Really, there almost isn’t a point in posting a stand alone June blog post after my run down of the days of crazy. June is always busy but with Ken in charge of a major project at work that kept us near home and cancelled most of our exciting and travel required plans… not so much on the spontaneous and crazy. You can read all about the crazy days HERE, and the new baby in the house HERE.

In fact, June is VERY photo heavy what with the new pet in the house. So there is an additional MOMO post to follow this one HERE.

Of course Neko-chan still got love.

We did get back on our walk to the YMCA for morning programming and swimming, etc routine. The twins are too old for club (in fact, Emanuel is on the verge of too old himself) but the other 3 are finding it entertaining. We added run club on Thursdays during the day for the oldest 2 (hopefully they will run a 5K or 2 by the end of summer) and dance Friday nights for Miss Echo.

Hanging with mom before they head off for active time

Walking in the rain

We had multiple outings. Of course one was to the beach.

We had a fun time on a cool and windy day at a park with the Schwartz boys.

A picnic at another park by a lake with ANOTHER family of Schwartz origins.

Celebrated Father’s Day.

Lots of time spent in the front yard in the sun.

Many many walks.

A tattoo – you can read all about that HERE. As well as our busy June celebrations HERE.

We crafted.

We schooled.

We gardened.

We enjoyed life, June seems to have been a month of joy. It is nice to look back at it as the temperatures drop.

As mentioned in the birthday post for Echo HERE, she started her first ever dance class this summer. It was a huge success. One of her favourite staff members ran the class, and she had nothing but fun.

Miss Grace

We not only go the necessary dance shoes, but also picked up a little purple dance costume for class wear. Which of course was a huge hit.

With summer plans and such the YMCA decided to have TWO dance recitals. The first, luckily, the Friday before Karyn was to drive home so Echo had 4 people in the audience just for her. Ken, myself, Karyn and Trinity all came to watch.

Echo was the only pupil from her class to make that recital so she danced with Grace TWICE! They ran threw the performances twice to give everyone a good chance to see their child and take pictures.

Then at the end they received a little certificate… and some snacks! It was a lot of fun.

The following week there was a second performance in the gym. This time Echo was not the only one in her class AND her brothers came to show support!

It was fun to watch the dance again, and Echo was all fired up to sign up for the next session which runs until Christmas season! I will be sure to share images from that one as well!

Just wait until I catch up on the old Dinosaur posts I haven’t put up yet… another ancient piece… this time a video from the days of the chubby little cheeks!

With a little boogie…