{"id":131,"date":"2011-07-10T16:47:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T19:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/?p=131"},"modified":"2011-07-10T16:47:52","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T19:47:52","slug":"canada-day-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"Canada Day Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

We Nova Scotians had a horrible, cold, wet Spring. It’s never the best season here in the Maritimes, but this seemed to be worse than normal. But finally, over the Canada Day long weekend, we started to have some really beautiful, hot weather – Summer has arrived!<\/p>\n

As mentioned here<\/a>, Sherry and her family moved down to Halifax last week. They’re renting a townhouse over on the Halifax side which, after having lived in an apartment, is very exciting for them. As much as she loves the place, however, Sherry was slightly disappointed that there is no window over her kitchen sink. So Neal and I headed out to Lawrencetown Beach one evening last week and took some pictures. We got a couple enlarged and bought a frame so that she could hang it over her sink and it could be her “window”, as well as a reminder of one of the reasons they all moved here.<\/p>\n

It worked out well because I was starting to go through ocean withdrawal – it’s not exactly on the top of my list of places to go in the Winter. It was also Claire’s first experience down by the ocean!<\/p>\n

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I'm not sure Claire was impressed. Perhaps because she was trying to find a way to escape her hat.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Neal’s parents came on Canada Day itself – they’ve been coming every long weekend since Claire was born. Not so much to see us, I’m sure. They’re just a tad bit in love. And really, who can blame them?<\/p>\n

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All dressed up for Nan and Gramp<\/p><\/div>\n

My friend Nancy came over with her five-week-old grandson on Canada Day as well and joined us in a BBQ. I didn’t take any pictures of either of them, however, because Nancy doesn’t really like to have her picture posted online, and I wanted to respect her wishes. Since we wanted to enjoy the beautiful weather and have supper on the deck, I set up a sunscreen\/tent that I bought so that Claire could be sheltered while I did some gardening. So far, the only time I’ve used it was on Canada Day. It’s much larger than I wanted, really, but perhaps we can take a snooze with her sometime!<\/p>\n

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The following day, we all went over to see Sherry<\/a>, George and the girls in their new home! Sherry came running out of the house when she saw us pull into the driveway and shed a couple of tears of joy when she finally got to meet her niece for the first time. Hayley and Breanna were quite enamored with Claire as well. I’ve noticed that young kids are very interested in babies, but I expected them to lose interest at some point. Wrong! It was like Claire was the Pied Piper; they were pretty much attached to their cousin from the moment we arrived until the moment we left, and Sherry told me they talked about her all of the next day!<\/p>\n

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And of course, I was also super excited because I was able to see proof that I finally do have family in the city! I am beyond happy, knowing that I live a mere twenty minutes away! After living here for almost six years, that is pretty damn cool!<\/p>\n

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These next two photos are purely random. The first is here simply because it’s adorable:<\/p>\n

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Claire loves that mouse – if you pull on his legs and make him extend, he “jitters” back up. <\/p>\n

As mentioned above, Summer has finally arrived, and we had a couple of particularly hot days and nights. It seemed as though Claire’s appetite decreased somewhat in the heat, so I tried to make her a little more comfortable by stripping her of her clothes.<\/p>\n

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