Happy Belated Father's Day

Ethan and I were reading a book last week about going on a picnic. He was very excited about going on a picnic. I dragged out a picnic basket that Scott and I received as a wedding present earlier this week and since then Ethan has been having daily picnics inside with the picnic basket at his picnic table. Today, the four of us had a real picnic down the lake. It was a lot of fun!!!

Olivia loves playing in the sand, even though she occasionally tries to eat it!!! Yesterday afternoon after shopping, Aidan, Ethan and Olivia had fun playing in the sand.

Here is Olivia talking on the telephone before bed on Friday...

Scott spent most of the weekend working outside with Jeff on the walkway. On Saturday, Ethan, Olivia, Michelle and I went shopping in Toronto. Ethan is not the best shopper - and we were all tired by the time we got home!! We all found what we needed, including a white shirt for Ethan for Jen and John's wedding - as requested by Jen!!

When we got back, Ethan and Aidan had fun playing and swimming in Aidan's pool. Olivia spent the whole time trying to get into the pool, but it was a little too cold for her yesterday. Today Scott set up our new pool and Ethan and Olivia had a blast splashing around and getting everyone (including me) very wet!! I took Olivia out after about 25 minutes and got her dressed and every time I turned around for a second, she had made her way back to the pool and was trying to climb in - she is turning into a determined toddler!!

On Father's Day, we went down to my dad's house for a swim and a bbq. Swimming does not seem to be on Ethan's list of athletic accomplishments...although he is very coordinated at soccer, basketball, golf (you should see him hit the ball) erc.., he does not seem to be very comfortable in the water. It took him an hour or two before he could be coaxed into the water. Olivia, on the other hand, loved the water. She had a great time swimming and floating around in her car.

My attempt at getting Scott with his kids on Father's Day....impossible to get everyone looking in the same direction at the same time!!!

Next weekend we are heading to Regina for Jen and John's wedding. I will try to post before we leave, but given my track record lately, it might not be until we get back...

Summer Time Fun

This morning, Ethan and I went to Toy'R'Us to pick up a little pool for the backyard. We ended up getting a Spiderman slip n' slide as well. Here is a picture of Scott getting in on the fun!!

Ethan enjoyed it too. Ethan spent most of the day playing with Aidan and Auntie Jen. Auntie Jen came to stay with us on Wednesday night and again last night. He has lots of fun playing in the backyard with her and going for ice cream (twice). Thanks for all your help Jen!! We are looking forward to seeing Jen and the rest of the Sullivan family in a couple weeks in Regina.

This is a picture of Olivia from last weekend at the Topolski's house. We went on Sunday for a bbq with the Thornton and Topolski clans. Christine, Ethan and Olivia had a ton of fun playing in Truman's pool. Truman tried to come in but was a bit scared of the excitement of Olivia and Ethan. There is a great picture of the three of them (thanks to Steph) in the pool. I will try to remember to post it next time!!

Olivia took a bit of a break from walking and started crawling about a month ago. Here is a picture of her in action. She looks so tiny!!! She is enjoying her new found freedom. At first Ethan was not too impressed but her new ability to get into his things. Now he is actually quite good with her and they have spent a lot more time playing together!

A couple weeks ago, we had Uncle Kirk over for dinner. This is a picture of Ethan playing leap frog over Uncle Kirk!!

Olivia' smiling!!

Tomorrow we are off to St. Catharines to spend the day at my dad's house celebrating Father's Day. Ethan and Olivia will no doubt have a lot of fun swimming in Papa's pool.