She sure is funny!

Indy is 3 years old now, and for that reason I have enrolled her in swimming lessons with out me.  I both excited and sad about this....but...I thought she would be excited.

Here is the transcript of our conversation:

Me: Indy, guess what? You get to start swimming lessons again on Friday night!

Indy: with you?

Me: nope.  You are 3 now and get to be in swimming with a teacher and some new friends.  Doesn't that sound fun?!

Indy: Nope, that sounds HORRIBLE!

Me: (while starting to laugh) oh, since you are a big girl now I thought you would love to be in swimming and have Mommy watch.

Indy: No! I am not a big girl, SEE (dramtically drops to her knees).

Me: (talking to self....DO NOT LAUGH!) oh, ok, we can talk more about this tomorrow.

Where does she get this stuff!

Mommy's cupcake challenge.

We had a rainy day on our vacation, so we went and did some exploring nearby.  We came across this really AMAZING bakery. 

It was really hard to choose just one treat, but Indy chose this lovely cupcake for us all to share.

Later in the day, as we were chatting, Mommy and Daddy asked Indy what she would like for her birthday.

A BUTTERFLY CUPCAKE was the response....uh oh.

However, I did what any Mom would do....I googled.  "how do you make butterflies out of chocolate".

Here is the end result.

I'm not going to win "Cupcake Wars" or anything....but I am pretty impressed.

Swim practice.

kind of a big deal...

We took a family vacation to Lagoon City to round out our summer.  It was amazing to spend quantity time together as a family.  Mommy and Daddy certainly loved their time withe Indy and seeing all the things she learns everyday.

On this morning, Indy decided that she is now a "big girl" and can use grown up utensils.  Not only the fork, but she is also capable of cutting her own pancakes.

She is growing up so fast!

Our princess riding Princess

Indy knows that riding a pony is serious business.  You can't tell, but she was very excited to ride, but she takes it all very seriously.

 

This year we have been able to get away with rides at the fair.....

 

But I feel fairly confident that riding lessons are in our future.

 

Final ond First campfire of the season

 

 

Somehow, we had let the summer of 2012 go by without having a family campfire.  So, on labour day, Daddy decided that would not be acceptable.

Indy, Daddy and Clara had a great time....until the mosquitos came out.

Mommy stuck around long enough to take some pictures and then went inside where it was warm.

Goal for summer 2013: 2 bonfires! at least 1 with s'mores.

The Plowing Match

 Indy has fallen in love with horses.  For this reason, we take every opportunity possible to do things that involve horses (this includes taking the long way pretty much everywhere :)).

Over the summer we were able to attend a plowing match where we saw some really BIG, beautiful horses.

 Clara got to come too.  As you can see she is also having a great time out in the sunshine.

Indy gets sick....

After a crazy weekend, Indy started to feel a little under the weather.....we had been to African Lion Safari, the Farm, and everywhere in between.

The poor thing got a sty...and it got infected. 

A good round of anti-biotics, and a trip to Storeybook Gardens and it was cured!

Indy Goes Wild!

 This summer Indy and Mommy were lucky enough to spend a day at African Lion Safari with two of our friends!  We decided we would take the bus around the park.  The bus is more fun because you can run from seat to seat and see all the animals....most importantly J and Indy pointed out all of the "mommys", "daddys" and "babies".....I am still trying to figure out how they knew which was which :)

It was a great day!  We even went to the splash pad (but we were too wet for pictures!) and rounded out the day with ice cream. 

Can't wait to do it again next year!