Eric and I took the Littles for a paddle while the Bigs were at dance. We went to Somenoes and did half of the lake. One full hour. Jia and Luk paddled almost the whole time. The canoe is lovely and definitely feels more tippy than I was expecting. It was hard to keep Jia sitting. I'm already begging Eric for a pontoon.
Beach day at Transfer Beach. She was so excited this morning about getting to go on the bus. I work just down the road so I went to see her (check on her).
Yikes. There were sooooo many kids there. It was crazy. I wasn't sure how I would ever find her. There were several schools there. Then suddenly she was right there in front of me at the playground. Except she was supposed to be at the basketball, volleyball area. Wish I'd thought to take some general area pics to show how many kids were there!
She looked at me and said 'I don't want to go home with you! I want to ride the bus'. I had to reassure her several times that she could ride the bus. Then I trailed behind her. So, ya', she wasn't really delighted that I was there cramping her style.
We met friends at Fuller Lake for a picnic and swim. The weather turned and our glorious early summer was overcast and a little chilly. Had a nice chat, big girls swam, the Littles played hard in the sand. Jia made her first moat on her own. Eric brought his canoe so we could have our first family paddle but it was cold and we ran out of time. He did a fabulous job restoring it. Hoping it's something we'll all enjoy. Lots of day trip paddles planned already.
Holey Cow!
Just went to the full site on my work computer to load the girls youtube videos from yesterday (don't know how on my phone) and there have been 288 views on our blog today!
Sometimes I see a spike if I've put a link on one of my groups but I haven't lately. Normal activity is between 30 - 90 a day.
Feeling a bit like I should be writing something more than a digital memory scrapbook.
My brother offered up $ for anyone if they would go dance in the field. Lili did it. No surprise. She was surprised to actually get money though. Fei got some cute shots. I love the one with her hair flying. Kids did well, both Gramma and I gave them money for the market, Lili made some dancing and they only bought one drink. Gramma bought Fei a dress too. She wore it for her piano recital.
Lili and Fei went with Gramma and Grampa to Saltspring on Saturday and we met them for dinner later with the littles. Eric worked outside, I did five loads of laundry snd watched a few episodes of season 3 OITNB, Jia did hours of serious crafting, Luk did a lot of nothing. Jia is all about getting to a park these days so we ended the day with a little play.
