Not Til You're 8!!! oh. you're 8.

A couple of years ago, the girls started asking when they could go jumping off the wharf like their teenage friend G. I asked G when her parents first let her jump. She said it was when she was 8. That sounded fine to me, when they were SIX!!! Eight was ages away right? Not anymore. A few days after their birthday, one of them reminded me, they could now jump off the wharf!!!

So on our cottage vacation we headed to the wharf for ice cream and supposedly, some wharf jumping. We were positive they were going to get to the edge, look waaaaaaay down, shiver a bit in the cool night air and back away slowly. We were so certain that we weren't even going to bring towels! (Murray decided to bring them JUST in case...)

Murray wanted to be down in the water so he'd be near where they landed but wasn't too keen on getting into the chilly water if no one was going to join him. He went in on the off chance that they actually did it. Well, they surprised us! Lovey & Honey wasted no time. Once their life jackets were on, they went over the edge! Sweetie hemmed and hawed for a good long while, debating it. She really really wanted to but was quite nervous, but really wanted to. She'd go to the edge, think about it, get into jumping position, then back away. This went on for quite awhile as her sisters came back up and jumped down again and again. Finally, she took the plunge and down she went! As soon as her feet left the ledge, the crowd that had gathered and unbeknownst to us was just standing around waiting to see if she was going to do it or not, started clapping and cheering for her. No sooner had she come back to the surface of the water, than they all moved on going about their evening stroll. I thought people were just hanging around, enjoying the evening, maybe watching their own kids/friends jumping. I had no idea how many people were drawn into Sweetie's "will she? won't she?" drama!

Not So Hot!

We had our first trip to the beach on the weekend and the sunshine managed to avoid us completely! On our last night there, we went down to the water anyway but it had to be the fastest trip on record. We didn't get far from the stairs before everyone was freezing, even with fleece coats under their rainjackets!

Despite the weather, we all had a great time and the girls were very excited to see their friend who lives down the road from the cottage. I sent her a message to tell her we were there and she replied very quickly with "I know! I saw you go by!!" and she squeezed in some time to come visit the girls while we were there. Lovey was in the middle of balking at her dinner vegetables when G knocked on the door. I never waste an opportunity and told her she wasn't allowed to go see her guest until she got her vegetables down. Mind you we're only talking about one slice of carrot and a pea or something like that. I've never seen the kid move so fast, she slammed those into her mouth, chugged some milk to wash them down and was out in that kitchen like a shot. Remind me to always invite G over at suppertime!!!

We also got to spend lots of time with Mr Bojangles and he kept the girls hopping with various games and playtime. He & Lovey had a secret hideout under the stairs and I was checking them out when he firmly admonished me "This is a secret hideout. NOT a peek in whenever you want hideout!!!!!!!" On Sunday morning when his dad woke him up to hit the road for home & hockey school he lost his mind! and this kid LIVES for hockey school. He was so upset and yelling "I don't WANT to go to hockey school!!!!" I'm sure he had a great time when he got there and Grampy says he slept well that night when they got back to the cottage!

I got to go into the city with Karen & Mandy to watch "Something Borrowed". It was sooooooo good!!! It's rare that a movie does a book justice but in this case I'd say they did. I loved every minute of it! AND the author of the book has a cameo which I thought was THE coolest!!!!

Great weekend, hopefully the first of many this summer!