A day at the beach

This week was the first time this summer that it was nice enough to go to the beach.It's been a super hot week, but With Nathan not being allowed to get his new stitches wet, playing in the water is a bit tricky! We went to out favorite spot at Barnet beach where we had the entire cove to ourselves.

Nathan and Amelia had a great time rescuing starfish that were stuck up on the beach. After the first few tentative pokes and prods, they both got into picking the starfish up and throwing them back into the ocean.
Drew on the other hand was only interested in the water!

Layla and Jamie both had no interest in touching the animals, They were more interested in making sandcastles and searching for treasures.

Evelyn and Noemi came to join us at the beach with a friend of theirs. One of my favorite moments of the day was when Layla and Evelyn were sitting close together and Evelyn just started crying, Layla looked up at me and said "It wasn't me... I didn't do anything this time". I had to laugh to myself about the "this time" part of her comment. Ya gotta love 4 year olds!

Summer is finally here!

It seems to have taken forever, but the summer sun has finally arrived! We got to use the pool for the first time this season, and the kids had a blast!

Evelyn wasn't into getting wet, but she enjoyed watching the kids jump

Drew on the other hand was wetter than wet!

I am looking forward to many more hot sunny days ahead!

A whirlwind of a month

Wow.... I can't believe how fast the month of June fly's by! So much is happening it's hard to keep up some days. Let's take a look....

We said happy birthday to our friend Noah who turned 7, and we also said goodbye to him as he starts on his new adventure with friends at the daycare at school. We are all going to miss you Noah!And yes Noah, no more smelly diapers for you my friend!

Next, we welcomed our new friend Evelyn, or as the little kids call her.. Ebelyn! Other than getting use to saying goodbye to dad in the morning, she is fitting in quite well. Although, if we don't curb her appetite for eating sand soon, we may run out of sand in the sandbox!

No longer a toddler, Amelia celebrated turning 3 this month!

Layla joined the ranks of the big 4 year olds this month! I think her favorite part of being 4 is no longer taking a nap!

I am not sure who was more excited about Indirah turning three this month, Indirah herself or Nathan..... you be the judge!

The month of June meant the end of the school year. Yeah to not making lunches for two whole months! But it also welcomes Chloe's Grade 8 leaving ceremony from middle school. I can't believe that I will be the mother of two high school kids!

Lastly, it is great sadness that we say goodbye to our good friend Max, who is going to try walking to school by himself. It has been such a privilege to be a part of watching you become the great kid that you are! He has been such a major part of this daycare for more than 8 years. I know that I am really going to miss him!

Wow... what a busy month! Now that we are entering the busy summer months could someone please do something about bringing on the warm summer weather!!!

Sing a Song

Sing.... sing a song..... make it simple,

make it long,
Don't worry if it's not good enough, for any one else to hear.
Just sing.... sing a song.
la la la lala...la la la la la
I love it when kids get an idea in there head and then they just go for it!
Amelia and Indirah worked well together to drag the bench out of the boat to make a stage. They lined up the chairs down below for people to sit on and enjoy the singing performance.
They then took turns to belt out their own version of O Canada.
How well children live up to that saying of
"sing like no ones listening
dance as if no ones watching
and live like its heaven on earth"

Friendship

Today while walking back from the school, everyone was taking their time and sauntering up the hill. Amelia who was walking beside Max looked up at him and asked "will you hold my hand?" Max looked down and replied "sure"with a shrug of his shoulders. They walked in silence for a short time before Amelia looks up again to inform Max "you are a good friend". Max in the same way looks back down to Amelia and answers"thanks". As adults, we should learn from this, that friendship can really be that easy.

skater Girl

While playing out side the other day Amelia was busy making a "half pipe". She told me she was "doing tricks , wanna see" and she would walk up the little ramp that she made, and then jump into the boat that was partially filled with water. Watching the splash that she created she would pause before running around to do it again.

When I grow up....

Today while driving to the school Max said "I wish I could go to space so I could look back to the earth and see all the blue and green parts. Then I could see if it is just like on the globe". I told Max that if he works real hard in school that he could be an astronaut when he grows up. You can be anything that you want to be if you try real hard and work for it. From the back seat Jamie adds "you could even be a pirate Max! But you would need to get a sword" . After we drive away Jamie keeps adding to the idea saying that he could even be like Peter Pan and fly, or like Captain Hook ( but he would be a good guy). The conversation moves on to that when Jamie grows up he is going to go to the spaceship store and get a rocket so that he can fly into outer space. "The rockets are free, you just have to come and get them...... That's what they said on TV". You gotta love the imagination of 4 year olds!