1st week of summer vacation

So what has Maelie been up to during her first week of summer vacation?

First off, Monday was a nice day to visit Little Ray's Reptile Zoo! It's been completely redone since the last time we visited... it was nice!

Naomie, Maelie and Wilyam were eager to hold everything! (well not so much the tarantula for Wilyam) but everything else!

They brought out a cute little Caiman. He was so tame he didn't even move much when the handler was holding him.

The kids got to pet a huge Python. I still can't believe how cold the python felt!

On Tuesday, I had to work so Sonia brought Maelie strawberry picking with them! I let her bring my camera along so I could feel like I was part of the activity!! I wonder what Tobi was telling Maelie in this picture. It looks very serious!

Two little crazy girls!

Here are all the kids with their loot.

Hard at work!

Maelie played at Naomie's house all day and went to the movies! This is what the cuties looked like!



Wednesday, I took the afternoon off and we headed to Petrie Island! We took the boat across just for excitement :) 



Unfortunately, we did not see any turtles this time around... but we did see a whole bunch of cute things!



Isn't nature so beautiful?

Naomie and Wilyam sitting on the rocks by the river...

 

Maelie and Naomie getting in the river.... the weather was actually not very warm ! Brrrrr... I can't believe they got in!

Maybe the water made them a little crazy!!

My little water girl!

They spent a long time working on their sandcastles

This was the result of all their hard work! They each did their part.

Little snack before we headed home!

Mother daughter moments! Naomie and Sonia were both posing and then burst out laughing. So adorable :)

On Friday, we got out of work early so I met up with Sonia, Naomie, Wilyam and Maelie at Lac Beauchamp for the first day of Merveilles de Sable. As usual they had the yellow chair out! So I insisted that Maelie try it.

The kids did all their fish and frog and tadpole catching before I got there so I didn't get pictures. They were in the water when I arrived. We had lunch and then tried out a few blow up structures. Here is Maelie bouncing down the slide!

It was a VERY hot day today and it was just too warm to just hang out in the sun!

The kids had to try out the paddleboat before we left though!

The sand sculptures were beautiful but there weren't as many as usual!

Here is the Bonhomme Carnaval! They weren't done working on the sculptures hence why there is a water bottle right in the display!

The people who made the sculptures did an amazing job! I am sure it wasn't easy to work on them today in above 30 heat!! As we waled by to admire their work, they were taking a break in the shade. What an amazing sculpture though!!

We came home and the kids jumped in the pool!! Maelie and I spent the rest of the day relaxing a bit.

First week of summer vacation is done....!! only 8 more weeks left!! :)

Superb meal at soup'herbe

Nicole invited me to a cute little vegetarian place in Chelsea called soup'herbe as an outing for my birthday. It's not too far away , yet you are surrounded by forest! We chose a spot on the deck, and the weather was perfect. Not too hot, not too chilly.

She couldn't believe that I was just going to get water ... so I ended up ordering a lemonade. I didn't regret it one bit! It was homemade and quite tasty!

There were quite a few things that were appealing on the menu. I can for sure see myself going back there to try other things!

I ordered a red curry dish with lots of bamboo shoots... it was really tasty.

Nicole had the spanikopita. She had tried it before and really enjoyed it. I would have to say the only downfall? She asked for a tad bit of extra tzatziki sauce, and they charged her for an extra! I personally don't think they should charge for a tiny bit of extra sauce.

We had a wonderful lunch though and lots of chit chatting in a relaxing atmosphere :) Thanks Nicole!!

Maelie's newly painted room!

Maelie recently decided to move back to her room. She had been sleeping in my bed for quite some time now, Bill in the guest room with his Apnea machine and Lisa in Maelie's room. One day Maelie just blurted out that she was old enough and was ready to move back to her room. We tested her for a couple weeks by letting her sleep in the guest room, while Bill moved his machine back to our room. Thankfully, it keeps him from snoring (when he keeps it on of course!). Turns out, Maelie passed the test and stayed in her bed, after getting up 1,000 time to come and give me a good night hug and tell me she loves me (I never get tired of that!).

