June 2016

We had a very exciting month in June.  The kids participated in their first triathlon!  They did a single length of the pool, followed by a 300 m bike, followed by a 100 m run.  For the swimming portion they wore life jackets, and Anne swam all by herself!  Charlie had Daddy's help.  For the biking part, Charlie used his balance bike and Anne biked without training wheels. Finally, they ran to the finish line where a police officer gave them a sticker badge and a volunteer gave them a freezie.  They loved it (especially the freezie)!  In fact they wanted to do it all over again right away and were sad when they found out they would have to wait another year.

Anne and her friend, Maddie, are ready for the triathlon

Daddy and Charlie are ready for the triathlon

The whole family ready for the triathlon

Charlie "swims" with help from Dad

Charlie does the swimming portion

Charlie and Dad move from swimming to biking

Charlie does the biking portion

Anne swims all by herself (there is a volunteer in front of her in case she needs help)

Anne biking

Anne again

Anne and Charlie show off their medals after the triathlon

Our street's annual Canada Day party:

The kids finish off about a million water balloons (which took me an hour to fill) in about 3 minutes.

Anne enjoys some pizza

Charlie enjoys some pizza (and beer?)

A rare photo of Anne and Charlie both smiling

We went on an awesome camping trip with Gramma and Grampa B:

Anne on our 1 km hike, which was entirely bordered by poison ivy.  Which of course Charlie touched.

Anne and Charlie in the tent

Anne had her last day of gymnastics.  Her class put on a demonstration of their new skills:

And here are a few more random photos:

Anne and her friend Livie on a class trip

Anne and Livie

Charlie and Louisa on an old railway track at the heritage village

Grampa G and Charlie mow the lawn

Charlie feeds the goats at the market

Anne feeds the goats at the market

Anne poses with a sign at McDonalds (her idea)