This past Sunday Marie and I spent a cold day at Le Chalet des Érables in Saint-Anne des Plaines, half an hour north of Montréal, with all the kids and grand kids. We had a tasty and traditional Québécois meal - ham, pea soup, fried potatoes, eggs and pork, maple pie - then spent some time wandering around the park visiting the deer enclosure and other small barns with the usual menagerie of rabbits, goats, sheep and llamas. Amy, Isabelle and Sarah had fun on the rides and ponies- who goes on fair rides in -8 degree weather? Canadians! Joshua stayed wrapped up in his stroller, just a little too young to enjoy everything, but probably the warmest and savviest one there! We had to leave at three to get home before dark ( back to daylights saving time today) and will see everyone again at the end of the month before flying to Europe in April.
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