Hot Dogs and Ice Cream

The last week of July is here! Half the summer is gone all ready. The next month promises to be crazy busy for me but more details to come on that later. The girls are loving the warm weather, they are outside right after breakfast and I am dragging them in the door and right to the tub around eight every night. We were busy this last week. Jason was home for 10 days leave and we had a nice little "staycation". We went up to "The Hill" and went to the top of the peace tower, had a hot dog and fed the pigeons down there too. Alexis managed to get an entire hot dogs worth of ketchup down her front as soon as we got there so she had a beautiful stain on her white dress all afternoon. She is defiantly my daughter! We went to the outdoor pool and the spray park and did some shopping. It was a nice relaxing week.

I bought Lexie an ice cream maker on our special afternoon out. I took her to McDonald's and then out to Wal-Mart. It was fun for the two of us to hang out without little sister in tow. She was so excited when she brought it home and said "I'm going to share with Kennedy Mom, she's going to love it!" It was nice to hear that, makes you feel like your doing something right. And she did love it. It's a Disney princess one and it's all pink and girly. The two girls had fun making chocolate ice cream with sprinkles. Honestly it was a little runny but they had a blast and didn't seem to care.

Well off to get a few things done around here. Seems like all I do is wash bathing suits and towels these days!
Lovin' every minute of it.
~Jen~

Canada Day and Crutches

Last Tuesday we took the girls out to the Canada Day celebration here on the base. The whole afternoon cost us $1.25 for some raffle tickets and that was it! That's whats great about the military community. They had a BBQ, cotton candy, popcorn and snow cones. A couple of bouncy castles, some games for the kids, face painting, a DJ and a caricaturist who also did balloon animals. Despite the fact she was dressed in a clown outfit (yikes!) she was really good and I have two great pictures of the girls to hang up. The weather was beautiful and we had a really great time. I think some people were perplexed to see Todd and I out together with the kids but we did it and all managed to have a good time. The outdoor pool was offering a free open swim all day as well but we passed on that and opted for the slip and slide instead. We stayed away from "The Hill" and all the crowds so we didn't get to see any fireworks but we will do more of those things when the girls get a little bigger. All in all it was a fantastic afternoon and a great way to kick off our two months of summer vacation!


Last Thursday at work I was taking a large pane of glass out of a box. I didn't know it was broken inside and it swung down and hit me in the side of the foot, right above my runner. I ended up needing 4 stitches and was on crutches for a couple of days because the bruising and swelling was so severe. It didn't keep me away from St.Jean this weekend though! I arrived Saturday morning just as Jayse was getting off duty and spent the night in the hotel. He had to be back at the base by one in the morning because they were duty platoon this weekend but we still managed to have a good time. We went out to a Karaoke bar, did some shopping, drove out to the Dix30 Mall for a Starbucks and then went for a swim in the outdoor pool on the base. Jason is now the proud owner of a pair of really great swim shorts. Black with Hawaiian flowers. I think they're cute he thinks otherwise as those of you that know him can imagine. But they were good for a ribbing from some of his buddies. LOL...too funny.


Off to enjoy the beautiful Ottawa sunshine with the kids. It's 10:30 and all ready feels like 30 degrees. We will be hitting the pool today!
Cheers,
~Jen~

September To June....Where Did The time Go?

September 2007

June 2008

Here is the princess on the first and last day of school. Report card says she is recommended to Grade One. Yay Alexis!!! First day of the new school year is September 2. That's Kennedy's Fist day of JK too but it's more a meet the teacher kind of thing. Her first real day is September 5th.
Sending Love And Laughter From Sunny Ottawa,
~Jen~