Summer Week 1

The first week of summer has just finished, and it went pretty well. Hubby was off for the week, so we had lots of time together as a family.

We hosted a bbq on Canada Day, spent lots of time at the pool (this was big for the kids, because they really like it when their dad comes with us - he plays more than I do).

Mr. J turned 11 on the 4th, so we went to see Jurassic World, and then out for dinner - he requested Red Lobster. He has been wanting to go for a while, so we finally made it.


He and hubby shared an appetizer of calamari, and then he ordered a meal that came with 2 lobster tails, 4 shrimp, sausage, potato wedges and corn on the cob.  I thought for sure we would be bringing most of it home.

He surprised us. He ate all but 1 potato wedge, and the sausage (he had a couple bites of it). He said he could finish it, but he wanted to have his birthday cake when we got home - so he needed to save a little room.

double chocolate cake, with chocolate frosting and red, white and blue sprinkles for my independence day baby

Unfortunately for Mr. J, Friday didn't go so well. We were supposed to have a few friends over and go swimming for his birthday that evening, but while out with a different friend in the afternoon, he took a tumble from his skateboard.  He ended up with some pretty nasty road burn on his side (around his ribs) and there was no way he could go into a pool with that kind of wound.  A quick change of plans had his friends coming over for pizza and a movie. They ended up bored of the movie pretty quickly though, and ran around playing hide and seek until their parents came to get them.

I hope your summer is off to a great start! I will be updating weekly.