Ending the summer with some fun

 The boys love their watermelon!

 You have to get messy to have any real fun!

 Rocks were meant for climbing...who needs a horse?

 Beach time at Lac Phillipe

 Arlo and Otis got really serious about engineering a series of waterways, reservoirs, and waterfalls in the sand...Otis also stomped on a lot of sandcastles.

Happy second birthday on Aug 19th Otis!  You must have a great Mama to sort out a home made birthday cake while camping!

 Otis and the adventure people to the rescue!

 Got my backpack, and ready to hike...

 Apples can fuel any trip in the woods.  Good thing Arlo found a handy stick to help him keep wild animals at bay...

 Back home for some meditative time listening to records

Creative cats

The boys were up and being creative early this morning...Otis made a boat, and Arlo made a friend...

Nice shirts boys!

Garden Fresh

Arlo has taken a lot of ownership of our garden, this being the second year that he has planted seeds indoors in the spring, and seen them grow, and transplant, and produce food in the backyard.  Here he is inspecting some of our pink giant tomatoes.  Otis has at least stopped eating the green cherry tomatoes thus year.  Last year he bit into dozens of the things while they were still green.

With the recent spell of rain, we really enjoyed the past couple of days of nice weather here.  Today was a smoker, but as you can see by Arlo's outfit, we got into a lot of water play, and even visited a new splashpad later on in the afternoon.

Monkey boys

For Otis' second birthday, this past Tuesday, we all went to lac Phillipe, in the Gatineaus, for a couple of days of camping.  It was beautiful weather, though cold at night.  The boys swam and played on the beach for hours.  When we got home we put together Otis' new climber, and the guys loved it.  Of course Otis got to the very top on his first try!

Big boy bed for Otis!

Otis was really excited all day yesterday while we were out picking up the pieces we needed to build his very first big boy bed.  He just wanted to climb up on it and lay down once it was all together.  Now we can get the crib ready in the spare room for the baby in January.

Visit with our cousin Katy

Our cousin Katy, and aunt Kim, came for a visit this past week, and it was really fun to spend time with them.  We haven't seen much of each other in the part year, so we all had full days, and late nights.  Otis looks worn out in this pic from all the fun, and you can see Arlo bonding with Jaty via some "under doggies" on the swing.otis keeps asking "where-is-Kim?...where-Katy?"

Water Table Fun

Playing in the water table on a hot day is fun for the boys, but not nearly as much fun as filling it up (and then emptying it!).  Watch out Otis...I don't trust Arlo with that hose!

Hanging with some chicks

Happy Canada day and happy summertime