14 years of feeling loved, by my wonderful husband.
There are days that the advice on this mug is perfect - thanks Mum!
Since my parents are here, we actually had our first date and meal out alone,
since Phebe joined our family. Ahh, it was so nice.
You might recognize this destination, from a couple of months ago, when Pa & Na (Colin's parents) visited us!
Actually, we've taken my parents to the little village of Wakefield on a previous occasion... July 2009! However, somehow we missed taking them to see the covered bridge. So, one beautiful afternoon we decided a nice walk was in order, and this is where we ended up. At the covered bridge. You can see, this time was a bit warmer than the last time (in May) and the girls ended up in the water... with rather wet skirts when it was all said and done!
It sure was a fun afternoon!
My parents are here, visiting from N.Ireland.
It was one of those crazy hot days, that all we could do is find a shady spot and eat ice-cream! Which we did! We were also planning on walking around Pink Lake, but then chickened out, since it was far too hot. Instead, we took a nice stroll through a beautiful shady tree-covered path in Gatineau Park.
The problem was, the mosquitoes were also enjoying the shade too! And we probably tasted pretty good after that delicious ice-cream!
Do you remember making popsicles as a child? I do!
We were in IKEA a couple of weeks ago and spotted these little popsicle makers. The girls (mostly Lilah) were completely ecstatic to get making popsicles and we've made quite a few flavours over the past while. My girls favourite flavour is actually the smoothies I make them, only this time they're frozen! I make, what we call, 'banana juice'... it is basically (whole) milk and a banana liquidized with my little hand blender. They love drinking this, but freezing it, well that's even better! Also, for a change I added a little (hot chocolate) powder to this same mix... yum!
Lilah's favourite is the straight banana and milk and Phebe loves the banana and milk, with the added chocolate powder!
The thing I love about these is how healthy they are... the girls can eat as many as they want in a day: breakfast, lunch, supper and all the in-between times! And right now, with the heat and humidity (today) standing at 38°C, there's no way I'm going to say no to a popsicle!
We have a new Saturday tradition now, a family bike ride.
I absolutely love where we live. The canal, the river, the restaurants, the weather... bliss.
We generally try a different route each week to change it up.
This past week we biked from our house, down the Rideau Canal to the locks and then along the Ottawa River Parkway (bikepath) to Remic Rapids - where a guy does 'stone balancing' art - really neat! And the girls had a little paddle in there too, it was a hot day! We also passed by the 'love locks' on the pedestrian bridge over the canal, stopped into the Bytown Museum for a popsicle break and on our way home, we had lunch at the Mill Street restaurant... yum!
I love summer and family time together!
