Unfrozen popsicles and parades

Ever wonder what to do with all those little rectangular baggies of unfrozen freezer pops? Why keep them in the box? Yesterday Sam opted for drinking one over crushed ice rather than eating one from the freezer. Last week they huddled up in the pantry and sorted them by color. And today I was summoned to the pantry to find this: On Wednesday I took the boys to the parade which kicks off the yearly Westerner Days festival. There are carnival rides (I'm pretty sure they are the same ones we rode on in Ponoka a couple weeks ago), a couple stages for shows, animals, arts booth and some pony chuck wagon races. I think Clint Black is even performing on Saturday night!

The parade had not only one, but TWO bagpipe marching bands.

There was a bicycle built for two, PLUS a whole lot more.

And look how cute these teeny horses are!

Andy and Sam sippin' a cold one and takin' in the views.

Happy 4th of July!

Well, since this isn't a holiday here, things are pretty low-key. Otto is working, but the boys and I went for a swim at the indoor pool this morning. We also signed them up for a four-day morning summer camp that they can attend together. I think this will be good for Sam; he's a little more attached to me at this age then Andy was, so something they can do together which, I hope, will make him more comfortable.

The most patriotic thing we've done so far is that I sang The Star Spangled Banner to them on the way home from the pool. Maybe Otto and I will sing it again later together along with America the Beautiful to jazz things up at dinner.

Sam and Andy also worked with the Play-Doh while we watched some Wimbledon action.






















Look at that - Federer looked right at me!