We are smack dab in the middle of a beautiful, sunny August long weekend. It feels strange, as though it should almost be Labour Day already, as the weather has been so hot for so long that it truly is an endless summer this year!
Sydney just finished up a week of Pony Camp at Southlands Farm where she does her weekly riding lessons. She loved having her usual instructor, Sonja, as the lead this week and being with her friends Emma and Kristin was pretty special too. The girls worked on their technique, did a long trail ride and prepared for a show for the parents which they put on for the last day.
Sydney was thrilled to get a report card, two ribbons and a horseshoe used as a frame for a picture of her and her camp horse Jesse in it at the end of the week. It was such fun!
Sydney and I have started a round of summer piano lessons at the VSO School of Music on Wednesday evenings. Sydney has been hesitant about piano and I am trying to encourage her to give it another go. It's an uphill battle as is trying to get her to do her homework and practice every day! It sure is fun getting to play on a grand piano every week though!
We have had some fun times with friends this past week. On Thursday we met up with Christina and Jack at Pure Nail Bar and had side by side pedicures with our kids followed by Menchie's. It was such a fun time together and so nice to catch up with them after a busy summer for all of us!
We met up with Saskia, Tracy, Alexis and Avery on Friday evening for a beautiful picnic and beach time at Jericho Beach. The girls were so happy to be playing together in the sand and Saskia even took them in the ocean for a swim! Love this picture of them perched atop of a log at the beach together.
We also met up with Sally and Ollie for a play at the park and coffee at Kokopelli yesterday and then Sally joined me and Susan for our weekly Sunday morning run along Jericho Beach to Spanish Banks. It was so fun to share the run with Sally this morning and to introduce her to one of my running buddies at long last!
Paul, Syd and I had a great day together today. Paul took Syd to the beach to collect sea glass while I was out for my morning run then we all went to Emma Lea Farms on Westham Island to catch the very last day of blueberry picking for the season, a whole month ahead of schedule!
We managed to get a big bowl of juicy, delicious blueberries and are hoping to make a batch of blueberry buns together this week.
Syd enjoyed a strawberry sundae at the ice cream stand at the farm topped with the most amazing fresh strawberries freshly picked this morning!
After the farm we came home for a little rest then headed off to Maple Grove Pool together for a late afternoon dip. It was lovely and refreshing and such a fun time together.
Syd still had energy left after dinner so off we went to the park to play for an hour before she collapsed into bed after a full day of activity and sunshine!
It has been such wonderful summer days around here!
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