Fun in the Sun...

A selection of photos from various parts of my summer so far...camping, cottaging and general fun in the sun.

Summer Camp Scamp

I am doing lots of different summer camp stuff this season.  Here are some pics from my first week at summer day camp...

Cottaging with the Rich & Famous

Last weekend we were invited to "the cottage" in Muskoka.  This is a very special place and we all felt lucky to have a chance to be there.  We had lots of fun, and I even had another kid to play with...

I picked wild blueberries, swam like a fish, caught some fish, played at the sandbar with Mom and Nan, ate lots of good food, slept in a bunk-bed and climbed on the rocks.  I fed the ducks, and Dad and I canoed beside Mom as she swam across the bay and back (in 30 minutes - we gave her high fives for that!)

Mom told me lots of stories about all the time she used to spend at the cottage with her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins and sister in the summers when she was a kid.  I liked hearing those stories.

I wish we could go there more often, but we had a great time and felt lucky to be there, even for one weekend.  

We felt like 'real' Canadians doing the Muskoka thing.  

Muskoka has changed a lot since mom was a kid, but we tried to fit right in with the lifestyles of the rich and famous...

Milestones, Medals & Marriage

It's been a big, important, milestone-filled couple of weeks.  I had my graduation from senior kindergarten, which means I am officially prepared to enter GRADE 1!!!

I also 'graduated' from my second term of gymnastics.  I got to do my "ta-daa" and got a certificate which showed that I had achieved "gold medal" level in all of the skills we had been practicing.

Another huge event was participating a ring-bearer in Rebecca and Heather's wedding.  This was something I have been so excited about, and have been counting down for months and months.  I did a really good job and we had a very fun time at the wedding.  After the ceremony, the loooooong dinner and lots of excited anticipation (I was very patient and well-behaved), mom and I finally got to dance and dance!  We stayed in a hotel and it was a really special occasion.

Global World View

This is the wrapping from a DQ treat we had the other day.  I have been making posters about No Pollution and saving our rivers and lakes.  I asked mom to save this wrapper because it 'had the right message in both French & English'.  I can now make bilingual No Pollution posters. 

Mom and I read a book the other day, and at the end of the book was a little bit of information about Global Warming/Climate Change.  This is not a new concept to me, but I did have some new thoughts about it.


Our conversation went like this:


Me:  So mom, we need to kick this global warming thing out of town!

Mom:  Yes we do. Any thoughts about that?

Me:  Well, the whole world should have a meeting and everyone in the world would be invited.  Each person could bring one small idea about how to stop global warming, then if everyone had one small idea we could come up with a really big idea and that might solve the problem.

Mom: Wow.  That sounds like a really good plan, Scout.  I like how you think!  And you know what, there are lots of other people who think that would be a good idea.

Holy Cow!

My Grandma is one talented artiste!  

This is the painting of a cow she made for me and it is now proudly displayed in the kitchen.  

Thanks Grandma!!

A Class Act...

Here is my class picture for Mlle. deBruyn's class - my first year in the public system, in Senior Kindergarten.  

I am right up there beside my teacher, who has been terrific!  
All of the "SK's" are in the top row with me.

In a couple of weeks we are having a graduation ceremony, and after that I will officially be in 

GRADE 1!

Mom and Dad can't believe how big I am, how fast I have grown and how much I have learned this year. Next year promises to be even better...

Onward and Upward, as they say.

Fresh Starts

Mom's first day of her new job was the other day, and it was at the same time as Pappy and Jammy were staying with us for a 2-night sleepover.  It was also the same time Mom and Dad finally got the bathroom finished after it exploded.  


Jammy and I made a beautiful cake "from scratch".  It was strawberry shortcake and we decorated it with flowers we gathered on our walk by the river, and it was a special surprise for mom.  

She loved it and took a lot of pictures of it, and I was really proud.  I told mom that I made it and Jammy helped.

Ssssssstop on Over Anytime...

I have a couple of friends who are brothers and they love animals and wildlife as much as I do.  Mom invited them over to have a look at our frogs and to hold Penny.  They LOVED it!  I told them next time Penny sheds, they can have the skin.  Their mom seemed really excited about that...

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

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