August 13: Summer Catch Up

Unlike most blogs about family and daily life - I somehow have pictures that make things seem worse than they really were - like food photography in the old days.

An amazing week in Mt. Tremblant - at Blueberry Lake - we had friends and family come to stay, hung out in the hot tub, yoga on the deck (for me), lots of swimming (indoor pool) for the boys, a failed bonfire, long walks, lots of berries and the feeling in the best way that we were gone for more than a week.

      

We go to a lake and then hang in the indoor pool. Because: warm! waterfall! shallow water! 

Cousin fun with crazy birthday glasses. 

The Kids Weekend: Party In The Park

That Saturday boy 1& boy 2 went on the subway to take-won-do, then we went to Indigo to buy a birthday present, then we went to grocery store to buy lunch, then I went to library with boy 2, then we went to buy groceries for the week, then we walked to the birthday party in the park where the boys played for three hours and got soaking wet. Then we walked home (in the rain) for hot baths and a second round of dinner. Then boys 2&3 went to sleep while boy 1 waited up for Daddy. I should add that I did 40 minutes cardio before all this.  But when my stomach isn't bothering me, I actually love the feeling on non stop activity, just for sensation of collapsing into a hot bath and bed.

Soaking wet from jumping in fountains

Summer Recap....

Argh, repeat, I will not berate myself for not posting, I will not berate myself for not posting.  Instead, I will in the spirit of all things back to school commit to regular postings, (I will I will!) - um, every other day?

In the meantime, I will try and remember some of our summer highlights, is it a cliche to say that cliche's seem increasingly true as you get older (I'm thinking of how they say time goes faster as you get older and this entire year is disappearing for me) which has me stressed, but instead will think about:

• Deck time, campari and soda, bread salad (much better than it sounds, all grilled veggies, basil and goat cheese); 
• Mastering my first bbq! Grilled pineapple, peppers, salmon, steak, hot dogs, chicken...
• Swimming lessons with the boys (a lack of swimmies meant Avery's diaper would gradually swelling up, much like the character from Charlie and chocolate factory); 
• Guilt at the work that I didn't do enough off and now must must catch up on (I'm all about repetition today) 
• Kyaking with R on a grown up weekend away (golf, kayking, movies, massages and visiting J. Meisel), do pokey hotels counter stunning scenery? A discussion tbc.; 
• The family vacation to Vancouver: a beaver plane and hidden private lake; whale watching (thankfully the orca's showed); the amazing aquarium and our boys discover room service (ice cream under a silver dome nice!). 

In a way highlights of the summer seems like its cheating the entire point of the project - to capture the little things at the time, and each day. Oh well.