day 181

Day at the zoo, with my sister's oldest two and Grandma and Grandpa. 

day 180

Last day of Kindergarden..sniff, sniff...  It was a bittersweet kind of day, I'm guessing the rain didn't help.  I think the kids felt it too.  I had to laugh, when the teacher let the parents in to take a group picture, they were all in formation...without a smile to be seen!  I don't know if they were all so tired, that they didn't have the energy to be excited, or they were actually sad that it was over. 

day 179

My little cheese-ball...

day 178

This is a picture I took yesterday, while I was waiting for the boys to return from a pit stop.  I love signs...especially if they are all peely, and grungy.  

day 177

Today, we went for a nice drive through the country, to our one of our favourite spots along the river.  There is a nice, sandy beach - perfect to play in.... most of the time.  Apparently, the river is exceptionally high, and there were no nice sandy beaches to be seen.  The water was actually lapping into the parking lot.  Oh, well it was a nice day for a drive!

day 176

day 175

Happy Birthday to me!  To celebrate my birth, I give you a self portrait...hahaha... 

day 174

I'm an Auntie again!  My beautiful new niece was born late last night. 

day 173

Mini-music concert with the Kindergarden class at school.  My boy was so nervous - but it was pretty cute. 

day 172

Hello Summer!

day 171

I was going to start out this post by apologizing for this seemingly boring shot.  I was going to apologize for being 'That Mom" who turns on all the lights in her sleeping son's room and takes a picture with the flash, because the light still stinks (luckily, he didn't wake up).  But, in between conjuring up witty sentiments and apologetic quips... I fell in love with this picture.  

day 170

Happy Father's Day. 

The day our boy was born.  I remember the nurse's surprise when only seconds after being born, our wee baby heard his daddy's voice say 'hello' and turned his little head towards him.  He recognized his voice.  Sweet memories.

day 169

I want to remember....

THIS.  Father and Son Saturday lunches.  They have been doing this for a couple of years now.  They slide their chairs close and have lunch together.  Not every Saturday, but enough to make it a tradition... a memory. 

day 168

Playing at Grandma and Grandpa P's house.... even the dog likes to join in. 

day 167

Oops, I forgot this one yesterday!

day 166

We're not going to talk about the game tonight...

Today, we went to our local farmers market.

day 165

Gearing up for the big game tomorrow!  Go Canucks. 
Besides that, there isn't much happening photowise.... am I in a rut?  Who knows!  I need inspiration! 

day 164

day 163

Sorry for the not so great picture, but this is my new 'toy'.  I had completed some surveys on one of those time wasting websites and 'earned' gift certificates for amazon.ca ... after a while, I had enough to get this! 

day 162

Today, we attended a surprise 60th Birthday party for my husband's uncle.  It was such a nice, relaxing time.  I loved watching my boy run around with the other kids and just be kids.  They even got a game of touch football in. 

day 161

My boy's first Sports Day.  His favourite thing?  The Wheel Parade. 

day 160

My handsome, little man.

My handsome, little man realizing I had my camera...again.

day 159

My patio makes me smile.  I love opening my curtains in the morning and looking out at it.  I love my mish-mash of furniture.  And sitting under my umbrella with a cold drink and a book or magazine takes me a million miles away. 

day 158

My favourite weed.

day 157

day 156

The homemade hair cut.... I felt kind of guilty as I watched my husband shave him down.... but his hair was getting so long, and we're trying to cut back on some expenses - so this will have to do for this summer.  I used to trim his hair when he was young, but he has been going to the barber for a while now.  So, he will either look back on this hair cut with horror (I have some of those) or he won't care one bit...who knows.

Summer is here for a few days, so we're making the most of it!

day 155

I did a ton of cooking today!  We had friends over for dinner.  We had lasagne (with homemade pasta), caesar salad (with homemade dressing), foccacia bread from scratch... and for dessert- Red Velevet Cupcakes with cream cheese icing.

day 154

Spent a little time down by the river tonight.

day 153

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto...

day 152

Go Canucks Go!  What an exciting game!  You can feel the excitement everywhere.

(Any tips on how to fix the part that is blown out on the right side of the picture would be helpful - thanks!)