enliven everything it caresses with a golden touch.

 Now, suffice it to say that I basked in this lovely September sun yesterday, how I rejoiced! I spent my Sunday afternoon strolling the picturesque lanes of Edwards Gardens and humming like a butterfly in the adjoining Botanical Gardens.

 

Fountain Grass

Purple Beautyberry

 Believe it or not, it had been a year since I first wanted to discover the Gardens, but without a car, it is quite a hassle to go all the way up there, all the more so with a baby... My father-in-law wanted to spend some quality time with us so I suggested we go to the Gardens to celebrate the glorious sun and Lola's 12 weeks. He was clearly happy with the idea and drove the three of us there, reminiscing all the while the last time he had visited the gardens in 1985.

À bientôt, Edwards Gardens! We spent a blissful time taking in the surrounding beauty of these gardens in the fall.




PS: Don't be surprised if while you are sitting at the Gardens Café, you sea a furry silhouette passing by you...There is a very special guest at the café...Apparently this raccoon is family there. I thought he really behaved like a "begging" dog... Smart little masked scoundrel!

Kooks, our song for Lolita

As we were listening to our favourite David Bowie's album this morning, Hunky Dory, Marco and I realized that the song Kooks was addressed to a child. So I researched and found that the song had been written for his son, Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, born on 30 May 1971. We voted it our song for Lola, Lolita de nuestro corazon!



For a more robust version of the song, listen to this one.

KOOKS, Hunky Dory - David Bowie (1971)
[CHORUS (x2)]
Will you stay in our Lovers' Story
If you stay you won't be sorry
'Cause we believe in you
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
With a couple of Kooks
Hung up on romancing

We bought a lot of things
to keep you warm and dry
And a funny old crib on which the paint won't dry
I bought you a pair of shoes
A trumpet you can blow
And a book of rules
On what to say to people
when they pick on you
'Cause if you stay with us you're gonna be pretty Kookie too

[CHORUS]

And if you ever have to go to school
Remember how they messed up
this old fool
Don't pick fights with the bullies
or the cads
'Cause I'm not much cop at punching other people's Dads
And if the homework brings you down
Then we'll throw it on the fire
And take the car downtown

[CHORUS (repeat ad inf.)]

Lola today: 2 months old!

Lo-lee-ta

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 A day in Lola's life: late-morning nap in the backyard, twist and shout on the rocking chair and then enjoying a little impromptu dance-photo shoot with "maman & papa"... C'est le 'fun'!

Lo.

Lee.

Ta.

"Lo-lee-ta; the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta" (Nabokov)

Oh, Lola! by Marc Jacobs and by Marco Jacob...

M'enfin, il ne va pas bientôt s'arrêter de nous copier celui-là!

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But when will Marc Jacobs stop copying us???

Oh, Lola!, by Marco Jacob

A-Goo at the AGO or Art and Leisure according to Lola!

Last Saturday, we took Lola to her first museum exhibit at the AGO at age 4 weeks and 6 days. An early age to be exposed to art, I know. She was carried by her daddy in a front carrier and enjoyed the atmosphere so much that she slept through most of it ;o) Thanks to her grand-mother's talent, she uttered her first a-goo, which sounded serendipitous in a place called the AGO... Food for thought. Amusing.

On at the AGO until September 4th.

“I'm interested in expressing the big emotions—tragedy, ecstasy, doom." – Mark Rothko

Before the AGO excursion. Getting ready for modern shapes and colours.

After the AGO - Agoo exhibit, Lola diva relaxing at the Beaches.

Lola today: morning dance routine

Photos by Marco Jacob