I didn’t share much at all for pictures of our last stretch at the lake, so here you have them! Be ready. There are lots.
It. Was. So. Hot. And Wavy was SO hot, and SO itchy with her gigantic mosquito bites, and SO in need of a snuggle. But it was almost too hot to snuggle.
You think she has a giant bum here, but its actually bug bites! She reacts SO big to them!
The next day was Canada Day. Wavy wiped out HARD running to the swings, but wouldn’t let me clean her up because she REALLY wanted to swing, hahaha! Later on, I found Laela had taken the initiative, found some bandaids, and cleaned her up herself. To me, this picture of Waverly is the epitome of summer time.
It was very very beautiful out on the beach. VERY hot, but very very beautiful. It eventually FILLED with families, but we had a few stretches of just family time. I loved being at the beach, and so did the kids.
Though you wouldn’t know it by the amount of walks we all took to the bathroom, lol!
Burgers and hot dogs for supper, as if an obvious staple. My mom got the kids these crazy adorable sunglasses (I’m sure you’ve seen Wavy wearing them almost constantly) but the kids who face the sun tend to wear them at meals. That will never get old to me.
Solly probably wears his the least but he, too, looks totally fly in them.
The next day was Wavy’s birthday!!! It, like the other days, was SO HOT. Grandma came out for the day and took her for a float 💜 It was VERY cute.
Even cuter from a distance 😉 When you don’t have to be the one in the water!
We put the young ones down for quiet time and Dekker and grandma put up balloons!
He is absurdly tall, all of a sudden!
Our site is nice and shaded, so we spent some time there, out of the sun. Wavy played with her crutches…
and Laela tried our Brady’s leg brace.
I know I’ve said it before, but it warms my heart that my kids are learning about accessibility and differences in this way as young people. They won’t stare or be uncertain, but they’ll know a bit about special needs, and can maybe even educate their friends. I know its a struggle, but its also an opportunity.
Rant over.
Brady made Wavy’s birthday supper of choice – pancake – on the barbecue. We were going to make them in bush pie irons, but there was a fire ban. The grill worked great, though! I’m glad I saved our old pans when we replaced them a few months back. Good idea, mom!
Wavy was grossly exhausted, but she was SO happy to have her special supper! It was the highlight of her day, believe it or not. Pancakes and watermelon.
As if pancakes and syrup and watermelon aren’t sugary enough, we threw some cupcakes on top, at her request. Thank you, mom, for baking SO MANY CUPCAKES for her birthday!!
I mentioned on her actual birthday blog that we drove around to share some of the baking with our friends, but unfortunately the whole group couldn’t hack it, and it ended up just being the two of us. Which was sad, but also really really special 💜
We had a LOT of fun! She loved going fast across the big open field. She squealed and her hair just blew all over the place. It was awesome.
The next day was another outside, hot, sweaty, lake day. No complaints from meeeee!
Rowan was tasked with pulling the wagon to the lake instead of riding the golf cart. It was a dreaded position, but he (ready?) rolled with it.
Wavy’s main beach goal was to bury daddys feet.
Waverly sucked mud into one of those water squirters, propped it on the ground, and squirted herself in the face with it. It wasn’t funny right away, but she got there 😉
Laela is just SO stinking beautiful.
Laela’s hair curls with the right ratio of water and gunk. BEAUTIFUL!
Solly is getting SO bleached out in the sun! He reaches that crazy point where his skin is considerably darker than his hair! I love that!
We drove home the next afternoon, and made a quick delivery in town that Laela was adamant we do before we got home. I had no idea she was just in her bathing suit 😆Whoops!
And just like that, we are ready to head out again tomorrow, and soak in some more sun and fun. Sweat, campfire, coffee, and bug spray! Ah, the smells of summer!