It’s been a busy time for us lately… the girls’ birthday was on June 27th, then Canada Day on the 1st and the girls’ Family Day on July 2nd.
On their birthday, we went strawberry picking at a local farm here (Proulx). It’s become a tradition that every year at around this time, we meet up with friends for a morning of strawberry picking and fun at the farm. This year it had been raining a lot the week before we went, so it was very wet. And the berries weren’t very good. But the kids had fun anyhow…
Then after the strawberry picking we came home for birthday cake…
And the best part, for the kids, I think, was licking the candles. Although the first time he did it, B stuck the wrong end in his mouth. :-) Good thing they had blown the candles out first.
On Canada Day we went to park not far from our house. I thought rather than try to head downtown to Parliament Hill, where I knew there would be too many people (over 100,000, I’ve heard since), we’d go to a local park where I knew they had Canada Day events planned. Well there were still way too many people. The girls really wanted to ride the merry-go-round and the Ferris wheel, but the lines were so long we’d have had to wait over an hour I’m sure for either one. So, instead we paid too much money for them to have (their first) horse ride. They all enjoyed it, but all the way to the car they still complained about not getting to ride the Ferris wheel.
And then, Friday was Family Day for the girls – the anniversary of the day we got them. It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since we first met E and A. The time is going way too fast. So here are this year’s pics (yes, there are two of each of them… I can’t decide which of their referral photos I like best. Must be the chicken suits – I’m sure they’d make anyone look great) …
If you are interested in looking at the photos from previous years, check them out here…
2009: http://andstillwaiting.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html
2008: http://andstillwaiting.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-referral-day.html
2007: http://andstillwaiting.blogspot.com/2007/07/happy-uh-gotcha-day.html
My work has finally lightened up a bit, thankfully. I’ve been very, very busy at work right up until yesterday. Last week , E drew a family picture that she gave to DoT… I was conspicuously absent in the picture. :-( I guess my family may be feeling a bit neglected. Oh well, I should be around more now, and hopefully the blog posts will pick up to prove it.
I hope you are all enjoying your summer so far, and keeping cool somehow. We’re in the middle of a heat wave in Ottawa, with temperatures feeling like 38 or 39 degrees with the humidex. I’m really looking forward to heading to the cottage in a few weeks in Grand Bend. For any of you reading who are in that area, think about dropping by for a visit. We’d love to see you. Send me an email if you think you can make it, and I’ll give you dates and directions.
Bye for now.
K…
