Canada Day!

Canada is 139 years old. Yesterday was Canada Day and as a consequence there was a lot of activities and fireworks etc. It was a beautiful day weather wise and we had plans to go into Bedford where there were bands playing, a beer garden and finishing with a fireworks display. Sadly Matthew woke up in the morning with earache and was beside himself in pain for a lot of the morning. So it was a trip to the doctor in the afternoon (managed to get an appointment really easily!) who confirmed he has an ear infection. Problem was that as it was quite early it was difficult to see if it was viral or not and therefore whether or not it should be treated with Anti-biotics. He didn't have a fever, so it was difficult to say. Anyway, she wrote a prescription for us and told us to fill it if a fever developed. He had a major sleep in the afternoon and sure enough woke up with a fever. Time to fill the prescription! What were the chances of finding a pharmicist open at 7.30 pm on Canada Day? Actually, very good!! Shoppers Drugmart are open 8am until midnight, 7 days a week including holidays including the pharmacy. Very impressed, so off I went! He's now on a mixture of anti-biotics and pain killers and was happy enough this morning to walk down to get an ice-cream!
We also popped out yesterday evening to Bedford to see the fireworks, which were very good, so we didn't miss out totally.
Anyway, it was another busy week at work. Our presentation to the customer appeared to go well. They certainly seemed impressed, so let's hope they are.
It seems ages since Charlie & Karen were here! It's amazing how quickly time flies. Deborah's Dad arrives a week Thursday for 2 weeks, so we're looking forward to that. He should see a change having been here in December the last time.
The garden is coming along - still loads of stuff to do and that should be easier now that the blackfly are on their way out. We got a lot of ideas and inspiration from the 'Over the garden gate' event a few weekends ago. Just need to put them into practice. We bought a couple of Hosta's in Annapolis Royal last weekend so we've made a start!
We're seeing plenty of wildlife at the moment in the garden. We have our own resident squirrel who is VERY mischeivous. He was in the top of the bird feeder (under the lid!). I took some pictures with the zoom lens and will post once I get them developed. (yes they are on film!!). I saw my first ruby-throated hummingbird yesterday and we had a strange woodpecker out there this morning.
We have a new family moving in behind us. We can't see the house as it's through the woods, but apparently they have three children, so lets hope they are ages with Matthew & Emma. It would be nice to have another boy in the vicinity as Spencer (next door) will be leaving in October.
Anyway, a lack of photo's taken this week, so I've included another couple from Charlie & Karen's visit. A phot of us all on the Whale watching boat waiting to depart, and Matthew swimming in a local lake (fully clothed!). Wonder where he picked up his ear infection.....
And so there we are - another week goes by. Matthew and Emma are booked into a couple of Day-camps over the next few weeks, and there are a lot of activities going on over the summer to keep the little darlings occupied. I'll keep you posted.