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Where has my time gone?

I didn’t realize that I hadn’t posted since last Wednesday, shame on me.  I don’t know where all of my time is going these days, but I think it is in my backyard somewhere.

Apple is officially and outside girl.  I  truly cannot keep her inside without a fight. After dropping J at school she wants to ride her bike on the driveway, which we do, and I should take photos of, for at least a half an hour if it isn’t raining.  Then we come in and do whatever tidying we need to do with her chanting “ouside, ouside, ouside” the whole time. Then it is into the backyard we go.

She definitely prefers the swings, but she also loves the sandbox.  And after it had been left open in the rain last week, she found it newly interesting to play with wet sand. This was taken Friday morning, she stayed in that position for a good twenty minutes fingering the wet sand, wondering why it wasn’t sliding through her fingers anymore.

 Then came Saturday morning, when Apple woke up with a fever.  I should say she went to bed with one Friday night and it was still there all day Saturday.  So our plans for going out and doing stuff while Hubby was working a rare Saturday were squashed and we had to find stuff to do around the house and outside that we don’t do every single day.

We got through it but, to keep J happy I sent him into the pool while Apple had her nap.  It is hard to believe that not three summers ago he was terrified to even go near the pool and I had to throw him in the water just to cool off on a hot day.  Now, I can sit on the sidelines in my “Lifeguard Chair” and supervise while he is in there swimming away.

 In this photo of J, I can truly see my Dad in him.  It is not often that I can see other family members in my children because I see them for themselves but, when I see photos and see that I captured an expression that is when I see others.  And this one right here is my Dad, from his hair to his chin to the way he is standing.  J had a great time in the pool and went in again on Sunday and today.  I, however, have not made it in.  Since it isn’t mandatory anymore, I can wait for the water to warm up for another week before I jump in.

Thank goodness we have a good sized backyard and that I love being outside as much as my kids do.  I will say that without working on my tan I am starting to turn a nice shade of brown.

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Categories: Fun Stuff to do with Kids, Summer

Today was just fabulous, weather wise.  We had one other day that I could have put the sprinkler out, but for some other reason I didn’t.  Today was the day.  J has been asking me for about two weeks if he could go through the sprinkler and I keep telling him it was too cold.  When he asked yesterday, I told him that no matter what he could go in it today.

We weren’t home from school for five minutes and he started asking.  I made him wait until his Sister had gone for a nap and that was it, he was running and jumping and cooling off.  After Apple’s nap, I put both of them back in their swim suits and turned on the water.

I just love sprinkler and summer fun.

Here’s to many more days of this for the rest of the summer.

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Categories: Fun Stuff to do with Kids, Kids, Summer

We made it down to Major’s Hill Park for the last day of the Tulip Festival.  The morning sun tricked us into thinking it was warmer than it was. Apple was dressed appropriately however, Hubby, J and I had bare legs and boy was it cold.

 J is now too big for some of his favourite rides and too nervous to go on some of the bigger rides.  So he stuck with the Carousel and we hope to encourage him onto the bigger rides as the summer goes on.

Next up was the Candy Floss or Cotton Candy.  J has been asking to try it for a few weeks now.  He saw it on a show and wondered why I never bought him any.  I had to remind him that I buy him some every year at the beach, but he never liked it before, so I would unfortunately have to eat it, all. Hubby and I had a Beavertail (my third for the year!) and shared with Apple.

Despite the cool temperatures we had fun and remembered why we like to go out for a morning on the weekends doing something other than errands.

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Categories: Downtown, Family, Festivals, Fun Stuff to do with Kids