Friends and Family Part 2

Kiera always looks forward to seeing her friend Elly when at the cottage, and for two weeks every summer she also gets to play with Caroline when she comes to Canada to visit her family. It's so nice for Jason and I too, because the girls do a great job of keeping the kids occupied so we get some time to socialize too.

Robee got a birthday surprise - he got to celebrate with 'Uncle' Robbie who also was having a birthday that weekend. The cake said Happy Birthday Big Robbie and Little Robee. Thanks Carol.

Kiera was in a dancing mood, and decided poor Angus was going to be her Prince Charming. Thanks for being such a great sport Angus. Who knows, maybe in the futre this picture will mean more?!

Time with Friends and Family

Kiera and Jason went out in the boat to watch Bill and I in the annual sailboat race (that's us in the background). We could hear Kiera cheering us on, and could see her smile across the lake. Jason said she loved having her snack in the boat. Thanks to cousin Erin and Kolin for watching Robee.

One of the kid's favourite things to do is go for a ride in Grandpa's red wagon. Thankfully it also is a great way to put Robee to sleep for his afternoon naps!

Jason and Robee enjoying some playtime with Grandpa's new sand table. Although cousins Jeff and Jessica had a horrible accident delivering it to us, thankfully they were okay after a few weeks of recovery. Kiera was just enjoying a little picnic on the chaise while taking in the beautiful view of the lake.

Cousin Erin and Kolin treated Kiera and Robee to their first marshmallow roast. Kiera and Robee looked forward to it all day. Poor Robee only managed to barely stay awake for one or two marshmallows.

Cottage Life

Enjoying one of the few nice boating days this summer with the family. Even Lovely got a chance to check out the other cottages on the lake. Kiera had a lot of fun trying out the mask and snorkel set that Grandma had bought her for Christmas 2 years ago. Kiera especially liked talking to everyone through the snorkel. She's part fish, that girl - no matter how cold it was, she swam every day whenever we were there.

Jason and Jenn Wignall won Dave Salmon and Marg Dollar's 25th Annual Badmonton Tournament. It was another good day followed by a BBQ.

The Norton's decided to bring their own dock to the tournament this year. Yes, that is a motor on the back.

Robee taking a break from swimming to play with a truck he borrowed from his buddy Josh DeGazio. He's just too cute, isn't he?!

"A big scoop, Grandpa!"

Grandpa helped Kiera and Robee to test out their new ice cream cone holders from Aunt B. As you can see, they worked perfectly!

Our Quiet Place in the Woods

Here is Lovely sitting on a rock in our 'quiet place' that we made up in the woods by the wood pile. We cleared out a few little trees and have some nice big flat rocks to sit on in the shade. Kiera and Robee just like that they can wander around this little area on their own and look at some cool fungi and all the different little bugs.

Happy 2nd Birthday Robee

Okay, I'm still trying to figure out this whole Blog thing, so the pictures from Robee's birthday are out of order.
We started with Chinese food with Nana and Poppa, then the Lightning McQueen cake for dessert. Robee had said he wanted a "kechow" cake and chose the Cars napkins and plates, so it was up to Jason and I to think of a cake. Thankfully, we found this easy track design in a book mom had given me for Christmas last year.
We had given Robee a wooden train track for Christmas, and when we saw the battery powered engines at our friend's the DeGazio's, we knew what Robee was getting for his birthday. He loves Thomas and Percy, but for some reason he prefers to hold Thomas while Percy does all the work on the track!

Big beds, yeah!

Since Robee started scaling the sides of the playpen at the cottage, we decided to try bunk beds for the kids. Did Grandpa come through or what?! Kiera and Robee loved their new beds, and the blankets from cousin Scott and Janette last Christmas fit perfectly. One small design change, however, did have to be made the next day. After picking Robee up off the floor twice in the night, the next morning Grandpa, Robee and Jason added a side bar. Now we just have to get Robee to stay in the bed long enough to fall asleep at night.