Cassidy Joy is 1!
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Baby girl turned 1 this weekend and we had a little party to celebrate. It was a nice, small get together in our backyard with family and friends.
4th of July
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A week late, but, last weekend we went to my mom and Paul’s cottage on Lake Ontario to celebrate the 4th.
Their addition was just finished and it looked perfect! Plenty of room for visitors too!
I love the gardens as much as I love the craftsman style architecture of the house.
The water was pretty choppy the whole weekend so we didn’t get out on the jetski. Andy headed out in his kayak for a bit though.
Ben hung out on the tube for a little bit too.
Cassidy wanted in on the action.
Andy also flew his quadcopters around in the fields behind the cottage.
Here’s a video of what the camera captured while in flight, pretty cool!
There’s even a private playground behind the cottage lane that the kids enjoyed.
Most of the time was just spent enjoying each others company.
Ben got to sleep in a tent we’d set up in one of the bedrooms, he thought it was the coolest thing ever. I actually woke him up to see the fireworks but he was scared and asked to go back inside, poor buddy.
Strawberries!
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Ben and I went strawberry picking together at Chase Farms. He had a ton of fun; the tractor ride, petting goats and picking the strawberries. He was about as helpful as you’d think a three year old would be but we did enjoy each others company ;-)
ES Gathering
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Also referred to as “Dogfest” by Andy the cat lover. This post is for you baby, there were dogs everywhere, you would have hated it ;-)
Saturday, Andy watched the kids while I went to a gathering of English Shepherds and their owners. ES’s are a herding breed related to border collies and aussies and they used to populate farms across the country. They’re not as popular now which is why groups of them get together occasionally to hang out and enjoy each others company. The dogs are intelligent, protective and strive to please their owners whether living in the suburb or working sheep and cattle on a farm. The joke goes that Timmy wouldn’t have even been stuck IN the well if Lassie had been an English Shepherd.
I actually had two growing up, from this rescue organization. Since we’re a no dog family (currently…..?) it was really fun to hang out with the dogs and help where needed. There were raffles, speakers, an agility course, bbq picnic, hikes and sheep herding demonstrations all planned for the long weekend.
