Happy Victoria Day!

This was a special Victoria Day holiday. Andrew was back from his business trip and we spent the early morning (yes EARLY since Andrew was still on European time) walking a nature walk in our neighbourhood.



Dylan and Livia watching fish

Dylan and a friend spent an hour catching frogs and trying to catch any remaining tadpoles. We watched ducks and red-winged back birds.

A green frog in the pond


Later that morning Andrew and Dylan went on a 2-hour recumbent bike ride around the lake.

A view of Toronto

However, the real celebration was at night time when the children came out on the street to begin the firework display. One of our neighbours hosted the fireworks/sparklers ceremony and we all contributed to his efforts. We started early in the evening so that the wee children could participate too. The children had so much fun and when our street fireworks were over they spent time playing hide-and-seek in the dark.

The lighting of the sparklers!

Oooh! That was a good one!

Later, the real firework celebration started at The Beach off Ashbridges Bay. We were fortunate to have a bird's eye view sitting on our porch at home! Afterwards we just rolled Dylan into bed and he was asleep in a minute. What a great day!
The view from our balcony of the fireworks over Ashbridge's Bay