Summer Activities

This summer has been a blast. We have done so much I can barely remember it all.

One of the goals was to get both kids cycling on two wheels. My youngest went to Pedalheads to gain confidence cycling and within a week she was on two wheels. My eldest did it all by herself at home. 

Harrison Hot Springs was our summer destination. We had glorious weather and spent plenty of time on the beach building sandcastles. 

The kids have been to swim camps, BCSPCA camp and Kids on the Go camp and they have loved them all.

Our last trip we will be heading off to Whistler before going back to school.

Summer Holidays

My absence is telling, I am having way too much fun on these glorious hot days that I have no time to write posts. Going to the beach, bike rides, booking mini-vacations, fun at the spray parks, going to the library, oh the joys of summer. Visiting Farmers Market is our new Sunday activity, I am hoping we can start riding our bikes to the local market but I am a little worried to take the kids because the roads are far too busy. Picking flowers, eating raspberries, making our own pizza dough and adding all its trimmings, eating s'mores are my kids new favourite foods.

What have you been doing with the kids this summer?

Kids Book Club

Reading for my 5 year old

My youngest chose this book and what a great book to start the summer reading program. Infact both my kids chose several books from the library but these ones stood out from the rest. She loved, Hooray for Reading Day and she was able to read most of it with me. My eldest daughter also enjoyed this book and it took her no time at all to read it. But her reading is now at another level and one of the books she chose was, Charles Dickens and Friends.

Reading for my 8 year old

This Charles Dickens book is written like a comic strip and is a very condensed version of the classics. Oliver Twist is one of the stories and did this story ever draw up a conversation! The first words out of my eldest's mouth was, "I don't like this book the people are mean". I gave her a snapshot of the era and why the author wrote these stories and how children were treated in the Victorian period and it was not a nice time for the poor. My daughter was appalled and couldn't quite believe people could be so aweful. She then went to her little sister and told her what the book was about and how dreadful she thought it was.

I was so happy to hear her talking about the book, learning something from it and asking questions. I can only hope this will spark a love for reading.