Canada Day...A Birthday Party...and a new friend!

This post is a total mish-mash of events but if I don't "catch up" then inevitably it will be Christmas and I will wonder where the last 6 months went! We celebrated Canada Day and had a fun evening with the kids enjoying the celebration our Town puts on every year. The only disappointment was that Claire was susposed to accept a "Civic Award" on behalf of our family for our efforts in picking up garbage along the local ravine. Unfortunately just 15 minutes before the ceremony the sky opened up and it poured. Not just the regular type of summertime sprinkle but a full blown torrent of rain. To add insult to injury, the kids were already in the line for the bouncy slide so we agreed to one-more-time down the slide. What was I thinking? It was a virtual water slide! The kids were soaked, we were soaked and we HAD to bail on the ceremony (I'm sure most people did too!). After drying off, we snuggled the kids into their jammies, and found a place to watch the fireworks from the comfort of the car.....perfect.......no rain...........no bugs! Ahhhh...........the fun.........can't wait till next year (and I'm only being a bit sarcastic).

It seems our family is hounded by rain and sure enough the weather for Evan's birthday was calling for 90% chance of showers and extreme heat/humidity. Not deterred though we held off till the last possible moments before committing to setting up the games and buffet table outside. Depsite very dark skies, the rain held off until the end of the day and Evan's Star Wars party was lots of fun! Out little guy is 4 years old!! Still can't believe it!

And I'll let the photo of our newest family friend speak for itself!

Enjoy................

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

TRICKIER THAN IT LOOKS

PROVING THAT EVAN CAN DO ANYTHING HIS SISTER CAN

ATTACK OF THE CLONES

I AM READY TO FACE YOU, DARK LORD

A COOL PHOTO CAKE THAT TASTED GOOD TOO!

TRANSFORMER M&M..............TOO BAD HE WASN'T REAL.......LOOKS TASTY!