Canada Day Long Weekend

We made the most of our long weekend. The weather was perfect. Hot, sunny and not as much humidity. Canada Day we went over to Jeff's parents to go swimming and relax. The water was much warmer this time and the girls really enjoyed themselves. They were both sticking their faces in the water (yes - even Emma!). Yesterday we went out to Guelph to visit Coby, Carrie and Ronan. We had a nice BBQ meal and then we loaded the cars up and got ice cream at this great place that makes their own waffle cones. Mmmmm. I think it might be better than Baskin Robbins! Today was the much anticipated trip to the Bronte Creek pool. It was insanely busy but it is so big it just felt like a busy day at the beach and there was no problem finding shade. The pool itself is a big irregular splat shape. It is just like a concrete beach in that it gets deep gradually - the deepest part would be at least 6ft from the markers I could see. The shallow part was perfect for the girls. John put Leah down and she started crawling around in the water right away. I had miss clingon and when I put her down she turned around and grabbed my neck doing her best to get back into my arms. Five minutes later she was crawling around too. After awhile we took them out to the deeper water and they were laughing and squealing away. I have no pictures of the girls in their Canada Day shirts or of them swimming. We are finding that they are a lot of work lately and that we really never have a free hand unless they are locked up in their stroller or in the feeding chairs (and we have enough pictures of that!). We got burned yesterday because we didn't bring the stroller to Guelph. When we went for ice cream we both had to hold one and it is IMPOSSIBLE to eat an ice cream with a VERY interested baby on your lap. They also missed their nap and ended up napping on our way home at 7pm. Needless to say with the sugar and their catnap the 8pm bedtime didn't happen. At 9pm I put them both in the same crib so they could keep each other company. I had visions of them all curled up together sleeping like little angels. At 10pm the crying started and they got another bottle after which they went to sleep. This time last year we were on Toronto Island at Jeff and Alicia's wedding (Happy Aniversary!). The girls had been home from the NICU for 4 days and they were with my parents. One positive thing about the NICU experience is that we've never been nervous about leaving them. Ever. I am grateful for that. When we get out we go without worry and we enjoy ourselves.