Family Summer in Nova Scotia

Summertime in Nova Scotia is incredible. If you live here, or have visited, you know what I mean. The air is clean and delicious, the water is refreshing, and the sun often shines. Every August my brother and sister in-law and my three nieces escape the sweltering heat of Toronto for a week home with us... 

We enjoyed laying out and playing on Clam Harbour Beach during the Sandcastle Contest while the kids and their dad had their own hand-stand contest.

 Ellie, my scary little 7-year old sand monster...

Another beautiful beach day was spent at Stoney Beach in Lawrencetown. Above, my husband walks the low tide pools with my nieces Ellie and Jordyn. Below, Ellie does a perfect hand stand!

 Jordyn gets the deluxe full body Beach Spa treatment...

Balance beams and hula hoops...

My sister-in-law, Barb, and my youngest niece, Brooklyn...

 My husband gives Brook a plane ride!

My brother-in-law Mike couldn't stop saying how happy he was, after 2 hrs kiting at Stoney's. Lake Ontario gets some wind, but nothing beats the real thing on the ocean!

My folks come for a visit this week!! I look forward to lots of day trips exploring the coast, beach-combing, and a road trip around the Cabot Trail.

Enjoy these last few weeks of summer... xo DS