Marshmallow Drama Croquet Celebration

one night = 'smore making. next night = more 'smore making. repeat.

Effie had a great - if nerve-racking - time at her two week theatre camp culminating in her confident stage debut:

Effie making her mask:

number 73 in your program, number one in your hearts:

croquet styling!

"birthday week" has begun:

More from the annual campout at Kristal and Rob's:

Effie saying goodbye to Fergus as he and I head back to Victoria and our comfy beds..

Portraits

Effie coming out of Theatre Camp, Fergus on the slack line (in new shorts and shoes!), Ferg in the neighbours hammock...

Duncan Saturday

Hmmm, should I go in? It's not the hottest day out ever and there's a lot of people in there. Oh well, sure. As long as no one throws an oversized beach ball at my head...

Outdoor games..

Dancing boy:

Dance Camp

Recently

with Erich and Autumn and then Kiley...

Ferg in a hammock

Pride Parade

Gillian, Effie and the home-learning group through downtown Victoria..

Hammock time

Nice to come home and have Ferg waiting for me in the hammock.

and then the heavy interloper arrived:

Cowichan Valley day

at Rob n' Kristal's... outdoor board games:

Californians are on the Island.. and Mitchel has yet to stop growing!

Bocce time

Not quite warm enough out yet for adult swimmers. Ferg stayed in for approximately half the day though - right up til dusk..