It was Alastair's birthday this week and Anna gave me very specific instructions on what she wanted to do to celebrate. On the way to art camp she told what candy I had to buy to decorate the cake, that we had to have have balloons....the list went on and on. I might not have gotten everything on her list but she was pretty happy with our decorations!
Alastair's birthday celebration continued into the weekend when we rented a canoe. And not just any canoe...we rented The Prospector - the ultimate wilderness tripping canoe. We picked it up Friday night and Saturday morning we drove to Cherry Beach where we loaded up the girls, put on our lifejackets and set sail to the Toronto Islands!
Some would think we were crazy to go paddling with a 10 month old but Matilda's Canadian eh! Of course she wasn't always happy with her life jacket on...Anna of course loved every minute!
The captain of our boat (and the main paddler since most of my time was spent holding Matilda!)
One of the many ways I held her....
Anna had fun leaving a trail of bubbles on the water...
We parked our canoe on Ward Island and had a picnic
Anna enjoyed throwing rocks in the water and Matilda loved playing in the canoe....until she got tired. Then she had a meltdown...while we were on the water....you could see people looking at us and thinking,"That poor baby is really unhappy". Finally I just laid her down on the bottom of the canoe and we hoped she would fall asleep. Then we got looks from people that said,"Where is that sound of the crying baby coming from?" Finally Matilda was lulled asleep by the rocking motion of the boat...
Sweet sleeping baby.....
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