A CANADA DAY LONG WEEKEND RE-CAP....

We had a fantastic long weekend...and we hope you did too! 


Our long weekend started on Thursday June 30, 2011 with Doyle taking the day off work. We took the kids to the doctor for their six month appointment, did some running around and had my mom over for a BBQ. It was a nice way to kick off the weekend.


On Friday July 1st (Canada Day) Doyle decided it was time to take the kids for their first run in the BOB jogging stroller. They loved it! Jacob "talked" away the entire 8k while Charlotte took in some of the sights and also decided to have a snooze. The looked so small and cute in the stroller. Doyle even said he didn't mind running with the stroller and that it was very smooth to push...it did involve a little extra work up the hills..but as my cross country coach in high school said..."hills build character...work through the hurt". 

Loving their new ride....

Pre-run shot (we didn't take a post run one)

Our day continued with some back yard fun..the kids lounged in their pool, we enjoyed some refreshments at our patio table and then had our friend Brent for burgers on the BBQ. We were also treated to some lovely fireworks from the neighbours that live a street over from us - it's a good thing they shoot up as high as they do or else we wouldn't have seen them ;) 

Despite the look on J's face the water is warm

Just by fluke C is holding her bottle.....but it won't be long until she does this all the time

HAPPY CANADA DAY! 

Saturday we went for a long walk around our neighbourhood, enjoyed some down time with the kids in the afternoon and then hosted 12 neighbours at our house for a pot luck dinner. We dined on tandori chicken, spinach salad, roast potatoes, pasta salad and a very yummy strawberry shortcake for dessert. The rain / thunderstorms ended our backyard fun at 10pm - but that was ok by us as it was feeding time for the kids! 


Sunday we celebrated our friend Neil and Geraldine's son Sean's 1st birthday! Charlotte and Jacob even got their first loot bag! It was great to see all of Neil's family and help Sean celebrate his big milestone. It is hard to believe he is one. 

Happy 1st Birthday Sean :) 

It's amazing how fast the time went by. I was sad to see Doyle go back to work this morning. Is it too early to wish it was Friday?!