A taste of summer!!!

We FINALLY got a really nice weekend, and off we went to the beach even though it was only for abou 26 hours... but 26 HOURS OF FUN! Worth it! First, we had to finally get Schaefer with his very judgemental pout that he keeps inflicting on everyone when things go slightly askew from what he wants...

Yep, I think he looks like me:


Kurt started getting ready for putting the porch on the cottage, by getting rid of a tree that I love, but oh well... I also love the idea of enjoying an evening breeze without getting attacked by mosquitos in a screened-in room:



Later we went to the beach... Schaefer took a bit of time getting used to the water!

But then he perked up:


Cute sounds after supper:

Art, Dad's day and parties...

Everyone keeps asking me if I'm winding down now that it's the end of the school year, but I find that since spring break in March, it's just been spiralling up to a complete frenzied peak that I'm worried hasn't even arrived yet! It's been nonstop busy at school and home with special projects, university assignments, reports, soccer extravaganzas, end-of-year parties and organizing lake stuff... but it's fun! Last weekend, we celebrated Father's Day at the beach:

Looks kind of messy, but when you take into consideration that it's sloppy because of all the gooey cream cheese icing on the "DAD" carrot cake (Kurt says this is a favourite), then maybe messy is not so bad!

Our big boy loves sketching/doodling/painting... and does a lot of elaborate pictures on non-permanent media which I take pictures of quickly before they disappear. This one was swiped about .25 seconds after I took this picture by our little one, which really made Big Boy upset until I told him that I already took the photo so the picture wasn't gone forever:

This one was very elaborate, so I asked him to describe it:



There was a school BBQ, for which Big Boy decided to be painted like a "Puma" which was the name of his soccer team! They had their jamboree this week, and Big Boy scored a goal in their game against the parents! He was pretty proud!

Another tooth!!

Big Boy has lost his second tooth! He was playing at a neighbour's house, and he was having corn on the cob for a snack, and out it came! So! Looks like the Tooth Fairy will be on the way again! Next time he has a loose tooth, we're sending him to the neighbours' house for more corn on the cob! :-) Oh, and here is his new haircut, too!

GET A HAIRCUT!

I came home this week, to find our little one looking like this, to get the hair out of his eyes (although it wasn't doing such a fantastic job, I feel it was more for effect): Message received! So yesterday, I piled the boys in the car, and off we went to get haircuts... and then ice cream at the neighbouring Dairy Queen! So now he looks like this: But as you can see in the video below, hair in his eyes is the least of our concerns:
On the other hand, then there are moments of genuine cuteness... he makes this sound ALL the time now, so I had to catch it at least once before the phase ends!