Well, we were supposed to go to a cottage this weekend/week, but plans fell through sorta last minute, and Derek had booked 5 days off, and we figured we might as well still go somewhere! So we found a place near St. Mary's/Stratford area called Wildwood Conservation Area. It was a good trip, rain and all. I ended up getting sick our last night there, must've eaten something BAAAD. So that wasn't too much fun, but at least it was on our last night, otherwise, I might have wanted to go HOME!
We checked in early on Sat, went to our nephew Travis' eighth bday party which was close by, and then headed back JUST before the rain started. We were just glad it rained mostly at night while we were there! The girls got good and dirty, and had a grand old time at the pool and lake. The things we do for our children, hey? Things they most likely won't even remember!!! It's all SO worth it though of course.
Mesmerized 8 year old.
Waiting patiently for her cake.
Injury! No one actually saw it happen, but we're pretty sure she ran right into Rudy and Tina's glass/screen door. Instant goose egg!
In Travis and Kyle's tree house.
First campfire on our wet campsite.
SNAILS! Kept Geneva busy for hours.
Geneva and her pet Slimy.
Rudy, Tina, Kyle, Travis, Opa and Nana came up for the day on Sunday. One quick downpour, and then we were good to go!
Brookie's reaction was rather priceless.
Fishergirl
Fisherboy
Sittin with cousin Kyle
"Tavis" whose name Brookie LOVES to say.
"Tousins"
With Opa.
Mesmerized almost 4 year old. (next week!
On Monday we went here in London. The girls LOVED it and were the perfect age for pretty much everything there. I remembered going here when I was little, but things had changed just a smidge!
Ducks!
The very cool HUGE splashpad. How come this wasn't around when we used to go to here when we were kids, Mom? :0)
Loving the water.
A nice wet, sisterly hug.
Looking a little wiped out after lunch and a splash.
I thought she might be scared, but she LOVED the ferris wheel and says it was her favourite part of the day. Brookie wanted to go on REAL bad and kept saying "I turn!" but we didn't think it was such a great idea. :0)
Wheee!
They look a little dozy, probably since Brookie woke everyone up pretty much every morning between 6:30 and 7. OUCH!!!! There's not much you can do to convince a 2 year old to go back to sleep when the sun is shining and the birds are a-singing away!This pic is to show the great set up we discovered to get us a 1/2 hour more sleep/quiet in the am. Too bad we didn't figure this out til our 2nd last morning. The dvd played is attached to one end, the kids on the other end of the playpen with a big ol cup of cheerios. The one camping luxury we allowed a few times- the portable dvd player!
One with mega mosquito bites, one with goose egg remnants. Looking a little rough around the edges at 7 am.
We found a neat "chair" on one of the empty camp sites near us. We had NO one around us after Sunday, felt like we had the whole area of the campground to ourselves actually!
Attempted sister photo op.
Camping family!
Lounging
Waterbug!
G and D.
The END!
1 comment:
Andrea Rose Huisman, your daughters are RIDICULOUSLY good looking! I am amazed at every picture at how beautiful they are. I hate that they're so far away from me.
Also, I'd bet cash money that they remember some of these camping trips. I remember camping up in the boundary waters with my family, and I couldn't have been over five (since it was pre-Casey) at the time. Great experiences like that stick with you. :)
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