Wow, our garden is happy! This first picture is from July 1. We are already enjoying some of the fruits of our garden - two kinds of lettuce, celery, and we had the first few beans for dinner last night. We also look forward to peppers, tomatoes, onions, carrots, and kale. The sweet peas didn't work out so well, and I learned the hard way that if you leave the broccoli heads, they don't get bigger - they turn into flowers. Pretty, but not too tasty looking....
And here is the garden just a few days later, on July 10. The back left corner has 7 tomato plants in it and they are going crazy!! I'm afraid I won't know what to do with so many of them! We visited the Niagara Falls Aviary last week to meet the Cuban Anole which has been very graciously donated to Mike for his classroom. This is the little guy... we have to decide on a name for him yet. Fidel? Castro? Perhaps Castro and Cleo work well together.Peter really enjoyed all the animals there, he went a little crazy.
Here he is petting a tortoiseOne of his favorites was this giant iguana roaming around free in the roomYou could get so close to these birds! This photo is not zoomed in at all -
we could have reached out and touched themMacawsToucanDaddy and Peter enjoying the waterfallWe took a picture of us but it was missing little Aaron......so I (very) unsuccessfully tried to Photoshop him in -
I have a lot to learn yetDad and the boys hanging out on the hammock

Happy Canada Day!

Well, I have a pile of new pictures for you to enjoy! We went to Strathroy last week Tuesday to Thursday so Mike could go to the classis meeting on Wednesday. We had a great time staying at Sarah and Jeremy's place, and then to Mom and Dad VD's!

I gave Peter pancakes for lunch one day and put a little dab
of syrup in the middle of them... the little stinker quickly
discovered this and ate the middles out of the pancakes Smiley little AaronReally smiley little AaronThe boys hanging out with Aunt Andrea and Aunt Karen
The boys had lots of fun playing in the water on a hot dayPeter, spoiled in the big tub
Matthew in his itty-bitty little tubRobert seems to fit better than his little brother in the itty-bitty tub
Robert taking Peter for a ride on the tractor
Good thing there were TWO tractors!!Aaron was a little jealous and had to get in on this tractor-actionAaron and Mommy hanging out
All four boys in the wagonRobert looks ready for a game of cardsPeter and some very (apparently) exciting rocksDaddy and Peter in the pool
The first time swimming this year
I think this is just about pure joy!
We took Peter's sandals off and he would NOT walk in the grass
unless somebody held his handAaron in one of the outfits he got from family in Holland...
sadly he's just about too big for it