Molayo's Birthday!

The other day Molayo turned 7! :)

and here are a couple of pics David allowed me to share with you...

Maybe the only thing better would have been spending the day with her dad.

Summer Fun

apple picking

backpacking

ballooning

beaches

bear watching

berry picking

bird watching

boating

canoeing

kayaking

sailing

camping

cycling

flying

fishing

golfing

hiking

hunting

mountain biking

climbing

scuba diving

sky diving

surfing

waterskiing

windsurfing

whale watching

Canada in Summer

Canada in Summer

Summer is awesome from coast to coast and province to province of Canada.
There are tonnes of things to do to amuse yourself, no matter what kinds of activities you are interested in.
I live in a small town in Muskoka that has its own charms and amusements in the summer time and we try to enjoy as many of them as we can. Usually, we enjoy camping in the summer and we have our favourite spots to do that but we don't really have to travel too far from home.

The weather in summer is usually in the high twenties but can get as high as 32 degrees sometimes.
This past summer we had a heatwave so we missed having camp fires and bonfires in our fire pit in the back yard but usually we would have them during camping trips, our parties or just on a weekend for something to do.

Sometimes we meet family or friends at the beach for an afternoon swim and picnic. We celebrate our birthday's in the summer so we usually have bbqs with our family and friends and share a good meal and listen to some music.
If we took vacations we'd want to do it in summer because there is so much to see and do but unfortunately summer is BUSY work season for hubby so we only have weekends free to enjoy all the fun! However, there are still many things to do and many places to go close to us so we always find weekends fly by and summer is busy and used up fast!

Information LINKS posted in the sidebars for each province and in general.

Winter Fun

From Coast to Coast

dog sledding

see the northern lights

skiing

snowmobiling

snowboarding

skating

hockey

ice fishing

snowshoeing

snowball fight

tobogganing

snow angels

build a snow fort/have a snowball fight

 build a snowman

tubing

drink hot apple cider

drink hot chocolate

:)

Canada in Winter

Canada in Winter

The answer depends where in Canada you actually are because it varies from province to province.
ALL of us get snow except for the coast of British Columbia.
However, just two hours inland of the coast you get loads of snow and its a ski destination.
I don't really know from place to place in the other provinces but Ontario can be brutally cold sometimes. Especially where I live. It's not the NORM every day but it can get to -30 weather in the middle of winter. COLD!!! Long john weather! lol On average though I think we get -10 or around there and some days are much warmer when it is sunny.

So when you are ME and you go out with your kids tobogganing for a couple of hours you want to wear your long johns or maybe leggings under your pants (or if you actually toboggan with them like dad...snow pants), as well as an extra shirt under a sweater inside a LONG (covering the kidneys) warm, winter coat, warm woolly socks in a pair of warm winter boots, mittens to keep your hands warm, scarf to cover your face (especially if it is cold,cold) and a toque (hat) to keep your head warm. If you're dressed appropriately the winter activities can be fun!

I'll post information LINKS in the sidebar about winter in each province so you can get an idea how it is across the country.