Well, school is finished for the year and we celebrated by having some fun…mostly. On Canada Day we headed off to Embro for a dance competition. Us go to a dance competition again? I know, its schocking. Embro really is a great competition. On top of the dancing they have sheep hurding, bands, tug-of-war and fresh squeezed lemonade (Glenn and Katrine’s favourite). There were two highlights for us this year: 1. There was a surprise fly-by during the awards ceremony which was fun to watch and 2. I did not break anything this year so no visit to the ER for us on Canada Day. I will admit that alone helped to make this year’s Canada Day better than last year. Katrine also danced really well which was an added bonus. She was thrilled with her new medals and is continuing to work hard at practising her dancing. Our next competition is actually next weekend and then it will be a nice long break until our final competition of the season in August.
The day after Embro, Katrine and I piled into the car and headed to Ottawa to visit with friends. The trip was a bit of a breakthrough for Katrine as both families have large and friendly dogs. This time she didn’t whine and try to run away. She actually stayed calm. Maybe, just maybe, we are turning a corner in terms of her being super afraid of dogs Anyways, Katrine had a blast watching the hand-crank locks being worked in Merrickville. She also found the glass blower pretty interesting. There was some really nice shopping at the glass blowers which was good for mommy. We had the most delicious meal, gluten free of course, at a local restaurant in Kemptville called the Branches. I can’t thank Catherine and Gary enough for suggesting that we eat there. I can sum it up in one word as YUM!
We also had the joy of visiting with one of the Yongning families; the very one that we went to Disney with. A delicious barbeque on Friday night and a whole fun filled day at Suanders Farm on Sunday. I had a great visit, as well as some much needed relaxation, and Katrine had an absolute blast with her friend. It was fabulous watching the girls play together and bond. On Sunday night they hauled the hose around to the backyard and turned it on. The two of them made a glorious mud puddle and then they proceeded to jump, splash and roll in it too their hearts content. They had pure, uncomplicated fun.
What else are we up to? Glenn has started to take swimming lessons. He has sore arms but is enjoying it. Katrine is also taking swimming lessons. She actually swam a while using her arms. She still has to work on her back strock though because she sinks quite well. Me? I am taking skating lessons at the same time as Katrine. The teacher was showing on of the other students a simple waltz jump. It looked sooo cool but I have promised Glenn and Katrine that I wouldn’t jump just in case we had a repeat of last year’s Canada Day adventure. Instead, I am sticking to working on cross-overs and backwards skating.
