Beach Time

This morning Sydney and I met up at Spanish Banks East with the Dunbar Moms for a little beach time together!  It was so nice to take the kids to the beach to play for a while in the sun.  The tide was way out when we arrived and the kids had such fun beach combing and getting wet and sandy.

It was great fun visiting with everyone.  I love how we all spread out blankets into a giant square and collectively set our snacks in the middle.  The kids dug in the sand, ran and played with each other and ate snacks together.  It was pure summer fun!

After the beach, Sydney and I went for a quick sushi lunch and then off to day number two of our pottery camp.  We made a piggy bank today, ours was a little ladybug, it was super cute!

Half way through our second project, Sydney melted down completely.  She was tired and so not in the mood to be doing anything structured, so we decided to call it a day early and came home so that she could have a nap.  It was just what she needed and gave me a bit of time to relax in the afternoon.

She woke up in the nick of time for us to make it to our 4 Cats art class, was fun to see some of our friends from the beach this morning again and to continue to work on a few of the projects that we have been creating this summer.  We had a very artistic day today!

This afternoon while Syd was asleep, my friend Lori stopped by with a special treat for us, a huge bag filled with frozen salmon that her husband caught on a trip to the Queen Charlotte Islands!  We got filets of both Chinook and Spring salmon, enough for a dozen or more meals!  Am excited to find some great recipes to use it up!

I always feel like the dirtier Sydney is at the end of the day, the better day we had together.  Today when I dropped her in her bath she was absolutely filthy, covered in sand, clay and paint.  It was fantastic and made me feel like we'd had such a fun day together!  July has been such a great month filled with fantastic summer memories and we are looking forward to August arriving tomorrow to fill our calendar with even more!