We celebrated Canada Day a few hours early...

It turns out that our American hosts, while wonderful, didn't know too much about their friends north of the border. After being privy to a number of O'Canada's that sounded nothing like, O'Canada, we decided that we would use the day to bring all things Canadian (including ourselves) to the Kiwis/Americans.

Dorky? Yes, but we kicked things off with teaching everyone the words to our national anthem. Mike then decided to have a music lesson, showcasing our preferred Canadian talent: the hip, the arrogant worms, bnl and stompin' tom (I'm contractually obligated to include at least one of the bands in this lineup). We concluded with a rousing version of 'Blame Canada' and pancakes.

I can't remember much else, which smacks of most Canada Days, but I do believe we also heaved a giant water tank into the attic via the roof, drank a little champagne, discussed our recent 'healing' sessions, finalized curtains for the van, visited the local cheese shop and made poutine.

I kid you not, that was my day.

Our new friend Kat, who is lovely, made us the hats we're wearing in the picture above. You're going to see a lot of them, as they have been deemed our official Canadian ambassador uniforms for the duration of ourtrip (we're hoping it leads to many free drinks).

Anyhow, all this to say I hope you have a wonderful Canada Day. Big love to all, especially my niece Isabel who is celebrating her first in Westville with the whole crew.

xo
ps. I couldn't finish off without sharing a photo of our first ever homemade poutine, fries and all. We have a lot of vegetarians onsite so we ended up making miso gravy and it was surprisingly delicious. If you want to try the recipe, here it is*







*We subbed in marmite for the nutritional yeast and masked the smell with some rosemary... b/c i haven't learned to love it - yet.