Well, we are back home, after a month in Quebec. We got home more exhausted than we left B.C., partly due to all the dinners, parties, shows and get-togethers we attended, as well as a late, 6pm flight home, that got us home 2:30am Quebec time.
Archive for the ‘Quebec’ Category
We have an extremely travel-friendly baby…oh, and some more new words
Posted in Language Development, Quebec, Raising a multilingual child, traveling with baby, Trilingual, Words, tagged 18 months, baby, children, family, French, kids, language acquisition, multilingual, Quebec, raising our child trilingual, traveling with baby, Trilingual, words on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lessons I learned on noise and toddler naptime…oh, and more new words: mostly French…
Posted in Language Development, Life, Our days with our daughter, Quebec, Raising a multilingual child, Trilingual, Words, tagged bedtime routine, French words, routine, toddler naptime, toddler naptime and noise on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We spent all day yesterday at D.’s brother’s (K.’s) place. The two guys were working on the second bathroom while I hung out with I. and her 3-year-old cousin, L.
A bit of Quebecois culture
Posted in Quebec, Songs, tagged Isabelle Boulay, Parle Moi, Quebecois culture, Quebecois songs on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the best version of one of my favourite Quebecois songs… Isabelle Boulay: Parle Moi
A safe landing and a new French word
Posted in Language Development, Life, Our days with our daughter, Quebec, Raising a multilingual child, Trilingual, Words, tagged 16 month old, baby, children, different cultures, family, flight with baby, foreign language acquisition, French, multilingual, multiple languages, second language acquisition, three languages, Trilingual on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our daughter is amazing! She was sitting on us for most of the flight, then entertained the stewardesses in the back for a while. She was very patient, very understanding and very communicative.
It’s going to be interesting – a trip to Grand-Mere, Quebec
Posted in bilingual, Language Development, Life, Quebec, Raising a multilingual child, Trilingual, tagged baby on airplane, Grand-Mere, language experience, Quebec, traveling with baby, trip with baby on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are leaving for Quebec at the end of this week. In case you were wondering: yes, that’s actually the name of a place in Quebec, where our daughter’s Grandma happens to live:) Sometimes I wish I could just relocate our house a few thousand kilometers to the East. Traveling light with a baby is [...]
