Avery’s 3rd Birthday!!!

It was Averys 3rd Birthday yesterday. The party was at her home with a bunch of her friends and family. There was some fun bike riding out front to start off. Then inside for a yummy dinner and some play time. She decided after dinner that it was swim time, so we all changed and headed out to the pool for some sliding and diving. Even Ewan tried to get into the pool. When we all got a little shivery, we all towelled off, changed and headed in for some cake. Erin made some fun cupcakes and cakes laid out on a big tray. The girls huffed, and puffed and finally blew out the candles. Me moved on to the big pile of presents. Thankfully, Averys friends were able to help her open all the gifts. After the opening, everyone packed up and headed out. What a great party!

Timber!

Dad came up to help us out this weekend. We took down the last birch with precision. It came down right beside the other in the driveway. We worked hard all afternoon to cut it up and clean up the parking area. Late afternoon we switched to the waterfront. Charlie and Elaine (our great neighbours) had offered us their old dock while we wait to afford to put in a new dock to replace our old, broken down dock. We floated the new dock over and after some repairs moved it into place. The new dock is an excellent temporary solution, possibly until next year. Cheers.

Happy Birthday Canada!

It's a dogs life. Cyber and I were up at 6am today. It was a beautiful way to start Canada Day at sunrise. The mist was thick on the lake. Cyber and I stood on the old, rickety dock and watched the loons and beaver fishing. This is my favourite time at the lake. All is quiet. No chance that "Suck My Wake" will sputter to life and send wake crashing onto my dock.


Kevin, Erin, Avery, Ewan, Reggie and Charlie joined us for Canada Day at the cottage. It was a sunny day, the kids played at the water. Avery swam with mommy in the lake while scaredy pants daddy watched safely from the shoreline. Kevin and I visited with Shanthi and Derek at Pringles Cove for the bakery Open House. The gave us the tour and treated us to some very delicious baking. It rained after dinner forcing us into the cottage for the night. Unfortunately we didnt get to any fireworks, but chatted late into the night. Sunday, Erin and the kids left for more visiting in Muskoka, while Kevin decided to head home to catch up on his kitchen project. He left just in time, because by early afternoon the high winds knocked over a large birch by our parking area. The birch came down right where his Mini Cooper had been parked. It certainly would have written it off! Mom and Dad came for dinner Sunday night. We had a nice dinner and caught up on their trip. Just after they left, 3 neighbours across the lake started an hour long fireworks display. Alex and I sipped coffee from the bug-safety of our screened in room. It was so great. Cheers.

Keep Sailing Bob!

Had another sunny weekend at the cottage. Louis, Rita, Katrinna, Ethan and Cristal came to visit for the day on Saturday. Cyber and Cristal had great fun chasing each other around the lake. It was very buggy on Saturday- the bugs forced us into the tent and cottage for parts of the day. Poor Ethan was quite disturbed by the many huge flying insects. It was a great day otherwise, with some overdue catching up. Bill came by and brought us our new boat. After some easy patching it was somewhat seaworthy- sorry, lakeworthy (is that a word?). I got it started on Sunday and we had our first tour of the lake this year. Also on the agenda, refinishing our flag pole. Got it sanded down and a coat of paint. Another coat next weekend and we should be ready to hoist the flag on Canada Day. Cheers.