Raising Five Monkeys: Back to Summer

On the 23rd of July the twins turned 11 months! (9 1/2 adjusted) They aren't crawling or walking yet (yay for Mom! :-) ) But Ryan is bumming around slowly. Ian was bumming a little before his last hospital visit, but he is a bit too tired/weak to try again. Once he is strong enough I'm sure he'll be back at it. :-D
Ian is recovering SO quickly I was in shock. From being very very sick, to being home in a week. What?

God is good!

Okay, let's get back to summer!

It's August already!! This summer is flying by! Day trips are fun for us as long as we can take a stroller. Public pools are not something I dare to do by myself yet... (3, 2 and under and only one set of arms...even with Matthew along, it's not enough.) :-)

Beaches around Edmonton are gross... I'm from Manitoba and birds hill park beach seems like a dream compared to the beaches I've been to here :-P At best they are slimy. Call me spoiled or picky, but I don't like sitting on the beach and smelling the algae, nevermind swimming in it. YUCK! I think there are some beaches a few hours from Edmonton... Maybe next year we'll take some day trips out there :-) Splash parks are a great way for the kids to keep cool, I'm so glad Edmonton has so many of them! We have been to a number of them this year. We also went to the zoo on holiday Monday :-)

We are hoping to go to fort Edmonton, and a few other places before the summer is through!

Ian's hospital stay has set Matthew back a bit on his schedule for volunteering at the school. They were hoping to be done the computer stuff by the end of July, but that was not to be. We have only done one day trip all together as a family (went to the zoo yesterday) since Matthew has been working hard most evenings (often 7pm- 12 midnight). He's also worked a few Saturday's and took a Friday off to work at the school (some 9am-12 midnight).

On top of volunteering at the school, his full time job, and a little overtime, we are planning to reno a little more around here, next on the list: Change our front door and add a door bell (the house doesn't have one - too old) Then, change the back door and raise it a little :-)

Hope you are all enjoying your summer!

Playing together on the couch.

Bouncers are still used most days.

This is fun!

Peas were doing well... till the mice started chewing them from the bottom up...

My raised gardens this year. A few herbs and the spinach went into seed the week Ian was in the hospital :-( Spinach didn't do well this year.... too hot to fast? Don't know.