Happy Anniversary Hatley

by Anthea, posted April 27, 2010

OK, the weather this week has been absolutely schizophrenic. Anyone living in the northeast knows what I am talking about… We went from the most glorious spring weekend, where Jasper, Jeremy and I spent the entire time outside on our bikes and getting our garden cleaned up and planted, to the most disgusting torrential SNOWSTORM on Tuesday. Adios herb garden I put my back out planting on Saturday, sayonara beautiful budding tulips, hello shovel and winter boots… (too bad we took the snow tires off so early this year. Oops!)  But now, it is beautiful out again. The snow is slowly melting, and it’s almost as if it never happened – and everyone in my garden has somehow managed to have survived the perfect storm, all but my poor basil :(

Aside from this bizarre weather, this week also marks the one year anniversary of Hatley’s big move to their new office/warehouse in Lasalle. After 8 years in the garment district in Montreal north, the Oldland boys said it was time for a change, and decided to pack up every last Moose one-piece and Alien footed coverall from the existing warehouse and head down to a beautiful spot in Lasalle, right by the water, between the Lachine Canal and the St. Lawrence River.

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It’s Not Easy Being Green…

by Anthea, posted April 20, 2010

I love Mondays… Sounds crazy, considering it is typically the most dreaded day of the week, the day that kills your Sunday in nervous preparation for the busy week to come. I like Mondays because, unlike most of the population, it’s a day off for me. It’s the day that my incredible babysitter comes to spend the day with Jasper, to give me a break to actually address the thousand things on my to-do list, that seems physically impossible to get to in the midst of chasing my toddler around.

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April Showers…

by Anthea, posted April 8, 2010

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OK, OK, I know this is my fault… In my last post, I insisted in commenting on how beautiful the weather had been. I take full responsibility for the curse I must have put on Mother Nature, judging from the onslaught of rain we are now experiencing. Sadly, this is the April I am more accustomed to. The 30 degree day we had last weekend was totally abnormal, but oh, what a nice surprise!

Jasper, it turns out, doesn’t mind the rain nearly as much as his mum. Not much will keep this kid out of the park these days, not even a monsoon. He is now completely obsessed with his Hatley Creepy Bugs raincoat and boots, and though they are both way too big for him, he is constantly finding his way in to the closet to pull them out, and roaming through the house with a proud grin on his face. Even though he’s only 17 months, he sure knows how great it feels to look like a big kid!

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