You know, Hamilton does have pretty parts too

Although we are technically part of Hamilton, I never refer to myself as a Hamiltonian. But today I was reminded that I am often too hard on Hamilton. Like any other city it has its nice areas & its not so nice areas. This weekend is (the first annual?) Wingfest & we headed down there after Jason's swimming lessons. Sydney wanted to watch Jason's lessons & since today's was the last one the outing was a family affair. Apparently the spectators were marvelling at how he will jump in the pool all by himself (over & over again).

Anyway, back to why I am too hard on Hamilton. The event was held at Pier 8, which I had never been to & was really quite nice. There is a nice Williams Coffee Pub down there with a really nice patio (who knew?). Also, the kids loved to look at all the boats and the Canada Geese. I noted that there was a little trolley tour and a boat tour, both of which Sydney asked if we could do some day. Jason was not ready to leave watching the boats, but we did head down there to sample some wings. I'm not a big chicken wing person, but the [something] and Bulldog had some really good ones.

There was also rides & games for the kids so although it was a quite costly couple of hours, the kids had fun. Jason got to go on his first "big kid ride" and it was quite cute. He looked pretty unsure while he was on, but he didn't really want to get off. I seem to remember Sydney being exactly the same way. I'd love to share a picture, but apparently I need Bluetooth to get the pictures from my phone to my computer & that isn't happening right now.

So instead here is a picture of Sydney & I at Mom's last weekend. One thing Hamilton doesn't have is this family showing up at your garage sale. Sydney was in awe at how big the horses were.