Playing Catch Up

I guess we have been having too much fun this Summer. We have been super busy and now it is time for me to play catch up. I know, I know, I always say I am going to stay on top of the blog...it is after all my (our) life journal so I need to try and do a better job at keeping it up to date. Otherwise, I forget and miss things that are important! So here goes...it may b e a bit out of order so, bear with me... We are emptynester's. The birds had their babies. Arabella loved keeping an eye on the nests and what was going on in them. it was a great lesson for her to learn about this Summer. She would check on the birds a few times throughout the day and even consulted the bird book that Grammie sent to her to see how long it would take the eggs to hatch. She was very proud when she found the page with the information on the Doves and told Jay all about them at dinner - it was priceless - and just like it said, 2 weeks later, the eggs hatched! Jay was able to take some great pictures for us so we could see the progress while we were in Ohio.

We also had another nest in one of the Boston Fern plants hanging on our front porch. This nest had 3 or 4 eggs in it...and Arabella loved to stand on Jay's shoulders to peer in and see what was going on.

When we were in Ohio, Jay sent me the most random text saying he was at a Panther's football game. No granted, it was pre-season football, but he isn't the football fan in our household, I am, so I was a little bit jealous that he got to go. He had fun, and I guess this is one of his work perks being where there is an NFL team...in Montreal, he got to go to Habs games at the Bell Centre, not it will be NFL games!

After a ton of hard work, we FINALLY had our garage sale...and I am so happy it is done and over with! I never want to have one again...sure it is a good way to get rid of things you don't want, but they are so much work! I just have clothes to get rid of now and I am going to do a few consignment sales. Lori even came down for the weekend to help out, we couldn't have done it without her extra set of hands!

We had fun with Auntie and she enjoyed spending time with Max and Arabella! They loved it even if it was just for a few days!

Max loved doing tummy time and I love this pic of him on the lounge chair on the patio!

And that is just a start! Stay tuned...looking at the camera memory card there are a ton more pictures to weed through!