Monthly Archives: June 2016

Still Swimming

It has been a busy few days, starting with a fantastic outing on Thursday evening with Clarky’s Kids to see “Finding Dory”.  Clarky’s Kids is David Clarkson’s charity to support families with children who are treated at Grand River Hospital and who have been, or still are, dealing with cancer.  It was a great break for […]

Heat is on!

Holy smokes… pun intended… it is hot!  Both literally and figuratively!   As far as the literal is concerned, we all look forward to the warmer temperatures our summer brings.  However, there are definitely times, like the last few days, that us Hovey girls would prefer “spring”-like temperatures!  Cailyn would prefer cooler temperatures because she doesn’t cope well with […]

Birthdays and “best ball”

Saturday was a full day!  It started at 6:30am and ended after midnight when we arrived home from our late-night celebration with ice-cream cake.  It was a day for celebrating a special birthday and experiencing the transformative magic of “team-play”. First and foremost, Lauryn, my not-so-little girl, turned 12 on Saturday.  The last 12 years […]

Cast off

Today we were back in London to follow-up with Cailyn’s orthopaedic surgeon. The first part of the process was getting her cast cut so she could get her foot x-rayed without the cast on.  Based on Cailyn’s reactions 3 weeks ago and today, it is a process that is very ticklish 🙂 !!  It’s quite […]

Recital Time

People who have children in dance know that May / June is the time of year that the studios put on their end-of-year performances.  My girls both started to dance at Carousel when they were three and I’ve enjoyed every single performance that the studio has created.  Last night was Lauryn’s first recital performance of three and it […]