Off We Go Again!

We are now officially "allowed" to go to Disney! We packed up the van and headed to Ottawa last week to get our passports processed right at the office. We've heard too many scary stories about the backlog at Passport Canada since the US put their mandatory passport rules in to place, so we decided not to risk it. I didn't want to have to explain to a 5 year old Princess that she couldn't go to the Magic Kingdom to meet Cinderella because her passport didn't arrive in time. The process was quick and smooth (despite the early wake up time to get in line and the heavy rain we had to run through) and now we have one less thing to worry about. Time to book her in to the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique and for that lunch date with Cinderella!

Once that was done, we headed back West for a weekend of camping at Logos Land with Auntie Lindsay. Luckily the torrential rain stopped just before we arrived. We crammed our tents in to a tiny campsite, set up the rest of camp and headed to Noah's Ark for pizza and to play with the animals and train.

We went back to camp for baths and jammies while we took turns trying to get a campfire going with wet wood and no newspaper. We decided to use the Pioneer Bucks (sort of like Canadian Tire Money only not as useful) in the glove box once we ran out of garbage, and Lindsay finally got it lit! You'd think we were amateurs!The sky was nice and clear that night, so I took out the camera and managed a neat shot of an airplane flying by and the tree illuminated by the campfire. Unfortunately, I don't know how to make all the pictures clickable so you really can't see much at this size.
It was hot and sunny on Saturday so we spent the afternoon at the water park. We took turns going down the water slides (my sinuses are squeeky clean now, Lindsay almost lost an arm and Keith thought he was going over the edge!) and staying with Sydney who refused to try even the baby slides. Cameron shivered his way down a dozen times with all the other little tots while she sat on the sidelines. We finally convinced her to try by telling her the Saturday Night Family Movie was only for kids who went on the slides and that she needed to practice for Disney. She begrudgingly took her turn, but "didn't like it" despite the grin on her face! She did however go out on the water trampoline with Auntie Lindsay while Cameron had a nap.

We had steak and potatoes back at the camp and watermelon for dessert.
The campfire lit quite easily the second so we had s'mores for a bedtime snack and crashed after a long day. We got up the next morning, ate breakfast, packed off and headed home...exhausted!