We got together with some friends and took the kids for our second annual trip to Upper Clements Park last weekend.  Last year, other than the kiddie pool, there wasn’t much Griffin could really do there, although he LOVED the train ride around the park.  This time unfortunately the train was out of commission, but there were a few more options for him this year.  He’s so very much like me – not really into things that are noisy or fast.  I get dizzy just spinning around once or twice.  We’re both quite content to watch others try the scary stuff.  Luckily for him, the truck ride is quiet, slow, and steady.  He was in Heaven, and I had a ton of fun, clicking away every. single. time. they drove by.

I am not a morning person.  My mornings with two young children mostly involve me trying – without moving, preferably – to get everyone to climb into bed with me and snuggle in.  Quietly.  It’s this fantasy that I have in my head.  And once in a while it happens that I get a moment.  A moment when everyone is content to burrow under the blankets and pretend to go back to sleep.  A moment before “I have to go to the bathroom” and “I’m hungry” and “I’m late for work!”  A moment when I can lie back and see the magic, feel this fizzy moment of total bliss and love and deep satisfaction.  And it’s those moments that have convinced me, not to go so far as to be a morning person (oh, no), but that there is at least the possibility of loving waking up.

This doesn’t hurt, either 🙂

My husband, Jai, works on the Bookmobile here in the Annapolis Valley (yes, it is the coolest job ever – right after photographer, of course!)  He recently helped to host a kite flying workshop in Bear River, and ended up bringing home a kite of his own.  It was the perfect sunny, slightly windy day for a test flight, so off we went.  It was the first time Griffin had ever flown a kite, but we’ve been reading “Stuck” by Oliver Jeffers to him for a few weeks now, so he got the idea right away.  And we only got stuck in the tree once – no rhinos involved, nor firemen – more’s the pity!

It’s not on the official list, but it’s certainly a summer moment I am going to love looking back on, so I think I’ll add it!

Jai and I took the kids down to Family Fun Day at Raven Haven last weekend.  Sun, sand, and water (albeit with the occasional visit from a hungry leech) – the perfect combination.  Wasn’t it just last post that I was saying what a good challenge it was for me to confine myself to just ONE photo?  Yeah, I’m pretty sure it was.  What can I say?  I admit defeat.  The soul of brevity, I am not.  Maybe next time!