Ancaster Fair

We spent our Sunday out at the Ancaster Fairgrounds. This time of year is just the best, right?

All fairs are pretty much the same so I'll spare you the details but, we hit a major milestone today. Ben went on rides all by himself! He actually wanted to do it, and he was so brave! I might have cried a bit. Ya, I'm that mom.









And one with Daddy, so excited about that one!



Uncle Mike and Auntie Emma came out to meet us, the boys were pretty excited to see them!





Poor Sawyer had a few bouts of really bad teething here and there. Billy and I took turns putting him in the carrier, but he was still pretty mad about it.



Bunnies! I want one!!





As Billy put it, this next picture sums up Ben and Sawyer's relationship perfectly. 



And, to end, a pretty sky. Because I have a thing for skies. 

Our 6th wedding anniversary

So six years. WHATTTT? Seriously I'm going to blink my eyes and be an eighty year old woman. #great

But seriously, six years together, and what an amazing six years! Now than Ben and Sawyer are part of our little family, I feel 100% complete. Like, I'm not waiting for anything to happen, and I felt that way for a looooong time. Life is pretty awesome for us these days! And I'm about to embark on a new adventure that I'll write about another time...

Yesterday we spent the day out in Westdale, near where we were married, and it was so perfect. We had a picnic under the trees that I used to climb when I was a kid, ate ice cream, oh it was good.













Westdale is the cutest place ever. I love living so close to it. Although, I must saw, The 'Westdale Festival' that was going on was a huge let down. The 'festival' basically included some old cars parked on the side of the road and a pita pit mascot walking around. Lame.

On our journey home, Sawyer and Daddy were enjoying themselves at the bus terminal. Too cute.





So that was our anniversary this year. Happy anniversary to my sweet husband. I really, really like you. More than a friend.

Supercrawl 2014

Over the weekend we took a little stroll through Supercrawl, a really great local art/fashion event. So much fun! We have a few interesting ties to this amazing event, my Mom is an organizer of the fashion events (and a pretty cool photo exhibit) and Billy's sister Cass is one of the models (the BEST model, if you ask me). So it was definitely something we couldn't miss.



Perfect weather! Is there anyone who doesn't love September? No. No there is not.





Does anyone remember/miss the local graffiti contest that they used to have on top of Jackson Square? It was so cool.





There's no mistaking this girl for Ben's aunt. She looks more related to him than I do. 





Food trucks. The true keys to my heart.

Supercrawl, see you next year! 

Arcade Fire!

I happen to know this pretty amazing girl named Rachel who I love and adore and who recently invited us to see Arcade Fire. As if I didn't already have enough reasons to love this girl.

We went early and popped in to the CNE. So much fun!!



And after a terrifying ride on this thing and a lot of very bad-for-you food it was time for the show!!



Couldn't have had a more fun time. Here's a little picture of us and our handsome bearded men. Not a bad looking group I'd say.



I'm ashamed to admit that I forgot that Arcade Fire prefer a more theatrical dress code. Whyyyy did I forget this? Do you know how amazing I would have dressed if I had remembered? Needless today, I have since purchased a fancy mascarade mask for the next time they're in town. True story.

Battlefield Park

When Billy has a day off and we don't have errands to run, we try to really make the most of it. I hate it when they are filled with boring things like groceries and cutting the grass. The other day we had a day to ourselves and Cass was over, so we wanted to do something awesome. We packed the kids up and headed to Niagara Falls, and then it started POURING. Like, buckets of water non stop forever. So, we packed the kids back up in the car after hiding out under the pizza pizza tent for an hour and drove back to the city. Billy, however, refused to give up, and took us out for ice cream and to this beautiful place. It was still a bit rainy, but it was perfect. 





This tree. LOVE.







Do we look like nerdy tourists, or what?

It's easily one of my new favourite places, I can't wait to go back for a picnic. Perhaps with a discreet wine bottle.

A day out with Thomas!

A little while ago we took the boys down to St. Thomas to see the REAL Thomas! Or a big Thomas slapped on the front of an old train, but still! Ben went nuts, as you can imagine.











It felt like a very parent-y thing to do, taking our kids to something like this. I can't wait to go again next year! Note to anyone who wants to do this, be prepared to spend $678759 on a balloon. Start saving now.

A grey day at the beach

It must be the Irish in me, but I love grey days, especially summer ones. I would be happy if there was no sun all season long, and it just came back here and there in the fall. Sadly we will soon be pummelled with sun and humidity for a good few months, but yesterday we got lucky. It was cloudy and cool and so perfect for a morning at the beach. As we were leaving it even started to rain, I LOVED IT.



This boy loves to throw rocks in the water, let me tell you.









What, you don't take pictures of rocks at the beach?







Selfie!





Those #normalizeit ladies would be so proud of me! Though I always cover up, call me a prude ;)

Anyway, it was a perfect day. Looking forward to many more this summer.