Canada Day this year was on a very hot and sunny day. Perfect for the Millers to meet up with family and spend the day at Fort Rod Hill & Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site. There is quite a gathering at Fort Rodd Hill every year on Canada Day with activities for kids, people dressed in historical clothing, a gun salute, and a giant birthday cake for Canada.

We packed a picnic and enjoyed ourselves in the sunshine and walking around the ocean front property.

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Claire was in ballet this past school year. In June she performed in her very first ballet recital. The production was amazing. It was a story told with all the various ballet classes playing different parts. She did so great and had a lot of support as our extended Miller family joined us for both shows- Thanks Wendy, Senna & Debbie! Claire may have been the most excited about being a turtle and being allowed to wear make-up 😉

rehearsal breakpost show flower bouquet:

The Mermaid’s Mirror

June 13 & 14 at 2pm

Come and enjoy our full-year ballet program students perform in this original ballet. 

Suitable for ages 3+

Children wreak havoc on their mother during a typical day at the beach. As the day comes to an end a terrible storm suddenly rolls in. A sorcerous from the deep sea creates chaos for the beachgoers and four sisters are swept into the depths of the ocean. A mermaid rescues them from the sorcerous and promises to show them back to shore, but under one condition; the children must look into her magical mirror to witness their less-than-admirable behavior towards their mother earlier in the day. Once the children show remorse for their actions and promise to work towards mending the relationship with their mother, she rewards them with inviting them to dance with the underwater creatures before returning them to the beach.

Before we actually had children, Jimmy was excited about the notion of sharing the movie Star Wars movie with them when the time was right. Recently, his excitement came to fruition as the original trilogy of movies and selective amounts of the expanded universe were shared with Claire and Rhys. As was to be expected, both children inherited Jimmy’s love of it (maybe it’s a genetic thing? Haha)

Building off of this hype, and with Claire and Rhys being really creative kids, Claire was recently on a mission to look like one of her favorite characters Ahsoka Tano -from the Clone Wars CGI show. Rhys followed suit wanting to be Count Dooku and voila, dress-up fun with Mom for hours!

 

 

 

 

 

Spring! The weather is warming up and we are packing away our winter clothes 🙂 One of the best things about living in Victoria is all the cherry blossoms this time of year….

We had a lot of fun adventures during the kids March spring break this year. Towards the end of the long break we ventured out to Sooke and met up with Senna & Chris for some fun adventures in their neck of the woods. We spent some time wandering Sooke potholes which is a summer hot spot for swimming. We toured the abandoned deer trail resort** as well which was very fun. We also visited a playground and the local skate park where we had a tailgate lunch party!

**The deer trail resort began construction in the 1980’s and after two decades of delays and financial issues it fell into disrepair and is now owned by the land conservancy and local parks department. There used to be more timber structure but as a safety precaution they dismantled it leaving just the foundation. It would have been an amazing resort if completed!

 

Archive photos of the ‘deer trail resort’ prior to the timber being removed: