Karis Rides a "big girl bike"

Some video of our girl riding her "big girl bike." Way to go, Karis!

Peter Rocks

Shuswap Lake

Last week we went camping at Shuswap Lake. We love the Shuswap campground. The lake campsites are beautiful, there are tons of young families, the lake is great for kids, and the weather is usually perfect as well. 

All ready to go to the beach!

We had a fun trip, but we were definitely ready to come home and sleep in our own beds at the end. It didn't help that Juliette threw up in the tent on our last night. Thankfully she was feeling better the next day. Camping with little ones is always an adventure!

Juliette's birthday gift from Grandma Jo-Ann arrived in the mail. Juju is thrilled with her Rapunzel dress-up outfit and wig! And she was kind enough to let Ella wear the Cinderella dress. 

Karis is doing really well on the pedal bike these days and asks to practice often. Today she made it from one side of the court to the other all by herself! This girl is pretty serious about keeping up to her big sisters.

More Summer Fun...

For the August long weekend we went camping at the Coquihalla Campground. We went with 3 other families and had a fabulous time.

The girls loved lying in the hammocks. 

All together, there were 8 little girls on our camping trip. And 1 baby boy ;)

The girls loved doing Rainbow Looms, playing in the woods together, and playing in their fort - imagining that they were the characters from Little House on the Prairie.

Peter was thankful to spend time with the men in order to get a break from all of the girls!

When we came home we had our dentist appointments. Everybody's teeth look healthy! And Karis decided to share with the dentist that one time she dipped her toothbrush in the toilet. The dentist didn't say much in response, and then Karis looked her in the eye and said "and then I brushed my teeth without even rising it."

The girls completed the summer reading program at the Surrey Library. We had so much fun doing this program. We went to the library often to get stickers on our charts, to find the picture of the building that the librarian hid in the kids section, and to enter our names in a draw for a prize. Each of our girls ended up winning a prize.

And they got medals for completing the program.

This year our garden was a success!! This may not seem exciting for you, but it is for me. This is the first time I have ever grown any vegetables that actually turned out. The girls love eating fresh carrots from the garden.

Rainbow Looming with our friend Diya.

Karis loves getting french braids in her hair these days.

And yesterday we went back-to-school shopping. Each girl got to pick one new outfit.