Summer: week two!

Saturday we had beautiful weather to attend the Moose Jaw farmer's market and the Sukanen Ship Museum.  We bought strawberries, green onions, radishes, and Saskatchewan honey and jam.  Our family loves fresh strawberries.

Rebekah loved the museum.  She enjoyed seeing all the "old" things, especially those that are like the Little House on the Prairie books.  The museum is set up like a town and has an original church, school, general store, which actually reminds me of my grandma's back room, barber shop, post office, and rail station, to name a few.  Rebekah has decided she'd like a bonnet and calico dress for Christmas, and of course a Nintendo DS.

Friday was a really eventful day for me.  One of my professional blog post's was run by the Washington Post, and later the same day I was asked to teach an ecourse that is offered for grad credit through the University of Wisconsin.  So that will keep me busy Tuesday evenings.  I have the summer off from my own degree, but will continue again in the fall.

Today we are busy baking an apple pie and Glynn's birthday cake.  The girls, at present, are busy making cards for their dad.  Rebekah's at the age where she can keep a secret, but Chloe, not so much!

Tomorrow, we'll head to town to spend some time at the water park, and Saturday we plan to spend the day at Buffalo Pound provincial park. 

Summer already...

Wow, time flies!  The last couple of months I just haven't made time for our blog, but now that summer's here, there's much less to do!

We finished school last Tuesday, although it seems longer than that.  Rebekah successfully completed grade 1, and is an incredibly good reader.  At the school's year end assembly, she received the reading award.  Currently, Rebekah and I are reading through the Little House on the Prairie series. 

Chloe finished her first year of preschool, which she really loved.  She'll be attending for a second year starting in the fall. 

Both girls also played soccer this year.  Glynn coached Rebekah's team, and Chloe actually played this year, so overall, it was a huge success!

Last Friday, we headed to Regina to celebrate Canada day!  The girls saw their first fireworks.  Rebekah absolutely loved them; Chloe covered her ears because they were too loud.  It was really crowded at the main Canada day events, so we let the girls go on the jumpers, and then we spent time at the museum, the Science centre and Candy Cane Park. 

This week we'll head to the splash park in Moose Jaw a couple of times. On Saturday morning, we're going to head to the farmer's market, first thing, hopefully to buy local fruit,  vegetables, and honey.  Then we're going to head to Sukanen Museum.  It's a museum, just outside the city, that has looks like an old prairie town. We figure since Rebekah loves Little House so much, she'll love to see what they old stores, churches, school, etc.  looked like.