creativelykate

So I don't really like roller coasters but I'm going to use them as an analogy to describe my life over the past 7 days...this time last week I was lying in bed imagining tiny, disgusting, six legged creatures crawling all over me.  I use the word imagine but the reality is, there was a lot of truth behind these visions.  I was right smack dab in the middle of a lice infestation.  That's right - our entire family (ok so not the dog), but we totally thought he had it.  It wasn't until the following morning that we learned otherwise.  Perhaps our dog did have lice but at least it wasn't the human kind ha!   Anyhow, to make a long story short we are officially lice free!  But this was no easy task...14 loads of laundry, 3 lice combs, endless hours of cleaning, 2 professionals, over $600 and only one shaved head.  Let's just it was money well spent and I now consider myself a lice expert.  Feel free to message me if you have any ...

We started our summer holidays with a couple of weekend getaways...carrying on with the old traditions and experiencing some new ones.  For our first mini holiday we headed north to Tiny Township on the shores of Georgian Bay, where we spent a couple of days with my hubby's uncle and his family.  There's something so special about this cottage and it's location.  It's honestly one of the most beautiful beaches I've visited in Ontario.  I often feel like we're visiting the ocean and the best part - it's just over an hour from the city! Our kids are now at an age where they really look forward to this holiday with their family.  It's not every day they get to spend time with their cousins, so when we start packing they get really excited.  This year we tried to determine how many years we've been coming up and we figured it's our 8th or 9th summer.  Regardless of the count, we have so many memories of this place and this summer was no ex...