What We've Been Up To...

I just wanted to give an update about what we've been up to.  Strawberry season is almost over and we are just starting to pick raspberries - we have never picked raspberries in June before!  The extremely hot weather we have been experiencing has allowed us to take full advantage of Grandma and Grandpa's pool, which is just around the corner.  We've been swimming with the kid's cousins, Noah and Alli, a few times.  Grace and Alex are confident on their own the water now and Jean is jumping in like crazy with her pool noodle.  She is on the verge of swimming on her own to!  Grace enjoyed her primary track meet and Alex graduated from kindergarten last week.  Above is a picture of him accepting in diploma from his amazing  teachers with his picture on the screen above.  It was a great ceremony despite the sweltering heat - he told the audience that he wants to be a lego-builder when he grows up!
That's us in a nutshell right now.  We are really looking forward to the summer break from school and have many fun activities planned in the coming weeks.  Hopefully there will be some unplanned ones as well! 
Happy Canada Day - whatever you are doing, make sure you take time to celebrate being Canadian!

Loving June

The month of June has arrived... and it has swooped in and taken me with it!  I am running around like crazy but still trying my best to find those moments to take in what makes June so fantastic.
In our business, June is the month where we prepare and plan our summer season as we open for business once again.  This is the time where so much needs to be done in the field but also behind the scenes and that is where I come in. 
Besides that, school is busier than ever!  I have chosen to be a mom that tries to volunteer as much as possible at our school.  I love being a part of our school community but my favourite part is that I can be at the school with my children (sometimes) and get to be a part of some of their classroom activities.  This topic requires a whole blog post to itself!  Anyways, I try to go on the kid's school trips, visit them at their track meets, help out on their "fun/activity days" and certainly attend their recitals and graduations all while taking the kid's to soccer, dance and swimming lessons after school.  Needless to say, June is one busy month but I love it!  I'll rest a bit in July and enjoy down-time in the fall!

I love this picture.  Grace and her friends are practicing
their dance before performing, on the river's edge,
while Alex and his friend, Anton, are deep in conversation
in the background. 

I hope you can find enjoyment in this lovely, warm month of June to... oh and if you are in the area, pick up some fresh, local and TASTY strawberries right from our own fields!  Yum!

One of the best field trips EVER!  Alex's class
got to visit the Fire Station and Police Station
among some other great spots.  Alex and
his buddies really enjoyed it all!

A New Era - Sleepovers

We are missing someone tonight...  and I can feel it.  We have entered the phase of "sleepovers" and Grace is off to a birthday party/sleepover at her good friend's house tonight.  This is her third sleepover and so far so good.  She loves them!  The one thing she told me this morning is that she hopes they don't go to bed too late tonight!  She can be so funny - she loves her sleep (unlike her little sister).  I have such good memories of sleepovers from my own childhood and I hope the same for Grace.  She has a few really good friends and I'm proud of her for that.  As a mommy though, I'm having bittersweet thoughts about how fast she is growing up.  I've said this before but I just want time to slow down! 
Grace's next birthday party will also be a sleepover and I'm looking forward to it.  It will be a small number of girls (thankfully) and I will have a few activities planned but mostly it will be the girls just "hanging out".  My opinion is that they should be able to find ways to entertain themselves - I remember dancing, planning airbands (oh my, what a blast from the past) and singing our hearts out. 

So in Grace's absence, we have rented movies and are going out to dinner.  At least we still have our two little ones to keep us company.

Grace is on the left... with her good friend (and distant cousin) Olivia.