The main reason for this kind of holiday is to hang out at the beach. Our hotel has a beautiful outdoor pool, but you can pretty much go to a pool any day of the week. But the beach, not so much!
So we packed up in the absolutley gorgeous sunshine and headed to the beach again. Just in case anyone is wondering and I thought I would mention it since I was asked on a previous post which beach this one is. There are a few in the area, this one is known as the 'outlet beach'.
Have I mentioned I could live here? I have a funny feeling our little water/beach bug could too! As soon as we arrived she ran down to the water and dipped her little bum in, funny girl! Oh, and she wrote her name in the wet sand today, well the first time she did it a wave washed it away within seconds, but she went right back and wrote it again. It's so precious to see her do this kind of thing now, and seeing how proud she is when she does it too!
Towards the late afternoon we took a long walk on the beach and Lilah got to fly her kite. The perfect end to another perfect day.
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not;
and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Luke 12:27
Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for theirs is the kingdom of God.
Mark 10:14
[ the flickr set is here ]
How much do we love the Sandbanks beach? How much do we love Canadian summers? To the sunshine and back!
Lilah is super super super excited to be on her holidays! Staying at a hotel, sleeping in a new bed, going to the beach, building sandcastles, eating ice-cream, soaking up the sun, being buried in the sand, swimming in the warm water, lying in the hot sand, running after seagulls, sitting at the edge of the water while caking your legs and arms with wet sand, eating in restaurants...
This is the stuff holidays are made of.
I should mention, the giraffe print swimsuit Lilah is wearing is from Joe Fresh, it's a line from our local Canadian grocery store. All the swimsuits were on sale last week for $6 and when I told Lilah to choose one, I never thought she'd pick this one, especially since there were other pink ones available for the choosing! Anyway, I didn't think I liked it much myself, but there was no changing her mind. And to be honest, now that I see it on her, it suits her so nice. It certainly taught me a lesson, that maybe I should throw the reins over to her more often - since she seems to be better at this stylin' thing than me!
Oh Canada! We are so blessed to live in this fine country.
We spent a good part of Canada Day in Gananoque this year again. It's about the halfway point on our drive to Belleville/Picton, which is where we're staying this long holiday weekend! We stopped into Gananoque last year too and really enjoyed the festivities, so it was more of the same this year. We are very much creatures of habit!
After our picnic lunch and some Canada Day festivities, we then drove on to Belleville where we're staying for the next few days. And again, same as last year, we enjoyed the Canada Day fireworks from the little balcony off our room. The only difference this year is that Lilah didn't fall asleep before the fireworks started! She was pretty excited to see them and she was also thrilled with the sparklers I brought along for the occasion!
It sure was a fun day all around.
