Summertime

Summer was a whirlwind and hard to believe it's done already. We did so much and had a great summer. I was off for a couple of weeks, and the bonus of Starbucks is having week days off.

 Aunt Kat and Uncle Paul, bought their first house, and we were all very excited for them to take possession at the beginning of the summer. They have a pool, and even though it may not have been the best summer, we still frequented it enough to enjoy the water.

 Audra became quite the good little swimmer. I got her that puddle jumper type of floater, and it gave her the confidence to use her swimming lessons and not be afraid of the water, the deep end or even jumping in.

 Happy Canada Day! My two patriotic girls.

 Lots of time outside. And how do you get two girls from fighting over 1 water table? Give them both their own buckets!!!

 Audra and I did some strawberry picking. Only a bit of jamming, as we apparently still have lots from last year.

 Park around the corner, our go to, very rarely anyone there park. They both love sitting in the chair. Audra says it's the throne.

 Best rainbow of the summer! Gorgeous.

 A day at the beach with friends.

 Dutch Mill, another go to, quick and fun place for us to visit, run around and see some animals.

 We took both girls to the Fairy Festival at the RBG. We met up with Leslie and the family, (finally got to meet cute Elias, but why take a picture? Duh!)

 Audra was completely in her element.

 Eleanor wasn't too sure about the whole event.

 Face painting went surprisingly well.

 Park time. We went to Lasalle for a birthday party and the girls loved it there.

 The pool was fantastic, and we will definitely put that on our list for next summer.

 We went to the Brantford Twin Valley zoo again. Busy chasing two girls, so not many pictures were taken. Story of my life lately.

  Picnicing at Dundurn Castle and enjoying all the green space.

 This picture cracks me up, Audra not wanting to stop long enough to take a picture. And Eleanor not really understanding that she needs to put her head into the whole so I can see her. lol.

Love how happy they are in this picture. Labor day, and we were at the close park again, having fun and savoring those last few moments of summer.