Cottage Time With The Family

This past weekend we went journeyed to the cottage. The first day was great! Emma didn't think that the lake was for her in the beginning, so we loaded the baby tub for her again! She FILLED it with all her toys, then was confused as to why there was no room for her!

One of the best things we ALL enjoy (as shown by my niece Sami here) is just relaxing and reading cheesy magazines! Ryan and Sami came up with myself, Emma and Kaylyn on Wednesday night. Thursday we were joined by Tanya and Ali. Gene, Katie and Brad were already there! See, it is quite a family venture!

Well, I have to touch only briefly on the dock. I will follow up with more photos and details of the day adventure of rebuilding it. Brad went to go to the boat when the stairs gave way due to old wood. Well, my loving father in law fixed them temporarily with his version of duct tape.... yellow rope! (more on this later) It worked for the 2 days it needed to. Then the boys arrived Friday night (Scot, Phil and Tyson) They decided that they needed a project. which turned into rebuilding part of the dock! Like I said, that is another post!

Emma had a great time! She was 10 times better than I thought she would be. She loved digging in the sand and did manage to get into the lake for a swim with cousin Ali. We did have the odd temper blowout, but as you can see, time against the wall for a time out works. (hehehe! Great for photos too)

All the kids really enjoy getting together for our little family gathering! We did not get to set off our fireworks this year due to rain, but still had many bonfires to make our smores! Kaylyn managed to change to a nice pinky cream with the sun during the day. Some kids just don't know when to put on the lotion! The fresh air did everyone a world of good! Something about being up there makes you want to snack or sleep all day!

We left to return home on Sunday with everyone else. We do believe that even though we spent most of the weekend building the dock, all of us had a great weekend! Nice weather, good company and cold drinks! Who could ask for anything more!

Our Summer Days

This weekend Scott, Emma and I joined the Pierobon's (minus the Mrs.) at Queenston splash pad and park. It is a great park. Even though it is the July long weekend with 2 large family picnics going on, the splash pad wasn't overflowing with kids. Eli, Ava and Emma thoroughly enjoyed running in and out of the water.

The park has a great slides and running boards. I think the running up the stairs and down the slide a 100 times does it in for every child! Needless to say withing 5 minutes of Emma hitting the pillow, she was out cold!

Emma and I like to pick flowers out of our garden once or twice a day. She loves to smell everyone's flowers as we walk! We have many small vases FULL of lavender. Our house smells WONDERFUL! Emma really likes our back neighbor Sabrina. Every time we pick flowers Emma says "This one is for Sabrina" What a little sweety! She has taken lavender to all the neighbors at least once.

Kaylyn is very happy that school is over! She is having a good time at her dad's. She will be meeting me with Aunt Patti, Sami and Ryan on Tuesday so we can head up to the cottage. We really enjoy getting all the family together. It is "Our Version" of family. It usually is Patti, Sami, Ryan (her kids) with Scott's sister-in-law Tanya, Brad, Katie, Ali (her kids) and me with Kaylyn and Emma. Sometimes the guys come, but we girls really enjoy each others company! I do believe the guys are coming up on Friday for a couple of days with us.

Scott had to show them how to get wet under the waterfall, but even then it took some convincing. They all looked at him like he was crazy! We all do from time to time!

Here is an example of birds of a feather, flocking together! Proof that she is more like Scott than I. He is the one who usually ends up in the water with Emma. Scott really enjoys his time with her. She can talk him into almost anything! Here, Scott is trying to get Emma under the waterfall and Emma thinks they should get out of the water! Bossy bossy! (hehehe)

This is Scott's best friend Jason and his two little ones Eli and Ava. We try to get them together as much as possible. They play and share really well with each other.

I hope everyone is enjoying there summer as well!