Summer Break week 8

this beautiful, misty, rainy day reminds me of Autumn. 

i'm not ready for autumn yet.

we have finished week 8 of our summer break.

We enjoyed a week of :

Face Painting

Spiders

Silliness

Comedy

American Ninja Warrior

snapping turtles

water fun

new sleeping bags

and biking

what another wonderful week.

*all photos taken by me

with Gertie(1,4-12)

& Chester( 2,3,13,14)

Summer Break week 3

Week 3.

many more memories.

See week 2 here

Thursday:

The kids played school.

seriously.

all day.

their field trip was to the pool.

Friday morning my girl came to me

"mommy can i use your camera to take a picture of the sunrise? it's beautiful."

i said yes

My boy wanted to make an edible bridge.

he was inspired by a friend who made a rice krispie square pyramid for an end of the year project at school.

so we gathered the necessary items and he got to work.

it looked great.

and tasted yummy!

The same day the girl had a friend over and they played.

after one of their times in the pool they found little moths.

look closely, there it is in her hands.

Saturday:

We went to a summer party for the running club my husband is a member of.

we decided to canoe there.

we had a wonderful adventure.

portaging along the road to get to the water.

the canoe dumping within 10 minutes of starting out.

stopping at the Hunters Bay Trail for a swim and snack.

not knowing officially where the house is.

stopping at friends' so we could ask them which house we were supposed to be at.

finding the place!

canoeing home before dark.

Sunday:

we got to see dear friends and their new baby after church.

we had a lazy afternoon.

watching Canada's Worst Driver and some of the Calgary Stampede.

my boy was invited (with his daddy) to go fishing, his first time ever.

so while the boys went fishing, my girl and i went to the theatre and saw 

The Secret Life of Pets.

Monday:

after playing at home most of the day we loaded our bikes in the car and drove to the trail.

we biked from the parking lot, along the trail, to the kids' school.

biked around the school yard, ate a snack and biked back.

back at the car we got our towels, goggles and ball.

and they had a swim before heading home.

Tuesday:

More time at the boardwalk in town.

so much fun.

the wind was chilly but the sun was hot.

on wednesday the kids headed to Toronto with their papa.

i took the beast to the vet, and hung out with my bestie.

it was another great week.

there were lots of indoor times too, 

but i don't like indoor photos very much, so i don't usually capture those memories.

I hope your summer is being enjoyed to the fullest.

i have forgotten to put in photos of a couple wonderful creations the kids have made, 

maybe if i think of it i'll post a summer creations one at the end.

*photos taken by me or the girl.

photos by me with Chester: 1, 3, 4,5

photos by me with Gertie: 7,8,9

photo by the girl with Chester: 6

photo by the girl with Gertie: 2 

Video taken by me with Chester.

what a November day

Yesterday was beautiful.

it was a spectacular autumn day.

Sunny and 17*C

i was determined to get out and enjoy it with the kids when they got home.

with their bikes in the back of the car

we headed to the nearest trail

i walked, Gertie around my neck, 

and they biked short distances ahead of me, finding ways to play while waiting for me to catch up.

I am so thankful for this beautiful day in November.

Couldn't have asked for a better day..

or after school time with the kidlets.

When my timer let me know we had to turn around 

the sun was beginning to set.

shorter days in November, 

but what a beautiful day it was.

*photos by me 

with Gertie

not edited

16/365

day 16.

Reserved.

that's right.

i said reserved.

yeah, my thought exactly.

how do i photograph that?

i got out my thesaurus this morn 

(i woke up thinking about it-don't worry, i didn't dream about it...that's obsessed. )

and checked out some other words for reserved.

Reserved 1. booked, engaged, held, kept, retained, taken.

i've got it!

i'll call Kirsten.

i'll get a photo of her and her engagement ring!

she's 'reserved'... 'engaged', 'taken'.

or maybe i won't.

so i didn't.

instead i got my daughter to hold the thesaurus open.

i took off my lens, turned it around and got a nice close shot of reserved.

***

then i checked out another photography site i get emails from.

and saw their week's challenge: Bicycles.

*HERE is the challenge.*

we have bikes!

i'll go photograph them. 

waiting for spring...or for most of the snow to leave.

i love my husband's BMX.  

we won't get rid of it..

it's reserved for our son one day!

*all photos taken by me, 

with Gertie.

edited with Photoshop Elements

See where my challenge began : Here