We left Kelowna on Canada Day.  The roads were good.  The kids did great, each sleeping for part of the time.  When we arrived, a fire and Smokies were waiting for us.  While changing a baby on the kid’s table, I noticed a little head poking out of a screw hole.  a frog had hitched a ride from Grandma’s basment to the great outdoors on the pic-nic table.  The kids had an hours fun with it.  Joshua even held it.  Awesome!

The weather wasn’t so great, so I didn’t take many pictures, just enjoyed vacationing when it was nice.  Sunday, Jason’s parents and us went to his brother’s house for a Lobsterand fish dinner.  Natalie did an amazing dinner.  Yum!!  She even made a cake for Jason’s past Birthday.  Jason’s parents were in PEI not long ago and brought back some gifts for the kids.  Paige’s hat being one of them.

My Cousin Anthony came to visit while he was in town.  My kids wore out the batteries of every tech piecce he brought (camera, GPS, cell phone…).  So nice to see you!

Old Creston friends were in town for a Musical Performance.  They needed a secure place to stash their dogs for the night and Jason offered our yard.  Look at the size of these guys.  One is part Rottweiler.  The kids woke up to two dogs in the yard.  They all loved it.  I was concerned that the size of the dogs would intimidate them, but they were great and took charge over them whenever the dogs were getting too pushy.  It made Jason and I want to get the kids a dog even more.  But it’ll have to wait until we move.

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The commemorative First and Last Day of School photos.

This was a hard day for me.  I brought Paige to drop him off for his final day, and stayed nearly 40 minutes, watching him play with the friends he’d made, knew by name and spoke about at home.  He’s come such a long way in 9 months!  Congratulations Joshua.  Mom and Dad are so proud of what you’ve accomplished.

For Joshua’s final Preschool Field trip, he went to the Little Travellers Safety Village, where there is a miniature city block to teach the kids the rules of the road.  Then, the kids get to drive pedal cars and test their listening skills.  I was shocked at the lack of screaming chaos.  The kids (4 & 5 year olds) did really well.  There were no major injuries!  Paige burning her hand on a hot steering wheel was it.

Yes, they are eating on the couch. No, there was not a mess to clean.