My Monday....

involved some of this....

Rather a lot of this....

Far too much of this....

And a jumbo basket of this.....

Great day :)  I feel so blessed for the Summer I am having :)  

I hope yours is wonderful too!!!

Sunday morning art journaling...

And while sat in McD's last night as the children played, I did some drawing/ doodling.

I drew a couple of faces.  This one here is one I gave to Abigail to take with her for the week:

My girl :)

Lots of hugs and cuddles and talk before my banana headed to her Dads for the week.  

Love her so much.  My Mini-me :)  

Summer camp :)

Yesterday we took Susannah to her Summer Camp.  This is about her 5th year there I think!  She always has such an amazing time.  

She was put into the cabin with the oldest girls there - which made her really happy!  We took her in and she chose the bed she wanted - and met her cabin leaders, who were really friendly :)  

We got her registered and went down to the main lodge for a drink, then she said she was going to go back to her cabin and get to know the other girls as they arrived.  

Abigail helping her big Sis get her bed sorted.  Abigail was at the same camp at the

 beginning of Summer:

The zipline tower:

Heading back up to the cabin after having a drink at the main lodge:

Sibling love - saying goodbye to each other:

Gawd I have amazing kids :)  

Abby and Sam headed off to their Dads for the week a few hours later.

Miss them all so much.

And it sounds like Susannah is MISERABLE there.  Huh??  lol:

:)

Fun at the Fringe!!!

We spent several hours at the Fringe today - such a great festival!  

We had soooo much fun - saw some amazing acts, laughed a LOT!  Sam and Abby even performed in two shows - and one of the acts gave them $5. each for taking part!!!  :)

The kids loved it, and we only left because we had to head back to town to pick Laurence up from work.  We headed home where I barbecued again for supper - then I soaked in the tub before reading with Sam and then catching up online :)

Fuss Cupcakes

After the mall, we headed over to a very busy and Summery Whyte Ave.  The Fringe Festival is on at the moment and had attracted a huge crowd because of the great weather!  We were lucky and found a perfect parking spot though :) 

First stop was Fuss Cupcakes.  Their coffee is the best ever - soooo yummy!  We each chose our cakes - I had the cupcake of the month, which was a 'Strawberry Lemonade'  Lemon cake with strawberry frosting and lemony sprinkles :)  It was divine as always!!

Abigail chose a 'Scarlet O'Hara' which is a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting:

Sam had a chocolate bliss and demanded a picture with it.  Susannah had her usual chocolate one.  I think there is something really special about going to a cupcake shop to eat cupcakes - it just always feels like a real treat/ occasion :)  

Saturday in the sunshine :)

Another amazing Summer day here in Edmonton.  32c but with a lovely breeze to take the edge off of the heat :)  Susannah had her last shift at the library today!  She was given a GC for the movie theatre as well as an amazing reference from them :)  So proud!

While Susie was at work, I took Abigail and Samuel to the playground and park.  Sam took his scooter and had fun riding around on it :)  They both found friends to play with too :)  

I sat by the lake again on my usual bench - enjoying the dappled shade from the trees, and sights and sounds of the water :)

It really was a lovely way to spend a Saturday afternoon :)

After Susannah finished work, we ran to the mall to buy a back pack for school for Susannah.  She found one in the first store we went to, so that was nice and easy :) 

We ran in to our friends J, S and K...so nice to see them!  J and S are off to Florida this week for the Star Wars convention....so excited for them!!!  can't wait to hear and see pictures of their Mother-Daughter trip :)