Blueberry Picking

Tom, Lewie and I managed to get a Blueberry picking trip in before Tom had to go back to Quebec. Went out to Bauline and had a really nice hike. Unfortunately there was not many blueberries so we decided to pick Partridge berries as well as blueberries. I was a little daunted by having to separate the berries. I put them into the water to wash and in the morning I noticed that they separated themselves. The Partridge berries were at the top and the blueberries were at the bottom. Made cleaning them much easier.

Lewie's Birthday

Well it never fails. The beginning of the new school year always occurs on or slightly just after Lewie's Birthday. This year he was fortunate that it was the second day of the school year and not the first day back. He had a good birthday. Unfortunately his dad is away but he got to speak to him on the phone so that made up for it. Lewie had a Football match on his birthday. Last one of the outdoor season. His football team the Rangers where playing the gold medal match. Each season the teams have a playoff and medals are given out for gold, silver and bronze. This year Lewie's team got through and played for gold. It was a very exciting match and the teams where very evenly matched. All of the kids played really hard and seemed to really enjoy themselves. The game came down to 10 minutes of extra time. After which the score was still 0-0. It was getting quite dark so some guys drove their big monster trucks onto the field and parked across the field so that their headlights would light up the penalty box and goalie but not so that it would be in the goalie's eyes. They spent quite sometime lining it up so that it was just so. They then had penalty shoot outs. After 5 players had gone they were still even 2-2. So they had sudden death penalty. Which ever team scored with one last player would win. Lewie's team scored and his team won the gold medals. I think it is a hard way to end the season and such a good game. All of the kids did so well. There is so much potential in some of these kids. All in all he had a good birthday just a little out of the ordinary.