What can I say? August is already over and not one blog entry. Pathetic! So, for posterity purposes, I will resume the month in bullet form (with pictures of course!).
Every year, we have what we call Fun Day at the cottage. This year's theme was 'Toga Party'. So, off came the white sheets from the bed bright and early on that Saturday morning and 4 togs were created. We paraded around the lake for about an hour and then a hot dog lunch was served at a Director's cottage.
And then there's 'Pep Day'. Don't ask how this day got it's name. Our dear friends invite their entire family for a day at the lake followed by a lovely dinner. Not sure why we are invited. Guess we are considered family!
Then we attended my annual Italian Picnic that I help organize feeding app. 200 people spaghetti in the park! Yup... that's always fun!
We also managed to squeeze in a week's vacation at the cottage for some serious R & R. Time spent at the cottage really does recharge those batteries!
And then some of those quiet days are followed by some pretty eventful evenings. This one particular evening, 'The Pizza Party'. Basically, the entire lake is invited to this shindig where we all make our pizzas and bake them in the outdoor pizza oven. Yummy!
And with cottaging comes lots of arts and crafts. Can you guess which one is Cara-Li's and which one is Alexia's?
August also always brings our annual Chinese Reunion, this time Alexia's third. And what a spot! Wonderful place! We rented 2 condos with 5 bedrooms each so space was not an issue. It was on a beautiful lake with an semi-olympic size indoor pool complete with saunas etc. A little bit for everyone.
Large living area to accomadate all 28 of us!
No trip would be complete without a repair of sorts.
The boys' version of the story...
... and the girl's version of the story!
Fishing tales.
How many men doews it take to BBQ?
Answer: All of them!
The Big Girls' table.
The Little Girls' table.
And the Big People table.
Come on guys! It's time to have some marshmellows!
The traditional family picture.
And no trip would be complete without a picture of all the wonderful little girls!
See you all next year!
Summer also brings camp. Cara-Li did 5 weeks at the Montreal-West Day Camp but then decided to run away and join the circus! That's right... she and her friend SQ went to Circus Camp for 2 weeks. They had a fab time together!
For a change, we decided to have our friends V & J with their daughters SQ & NJ along with N & S with their daughter M and new son T for a summer visit at the cottage. Unfortunately, the weather sucked and no fun was had outside. Lots of fun was had inside though!
Despite the cold, the kids did play by the lake a little.
A little coffee-table dance never did hurt anyone, right?
There is always one day of the summer that somehow sticks in your head. For me, it was the last Sunday before the start of school. It was the most stupendous day, not a cloud in the sky and it just seemed that life could not get any better that this!
Inevitably, the first day of school does come around. But Cara-Li seemed to fall right into the groove of things.
So there you have it. See you in September!
