bookhou at home

hi everyone,

we're back - well rested and all ready for our new school schedule - last year lliam was in sk and he was in the afternoon class and was gone for 2.5 hrs, it's hard to get much done before having to go pick him up - so this fall he's there all day. he's super excited and went to bed really early - he wanted to be well rested.

inbetween laying on the beach with the kids and having bond fires and exploring the town - during the evenings I finished my paper calendar, this one is pretty amazing, j kept commenting all weekend how much he loved it - I will get a printed proof this week and once I okay the colours I will get the first run printed, I can't wait to show you. I am hoping to have some for sale at the outdoor craft show I'm doing next weekend.

my mom + dad are leaving tomorrow so there's a bit of a panic and also a calm - tonight there will be a big dinner at our house with j's family and my siblings. my mom likes to leave with a bang.

on the way home from the cottage j wanted to stop at this garden that is part of an old mansion, on the highway it's hard not to notice the large old barns, when we pulled up to the house there was no one and just a big sign that says here's the map, don't explore in the non path areas and have fun. not seeing a soul in sight made me a bit reluctant - have you ever seen the movie "the shining" - um yeah - my creep factor was rising, but j was curious, so the kids and I go exploring with him. the grounds were massive and there were little pathways that lead to multiple gardens and large areas of green and as we get to the far back section I say to j, "yeah to top off the whole "shining" creep factor all you need is a hedge maze" - and what do you know there was a huge maze - we heard small children laughing and I said, "where did these kids come from we were the only cars?" j said "don't be silly" lliam and piper ran in behind him, the whole time they were in the maze I kept saying to myself I should of known from the horror films I've watched, you shouldn't stand outside by yourself, it turned out that the kids and the parents were lovely and visiting from quebec. as we were headed out more cars pulled up and a woman asked what I thought of the gardens and I said it was creepy and she said cool and ran to get her kids from the car.

thank you summer you were wonderful, we'll miss you!

have a great start to your week friends! xxa