Summer

Juniper's invalid butterfly

We are officially into mid-July, which is, of course, the pinnacle of summer.  It is hot, and sunny, and green and beautiful.  And for the first time in our lives since we moved away from home,  we have a house with air conditioning.  Not a necessary luxury, of course, but those are often the best kind.  It makes the hot, muggy days so much easier to enjoy.

Juniper takes her invalid butterfly basket on a walk.  It has a container of water, a container of grass and flowers, and some comfortable bedding.

Juniper has been rocking out the summer camps for the last couple of weeks -- she did two full weeks of swim camp (and improved her swimming enormously), and this week she started music adventure camp.  I can't wait to report back on that.  After this week, the summer camps are over, and we start preparing for a trip home to New Brunswick.

Linden and I were greeted by this deer on our bike ride last week

 This past weekend we finally got to hang out with our friend Amy and her family, which was, of course a blast.  Scott (who is almost exactly the same age as Juniper), had set up a massive electric train set in anticipation of our arrival, and Lauren (who is a few years older), was sweet to Juniper.  Playing, lunch, a park and splash pad - a pretty wonderful way to spend a Sunday!

Scott and Linden with the amazing trains

Lauren shows Juniper her favourite series

And now off to have a playdate and some fun in the wave pool this afternoon.  See you next week!