Another Trip to Northern Bruce Peninsula

Ready to Jump into some summer fun????
Try a visit to the Northern Bruce Peninsula.
Each year our family takes a vacation, staying at the Lion's Head Campground. We visit the Grotto, Greig's Caves, Tobermory, take a ride on a glass bottom boat, visit the new Tobermory museum and Sweet Shoppe, hike Cyprus Lake, Cape Head Lighthouse and more.

Making plans for next summer...give it a try!

Well, It's been quite a week....

I would like to begin this posting by sending my deepest condolences to a local family who lost their daughter (sister) to a brain tumor after a very courageous battle.

"God seen her getting tired,
A cure not meant to be,
So he wrapped his arms around her,
And whispered come with me."

Just this week I was also told a of a cousin (one of my 25 on my dad's side) that was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor as well. He is a little older than me, but with his name added to the list there are now 8 people from my dad's family that have been attacked by cancer. My dad was one of 7 children and 5 of them had cancer. Both of his parents died of cancer and now the first of my 25 cousins has been diagnosed. So if you look at the overall picture of blood relatives 2 grandparents, 7 children and 25 grandchildren the total is 34 people. 8 out of those 34 have been diagnosed with some form of cancer that is 23.5% I really don't think I like those odds.



On the lighter side last week we seen friends get married...a very happy moment for them. The bride was absolutely beautiful and no one's spirits were dampened by the torrential rain. I also visited with an old friend from high school, here from Ottawa and with friends from Guelph. It sure is nice to reconnect and find out what everyone is doing.

Beautiful Bruce County

Is there anywhere else in the world that is truly this beautiful??

Carribean Pirate Party A Huge Success

Well, our Carribean Pirate Party appeared to be a huge success. Fellow daycare provider "Marilyn" and I hosted our party from 10 am until 1:30 pm. With a variety of games and activities. I did not post any pictures of the children due to privacy issues, but assure you they had a great time. Activities included "walk the plank" they walk on a board like a balance beam and jump into their life raft (a miniature blow up pool) that is in a bed of blowup crocodiles waiting to nip at their toes if they miss! a set of tunnels was part of the day, water fun in our wading pool, a treasure hunt that lead the children to a cave where Mr. Bones the pirate (a Halloween skeleton dressed as a pirate) guarded the treasure in the enclosed treehouse, a jello eating contest seen our senior winner retain his title for the second year...he is small but mighty and truly enjoys his J E L L O......the pirate seen above is one of the many craft displays I made for the party...we had a pirate teddy bear, Tigger, a frog, a RCMP moose and two pirate ships made of old cardboard, some paint and a little imagination. The day ended with an awards ceremony where the children each received a small trophy and medallion for their efforts in making our day special....jello eating winner, good attitude, great at taking turns, good friend, great enthusiasm etc. ...everyone is a winner. Each child went home with their own "booty" of treasure and as I develop the pictures and put together my scrap book I realize that they are not the only lucky ones...I got to enjoy the day as much as they did.