Unaccounted for

I am having a hard time believing it's been a week since I last updated. Where did the time go? I had a couple of work-related events at night last week, but the rest of the time is unaccounted for. Quite honestly I think I needed a bit of time to veg out and brace for the upcoming weekend, which was a busy one. 

On Friday night we went to a local outdoor movie screening at a park. The movie started at 8:45 (and it started on time, unlike last time we tried to attend a similar event and due to technical difficulties, the movie started an hour late!) But it meant the kids weren't in bed til close to 11.

The next day we hosted my family for a get together... in between trips to the soccer field. It was the Day of Champs for both Liam and Mallory. Both of them won their games and played some awesome soccer to close out the season. (Mallory scored two goals in her game, which she tried rubbing in Liam's face; to which he replied, "Yeah, but last week I scored two goals in one period." We did remind him that it took him four years to achieve that feat, lest he let it go to his head.)

On Sunday morning we packed up and left for our annual trip to Fawn Island. The weather was perfect for a day spent hanging out riverside.

This is in the St. Clair River and you can see how the cottages are situated on a sandbar - the kids can wade forever and it's clear to everyone exactly where the dropoff occurs.

Liam fell in love with stand-up paddle boarding. There's a SUP club at Erieau that always seems to be out when we swim; maybe something to think about if he really feels an affinity for it?

Mallory was more digging the kayaking.

The annual kids' shot - we were missing a few this year, but had a great time with the ones we did see.

From Fawn Island we took a hop over the border on the Sombra Ferry because we'd received an invite to a member appreciation event at the Detroit Zoo. It was great in theory - members only, zoo open at night, special events (enrichment activities, rides/games, etc.) In practice, it was quite crowded, long lines at the rock climbing and bouncy castles and other things they had on, and a lot of animals were simply not out - not sure if they get 'put away' at night or were otherwise off exhibit. And of course by 8:30 p.m. or so, it's too dark to be looking for the bear hiding in a cave in his habitat, anyway. I'm glad we did it once, but if we're members again next year, we'll pass.

We weren't in bed til midnight last night and so today was a lazy day. We took the day off work, slept in til 9, and spent some time poolside. I'm glad we're having another kick at the can with the weather this week, because it's hard to believe Labour Day is just a week away. I want to feel really good and ready to be done with summer before this time next week.