My Baby's Growing Up!

My little boy ain't so little anymore! He's been making amazing growth this summer ... take a look at what he's been doing:

Earlier this week he learned to ride a bike. He had a bike with training wheels on that he rode but 4 years ago when we suggested taking the training wheels off he balked! And showed no interested whatsoever in riding a bike after that. This week and last he has been attending McMaster Sports Fitness School and enjoying Outdoor Adventure and Orienteering. Well as part of Outdoor Adventure, the group was going mountain biking ... Connor of course couldn't go. So that very night he said he wanted to try and within 20 minutes he ws riding a bike!

Tonight he's at overnight camp with his group from Mac. They are camping and tubing at Elora Gorge ... he should have a BLAST.

Next week however is going to be hard ... he's going to his first overnight camp for the week! He's going to Canterbury Hills ... it's only in Ancaster but it's his first time away for 5 days! The longest we've been apart is 3 nights and that's when I've been away and he's at his Grandmas. This time I'm at home and he's away ... it's gonna be tough!

I said to him last night ... "You're going to be away all next week." He said "Yes, get used to it Mom." ... He's obviously ready ... I'm not!

~ Shirley

I have the World's Sweetest Son!

Yesterday I spent the day with my MIL and DS in Port Dover to see the tallships. It was very cool. There were 3 tallships there: The Playfair and Pathfinder out of Toronto and the St. Lawrence II out of Kingston.

It was great fun ... the tall ships were AWESOME to see. Then on the way home we stopped by Barton & Sherman to see the fun right after Italy won the FIFA world cup ... PANDEMONIUM!! There were cars beeping and Italian flags EVERYWHERE.

Now for the sweetest son part ... when we got home I was sitting outside with Michael on a lounger and asked Connor to get me some water with lime. When he came out he had put a straw, and a little drink umbrella with a cherry in it ... SWEET KID!!!

~ Shirley