we live in a beautiful world

These are some pictures that I took on the last day of Summer Playground. I was a leader there for 6 weeks with Adam. We looked after 6-8 year olds in the mornings and afternoons. It was a fairly good experience. I learned a lot about holding kid's attention, having the right enthusiasm and how to plan and lead games and activities.

Frog cupcakes!!

There weren't many kids left for the end of the summer.

Here it was pajama party day.

Mattea (far left) was a horse (her favourite animal).

She was cute but a lot to handle.

"Do a funny face!"

The gym that we played in. It got unbearably hot most days.

The playground. On the pavement we drew with chalk a lot.

Most of the kids played tick-tack-toe or drew outlines of themselves.

Or we would play with bubbles with my kick-ass bubble machine.

5,000 bubbles a minute for 20 bucks.

This is Erin and Laura (cousins).

Erin was a floater and Laura was my assistant coordinator.

Val was our coordinator.

She's probably the most enthusiastic person I've ever met- in a good way.

Coldplay - Don't Panic

sleepless long nights that is what my youth was for

My first blog. I have an online journal as well but I never update it so here's to a fresh start!

The summer is almost over and I'm trying to enjoy every last minute of it before I have to go back to school. I made a big list of things to get done so I don't end up hanging around the house doing nothing. Tonight I went out with some friends that I haven't seen in a while.

Grant and Caitlyn. I've known Grant since grade eleven english class.

He's a great guy that I get along with really well.

Jess. Another one of my good friends. I met her from work and we always had a

great time joking around- mostly at her expense.

Kris. He seems like a good guy but I haven't known him for very long.

He and Jess are dating.

ME! I hate when my bangs get like that.
Rob. I think he's going to be really hot when he gets older.

Sadly, he's only sixteen.

Caitlyn is really nice but I feel like she distances herself from me

moreso than other people.

I love Subway.

Creepy eyes!


She's wearing her new Conestoga sweater that she bought today.

She's going there in September for architecture.

I'm so happy she's not going away for school.

Driving my new SUV. I never pictured myself driving one but my dad talked me into it.

It turned out being cheaper than the car I was going to get.

Grant looks high in these pictures for some reason.
:D

Best picture of the night by far!
These are the times when I hate driving. Damn distracting passengers!

This one's a keeper.
I love Rob.
They're both moving to Owen Sound for school in the fall. It sounds like they're basically going to be living together. It seems a little fast to me but I think they'll be okay.


I had a good time even though we didn't do much of anything. We hung out in Rob's basement for a while which was covered in more sports paraphernalia than I've ever seen in one room before. I should have taken a picture of it. Then we went to subway because I hadn't eaten much for dinner.

At the same time though, I couldn't help but thinking how much I'll miss this next year. I feel like everyone is leaving and I'm the loser stuck living at home. I wish we would have started hanging out earlier in the year. I wish we wouldn't have taken the time we had for granted.

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