So we ended up letting Lisa have the guest room with the Queen bed, and Maelie moved back to her pink room. Now that she was settled, we went out and tried to find a bed set that she would like so we could then choose her wall colors. She wanted many colors on her wall, but I did explain to her many times that we could keep one or two colors on her wall, and then have colorful accessories. We found a blue/green/tiny bit of purple duvet cover at Ikea. So the walls ended up..... green and blue!

We also got a blue and green carpet at IKEA, and green curtain panels at Walmart.

Lime green bedding at Walmart as well, and a long body pillow in green at IKEA. She really loved the results! Maelie and I painted it together. She did the bottom half of the wall, and I did the upper half. Bill and Lisa find it a little "too much" but the important thing is that Maelie loves it. Some days, when the sun is shining through the green curtain, I feel like our skin even turns green!! like a scene from an alien movie or something! :)

I am really proud of Maelie. She is growing up so well. She is *herself* and it not trying to be anyone else... She is who she is and that is who we love!!

On a side note... this is my 1000th post on this blog!!! Holy moly! :)

and the Summer is on....!!

How we got from June 6th to June 23rd.... I don't know!! I just plugged in my camera and transferred my photos so I could remember what happened!! So bear with me... this will be a brain dump!!

June 10th was my 37th birthday! It was a wonderful day. We spent it just outside of Montreal with my mom. We had lunch and shopped and then headed back home. :)

The week after was Father's Day. We went out to Scores the night before to avoid the crowds. Here is Maelie and her daddy.

On Sunday, Maelie made a HUGE breakfast for Bill! Potatoes, bacon, sausages, omelet, and french toast! She worked extra hard while I supervised and of course, did the dishes.

I think he really enjoyed his breakfast!!

That afternoon, Maelie's friends came over to play.

The girls went to the park and picked up some snails. Then they brought them home and made mazes for them on paper.

So adorable! :)

Monday the 18th was Sonia's bday.  We went out with her family for dinner.

 Later on that week, Maelie and I worked on the teacher's & staff gifts. I made a big strawberry with my Big Shot Pro and we put a Winners gift card inside for the homeroom teacher.

Ta-Da!

We also got some really nice drinking cups at Homesense for all her teachers and for the secretaries, lunch lady, cleaning lady.

We filled the inside with a variety of drink single. (Country time lemondae, kool aid, Crystal Light, Tang). We also got her bus driver a gift card for Tim Horton's.

Maelie ended up going to school on Monday, going on her frield trip on Tuesday, staying home due to extreme heat on Wednesday and Thursday, and going to school until lunch on Friday.

This week, I also thought it was about time to take down my Easter curtains!! I sewed some butterfly curtains for my main floor washroom .

Then I sewed some cupcake curtains for my kitchen. I love having all kinds of changing curtains with fun, playful prints. I may not be a fancy, upper class person, but I consider myself very cute & fun!

Saturday, we decided to have a small pool party to celebrate the end of school! She invited 5 friends. Of course I had to pick up fabric that went with the theme! I covered the patio table with some iced treat fabric! LOVE IT! I have extra fabric, so I think I will make my front door curtains with it. It goes with the season, that's for sure!

Since the pool party was to celebrate summer, I used my new little kit for the kids to make sundaes! Maelie chose the candies and we willed all the little cups. This cupcake set just warms my heart! It is just so cheerful and inviting :) Makes me smile!

Here are the cone bowls and a few extra candies, and of course, chocolate syrup!

When the kids arrived they played in the pool for a while.

It's always more fun on the sombrero when you have a bunch of kids !!

They also enjoyed the trampoline.

Finally burned off enough energy to come for a snack!

Each girl chose their ice cream (vanilla or chocolate or both!) and then they got to decorate it as they pleased! All I asked is that they only put stuff on it if they were going to eat it.

YUM!!

Hard at work....!

Once they all had their sundaes, they sat down on the trampoline to gobble them up!

Of course... back to the pool right after! It was getting warm in the sun!

Maelie was so happy with her pool party... she was hoping to do it again tomorrow! I think we will have a bunch of play dates this summer! :)