Summer Break Week 2

Week 2 just finished.

it was another great week.

(see week 1 HERE)

Week 2 has consisted of:

in no particular order

swimming at the boardwalk, multiple times.

groceries.

playing at the park.

climbing trees.

swimming in our pool.

eating tim hortons and watching cars drive by.

spending the day at the Limberlost Challenge 

in the rain

cheering on mom and dad in their races.

(mom 14km & dad 56km)

volunteering for the Ironman 70.3

and of course the beach.

another great week.

things are not always perfect.

we fight, we cry, we make mistakes.

but we love each other and make the best of most of the moments.

we apologize.

we forgive.

we laugh, splash, giggle.

we play and challenge each other.

and we enjoy our summer together.

more fun to come next week!

*photos taken by me: 1-5, 7

by ed m: 6,8

by theresa b: 9

 1,2, 6-8 with Gertie.

3-5 with Chester

9 with Theresa's iPhone.

Summer break week 1

it's 4:15pm as i write this.  

one week ago at this time we were getting ice cream to celebrate the end of the school year and the beginning of SUMMER BREAK!

so how have we enjoyed this first week of the summer?

i decided to show you our week through photos...

i didn't take too many.

i was too busy enjoying the moments with them.

Gertie and Chester were with us, however i rarely pulled them out to capture the moment.

Thursday:

 i watched my friends three boys and we played at the park, and in our little above ground pool.

visit to the town library.

we love the library.

no photos.

friday:

Canada Day!

dan was off work and we enjoyed the day as a family.

we went for a hike.

it was quite rainy.

sword fights happened.

 note my boy's shoes..

they were soaked by the end of the hike.

he wore my runners for the rest of the day.

dinner at swiss chalet, playing at a school yard, fireworks.

saturday and sunday...

family times.

relaxing.

church.

no photos.

Monday:

i spent some quiet time before the kids got up.

i wrote this out as a memory for what we worked on this past year.

then it was a day of errands.

banking, 

time to buy new shoes:

playing at the park, 

groceries.

home to play in the pool.

Tuesday:

i was watching my friends' two kids.

park, 

skylanders, 

pool.

Today:

library,

bulk barn - my girl had a gift card, she bought her and her brother something.

dollarstore,

tim hortons and then to the boardwalk for some swimming!

                                    

darts, 

and into the pool.

this has been our first week of summer.

maybe the next week will have more photo memories...

maybe not.

how was your first week of summer?

(or whatever week of summer break you're on, depending on where you are)

*all photos   taken by me.

1 & 4 with Gertie (not edited)

2 & 3 with Chester. (not edited)

A Reflection of Summer

I don't know about where you live.

summer where i live had cooler temperatures and cloudier, rainier days than we had hoped for.

many people complained about the weather...the lack of warm sunny days.

what's summer vacation without sunshine, sunburns and sunglasses?

i'll tell you what it is.

the kids are home.

we have two months to play, create, laugh, sleep, cry, fight, argue, 

and make the bestest memories ever...

regardless of the weather.

i want to give you a glimpse of our summer...

reflected on their faces.

some days i did look out the window and sigh, 

then, most days, i chose to enjoy it.

what a great summer.

*all photos taken by me.

with Gertie.

edited in photoshop elements

 some of the locations: 

Lake Opeongo, our yard/lookout/house, Toronto Island, Toronto Zoo, Hutcheson Beach, Utterson Park, 

The Marshall's Lot, Limberlost trails @ The Limberlost Challenge,  parks in town. 

day 29

day 29:
Black & White
I was in Toronto for the day of this challenge.
my dad and i went for a walk and i captured these photos.

this one i really like..
i actually pressed the shutter button and changed my mind about taking it.
obviously forgetting my finger was on the button.  this was the result.

day 4

day 4.

Something Green.

Kids got on the bus and i immediately grabbed Gertie and away we went.

***

when my husband was digging up our sewage pipe in our yard he found about eight green glass bottles.  

they have been sitting on our patio table for a couple weeks now.

they were my inspiration for this day.

i decided to go for a walk.

i wasn't going to do just one something green, i was going to find a few others.

as i walked through the bush with the dog i was thinking how nice it would be to get a picture of one green leaf on the ground amongst the reds, browns, oranges.  

then i looked down.

as we walked and saw moss.

i love moss.

 and on a rainy day like today it seems so much brighter.

it's amazing when you're keeping your eyes open for something you notice it everywhere.

the trail we were walking was green.

it had it everywhere.

with the rain and cloudiness of the day the other colors of fall have been dulled, 

but the greens...

how they pop!

of course we have to appreciate the evergreens.

we have two lonely pumpkins in the pumpkin patch.

guess what color they are.

that's right.

photo challenge completed before breakfast.

 *all photos taken with Gertie: my Canon T2i

not edited.

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