Vals beautiful Daughter....

Yay for being able to blog pictures now :)

BBQ and Canada Day food......

At the race track.....

snapshots....from Canada Day festival 2010....

Tarantula!!

Susie, Abby and I all got to hold tarantula's this year - last year the girls weren't brave enough - so this year they did really well!!  This was my third time holding a tarantula :)  They are really cute!  The one the girls held was a baby and was quite small - very sweet :)

Canada Day 2010!!!

We headed to Festival Place to take in the annual festivities....first stop was Salto gymnastics for the obstacle course!!

Friday fill-ins!!

1. When it's quiet in Summer I love to sit outside and listen to the breeze blowing through the leafy trees....it's the closest I get to hearing an ocean sound.

2. I haven't relaxed in the bath with a magazine in what seems like a month.

3. My heart is telling me to do one thing and my silly irrational brain that doesn't work properly is telling me to do different things every day and it confuses the hell out of me ;).

4. I love all the festivals and parades as well as the weather here in July.

5. In the town where I was born there is a place called 'the beach' but my town is almost an hour away from the ocean.  The beach in my town is actually the grounds of the big Church in the centre of the town.  At lunchtime in the Summer all the workers in the town head to 'the beach' and stretch out on the grass there to sunbathe and eat their lunch - hence the fact it has been given the nickname for MANY years of 'the beach'!!

6. Openness is something I really love about my significant other / friend.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to staying home and watching a movie probably, tomorrow my plans include I have no idea yet!! But maybe a sleepover with Tess will be included somewhere ? and Sunday, I want to spend the afternoon at Samanthas in the hot tub with her and Tess - yay!!!!  Lots of chatter and laughter included I am SURE!!!!

My new anthem!!!

This is my current anthem...I play it LOUD in the car and practically yell the lyrics as I sing along :)  It is sooooo how I feel about life right now :)   

Stormy skies.....

We've had quite the storms here tonight...two have rolled over us...the first one was amazing with loud and heavy hail and rain ....and very loud thunder!!  Some wonderfully eerie looking clouds too!

Yes, we're certainly getting some fabulous Summer storms this year!!!

For today......

Outside My Window... a little plane is flying over....the skies are blue....Summer is in full swing and I am adoring it!!! My Summer is here :)  The weather is perfect - splendidly hot temperatures by day and the most wonderful storms by night....ensuring enough rain that there is no fire ban!!!  Perfect!!

I am thinking...about how lovely yesterday afternoon was at the splashpark.....

I am thankful for...Nigel and all the help he has given me over the last few months...and especially over the last week.  He's amazing!  xxx  I hope he knows that!!!

From the kitchen...it's Summer which means my floors are constantly sticky from juice and freezies and ice lollies dripping.....sigh....I get tired from cleaning the hardwood in the Summer or sticking to my floors lol but it's a sign of Summer!!  :)

I am wearing...not much because I am not dressed yet...but I have been up ages cleaning etc etc and playing 'war/ soldiers' with Sam.

I am creating...art journals, note books, Kara's fabulous photography and art journaling class......preparing a lot of crafts and activities and ideas for the children ready for the holidays!!


I am going...to take the children to the bookmobile tonight to sign up for the Summer book game!!  And to get some books to read for the holidays :)  We always take part in the games at the main library and on the bookmobile in our local community!!  

I am reading...'Dune Road' by Jane Green and 'The Happiness Project' by Gretchen Rubin.

I am hoping...it doesn't rain on Canada Day

I am hearing... Sam chattering to himself as he sets up his soldiers ready for the next round of war!!!  And Abby giggling as she reads her texts to darren out loud!! 

Around the house...getting the grass cut, the yard tidied up and the house tidied ready for Canada Day when we have friends coming over for the evening to join us!!  I'm so looking forward to it :)

One of my favorite things...Definitely my new favourite drink Passion Tea Lemonade with sweetener from Starbucks!!!  :)

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week...getting the house tidied......and the yard, visit to the bookmobile, collecting the children from their sleepovers...spending tomorrow with Samantha....hanging out at the farmers market....Canada Day parade and Festival Place.....a party here in the evening......Tess sleeping over at some point....and hopefully swimming at Lindbrook at some point!!!!  :)  


Oh and throw in some Emails, phone calls and texts in there....and some mood diary inputs too ;)


Lol!!

The Trial of Mr Wolf....

Today was Laurence's last day at Junior High School, and he starred in the school concert as Mr Wolf!!  He did a fantastic job!!  :)  They all did and I really enjoyed the story of Mr Wolf being in court charged with being a Big Bad Wolf!!!

The audience was the jury, and in the end we got to decide (by clapping) if he was guilty or innocent!!  We all decided he was innocent (well, I think his classmates in the audience tried to make out he was guilty hahahaha lol but majority ruled lol)

School is now over for another year.....yay!!!   I am sooooo happy that Summer can truly begin!!  I love having the children home and have so many plans and ideas and just love how relaxed and fun summer is :)  

I know a lot of parents dread the long holidays, but I LOVE Summer and NO SCHOOL!!!  :)

xxx

(I really should start using my camera again and stop relying on my iphone.  I don't get any decent pictures any more!!!  Sorry!!)

Opening the time capsules...

We opened the time capsules this afternoon on a special 'last day of homeschool' trip to the splashpark!!! Our friend Darren joined us and brought us ice creams to help us celebrate!!  Then he helped us use the strings in the time capsules to measure Abby and Sam to see if they had grown.....but the strings were the same size as Abby and Sam so it didn't seem as if they had grown at all..so we aren't sure if the string was too stretchy or if they really hadn't grown!!  Sigh....

BUT...Sam has gained 5lbs and Abby has gained 9lbs since September 11th.  Both their hands have grown!!  Most of their favourite things have stayed the same!!  They both found a Toonie in their time capsule ;)