Canada Day!

I put what has been known in our family as "Boops" on Benson recently. He has enjoyed them a lot! He will take off his socks and carry the Boops around until someone puts them on him. He is such a cutie!

Last week, on a little bit of a sad note, Bens got his fingers shut in the door of our van. I put him in his stroller and as I shut the door of the van he stuck his hand out. Poor little guy was so sad. We ran into Wal-Mart and the door greeter quickly got us some help. Luckily Bens only bruised on one finger and bled a tiny bit on another. Lesson learned that I must keep him far from the door when I shut it!


Bens loves to play on any bed... here he had been wrestling with his dad on the bed.


I hope everybody had a wonderful Canada Day! We had a nice day. We went to the Raymond Parade with Nana and Grandpa, Aunt Jacqui, Uncle Graham and Audrey. Benson loved going to pick up the candy but would cry every time we made him put it in the bucket. He would go get more and cheer up and cry again as he put it in the bucket. Next year will be a lot of fun as he will understand the concept more!


After the parade we came home and had a lovely lunch and a great thunderstorm. That meant we couldn't eat our lunch out under the metal gazebo though. My mom made a wonderful cheesecake with strawberries on top that made the Canadian Flag. All in all we had a great long weekend! We hope all of you did and that all our American family and friends have a wonderful 4 of July!