Visiting Norwich

The summer usually brings a few extra trips to Norwich to use the pool and air conditioning! This year there is a new splash pad in town so we decided to check it out too!

The Optimist group in Norwich did some serious fundraising to be able to add the pad to the community.

Jacob pushing the button to turn it on.

Logan loves the water shooters.

It was a pretty dark day but the boys still had fun.

Some of the cool water features. 

Again with the shooter.

It was a cool day so we made Norah watch from the sidelines.

Contemplating what to do next.

This umbrella of water is my favourite.

We then headed to mom and dad's for some more water fun.

Even Scott who cleaned the eaves troughs.

Swimming with Grandma.

 Norah with Grandma.

She loved floating around.

:)

Three floaters.

Sprinkler Fun

August hasn't been very warm but July was HOT so we pulled the sprinkler out on many occasions. It was Norah's first experience and she loved it!

Watching from the side.

Getting lightly sprinkled.

A shot of everyone cooling off.

She couldn't crawl yet when I took these pictures so we used her car to push her through!

Last Day of School

With the first day of school just around the corner, I better get these pictures up!

I took a few pictures of Logan on his last day of school. His year of SK really seemed to fly by. He certainly changed a lot and learned so much.

Notice that he now wants to be a police officer.

He makes really strange faces for the camera these days...

Poser.

The backpack still looks big on him.

Off to 1st grade soon!

You can remember his first day here.

Scott's Birthday

The birthday guy!

Lemon pie for dessert.

Blowing out the candles. 

Reading a card from Logan.

And from Jacob.

(This happened a long time ago, so I forget what we gave him as gifts, haha).

Cooling Off

During that really hot week in July the kids and I met up with friends at the Lion's Lagoon splash pad at Waterloo Park. We had only been there once before but it's free this summer so it was worth h

Jacob cooling off.

Norah loved the water too!

After only 15 minutes of playing, Jacob and Emma were already bored.

Hanging out with her big bro.

7 kids, 7 and under. It's like feeding vultures!

Happy girl.

Trying Mini Golf

Scott took the boys mini golfing last weekend. Neither boy had ever played before but did ok. They didn't keep score but had fun!

Deep in concentration.

Apparently Jacob's favourite part was to run ahead and find the next hole.

Two little golfers.

Logan Goes to the Jays Game

Last month, Scott, his dad and Logan took a trip to see the Blue Jays play. The Jays lost but Logan had fun spending the day with daddy and Grandpa and learning about baseball.

Having some street meat before the game.

In his seat with Grandpa.

Some people walking around the CN Tower...Scott's dream.

With Jr.Jay.

:)

Trying his hand at throwing the ball.

A Week in Review

Since I can't seen to update regularly anymore...here's an entire weeks worth of pictures in one post!

(Please note that all these pictures were taken with my phone so the quality is very poor. Mom, is my camera at your house?)

Saturday...

Scott worked and I took the kids to the market...on the bus!

Norah's first bus ride!

They were happy to be on the bus again. We'll have to do this again in the summer.

I decided that I won't ever again go to the market alone, with all three kids on a sunny Saturday. There were WAY too many people. We'll stick to Tuesdays or Thursdays and only go Saturdays if Scott can come. I really want to try and buy most of our produce from the market (from actual local farmers) this summer!

On Sunday, Logan and I went to church while Scott took the other two to Home Depot. We weren't sure if there would be Sunday School and nursery care so we didn't want to risk having everyone there! Logan did have to stay with me through the service but he did great! (I don't remember what else we did on Sunday...)

Monday brought the first day of a week of Vacation Bible School at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Kitchener. It's the church my aunt and uncle attend and my aunt, who was volunteering there for the week offered to pick the boys up and drop them off each morning. So Norah and I had 4 hours to ourse

We did a lot of this...hanging out on the couch together, watching TV. Something this third child rarely gets. 

See? More of the same.

You can tell it's a different day because we are wearing different clothes!

Norah also spent a lot of time checking out the boy's toys while they were gone..

More cuddles...

Norah learned she can't quite climb stairs yet.
(I think this was Tuesday).

We spent one afternoon in the pool in the backyard. Norah showed off her crawling skills as evidenced by her dirty face from my garden...

Scott worked a bunch of overtime this week so I took the kids out for a walk most nights to kill time before bedtime. 

Here's Norah riding in her car, waving to her adoring fans.

One evening, Norah got stuck in her room. She was in there alone and closed the door and then sat behind it so I couldn't get it open. I could reach my arm in far enough for a picture though. It took about 15 mins for me to get in to get her!

 Finally, Friday came!

Norah is getting closer to figuring out stairs...

Jacob stopped for a spot of tea while playing Playdoh.

We cooled off at the splash pad at Victoria Park!

It was a great week! Thanks to my Aunt Sandy for taking the boys to VBS every day. They had such a good time! And Norah and I got to see what life will be like in September when Logan and Jacob are both in school!