My Boy Rhys!

Rhys is one of a kind. I bought the hat he is wearing from a craft fair when he was a wee babe, I tried to pass it on but he insists that he fits it and loves it and to show me he was sincere about it, he wore it for the whole day even though it was really hot.

Helping mash bananas for banana bread but not too happy about me snapping pictures.

Hence the pout.

But he's concentrating on the mashing so the pout is going away.

Wait a minute! Mama's still taking pictures!

Pout's back.

Then, he decides that he wants to do some art with his sister but he doesn't want to share the blue pencils. I tell him as long as he is not using a particular colour, Brea can use it until he is ready for it. So he has to use them ALL at the same time in order to not have to share. Have I mentioned, he's a bit of a stubborn monster?

Our Summer So Far...

Our summer is well underway and we have been keeping busy... so busy that I know I have been neglecting my updates here. With summer school out of the way, our bucket list is in full swing and here are a few highlights:

Delicious Maple Syrup soft serve ice-cream at Anny's Dairy Bar! Brea ate Rhys's when he gave up on it.

Geocaching took us to some lovely parks... it also found us with some unexpected visitors...

There is nothing like having your back turned as you are looking into rocks for a cache when the kids start shouting "BEAR!" and you know it's behind you, not 20 feet away.

Thankfully, he was just after a nice cool-down in the water.

We made some delicious homemade popsicles and shared it with friends.

Having science fun with baking soda and vinegar.

Building a lego tower with Kai. Rhys was so proud to get it so tall.

Brea was so excited to spend time with her cousins.

Rhys "reading" to Kai.

Tie-dye extravaganza!

Our house is looking wonderful thanks to Craig busting it out painting every day for several weeks now and our excursion to the south of the border is still to come so our summer has many more things still to come.