friends and meadowlark

Today we were with the boys at Meadowlark. Not just Cameron and Jamie but their friends Oliver, Archie and Harvey were there too. We had a great time looking for tadpoles in the ponds, looking at geese and we even saw a snake. The picnic at the end of the morning was fun too.

Ben Chonzie

Granny is our Munro climbing star! Here is the view she just sent from her latest summit.

A Munro is a mountain over 3000ft and this is not her first - go Granny Tina!

in a tree

Laura is teaching the boys how fun it can be to climb trees.

picnic and snakes

Leigh came over this afternoon with Elliot and Lucas. The boys had a great time in the garden and messed around with all the toys. They found a frog that they chased into the hostas and then they had a picnic snack.

Good thing they didn't see the 4 foot long black snake tangled in the bird netting over our vegetable patch. After the kids were safely upstairs Laura and I put on our best Crocodile Dundee outfits (gardening gloves, kitchen tongs and kitchen scissors) and went downstairs to cut the snake out of the netting. We did a pretty good job and were happy not to get bitten.

It is a big black snake, honest...

fathers day

happy fathers day to Grant!

Grant gets a gift certificate for sailing lessons next weekend!

The boys were so helpful with opening presents. Oh look - new photos of Cameron and Jamie!

chuck-e-cheese

Where a kid can drive their parents crazy...or maybe where a kid can be a kid. Thank goodness Laura was there to help out today...but as a treat we took the boys to their new favourite play place.  Here is a photo of Cameron on a video game ride...he *loved* it....

ice-cream time

Cameron and Jamie love Ben & Jerry's.

Here's the "where did my ice-cream go?" look....

Jamie is very serious about his chocolate ice cream...

football

Yesterday was a really hot sunny Saturday morning and it was the last football class of this session.  I realised that I hadn't taken any photos at football yet so here are a few of the boys in action.

Here is the warm up...

We played a parents vs. kids game..

water break...

picnic time

After summer camp I meet the boys and we have a picnic at the farm. It was really hot today so the boys got ice-cream to cool down. See how happy icecream makes Cameron...

This is Jamie relaxing on the picnic blanket - obviously a tough morning at camp.
Laura helps Jamie with the rapidly melting icecream...

i love nyc

Did I mention that we all had matching tshirts?