After skating on the canal, we went back to the hotel room for lunch and naptime. Before naptime, Cameron found this little cubby that he wanted to sleep in. It is the TV stand! He put pillows in there, closed the doors and played in there. What a goof!
After everyone woke up from their naps, we went across the river to Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau, which is where the snow sculptures and Snowflake Kingdom was. We have never made it over there, in all of the eight years we have attended Winterlude. We will certainly be putting it on the agenda for the future because it was awesome!!
Cam and Daddy at the entrance. This was a giant wall of snow with carvings in it. Very cool!
First stop was an ice maze. It is hard to see it here, but the walls were high enough that Tim and I could just barely see over them. We let Cameron lead the way and he found his way out with only a few wrong turns.
Cam and Mama at one of the wrong turns.
The best part of the park was the giant snow slides. There were 30 different slides. Some were individual slides and others were very wide family slides. We saw as many as six people sitting across one of the big slides, so it would be great to do with a group. Cam and Daddy went down the big slide to start.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!!
At the bottom, Cam immediately demanded "Let's do that again!!". He also asked to do it all by himself, which we did not go for on the big slides.
On the smaller, individual slides, on the other hand... Cam got to go down all by himself. Tim put him flat on his back so he wouldn't get hurt. He got down to the bottom with a GIANT grin on his face. Unfortunately, Mama was laughing too hard to get a picture of his excitement.
The happy slider running back to another slide.
There was also a display from the Canadian military winter units. Here is Cam on a snowmobile.
And on a four-wheeler. Imagine the "VROOOMMMM" noise that Cam is making!
After we were done sliding, we got a hot chocolate and sat by a fire to drink it.
Cameron loved it, of course!
He also liked sitting on the log.
As we were going out, we checked out the snow sculptures. This one was a bunch of kids building a snowman.
And our favorite, a giant pair of skates!
The leftover blocks from the snow sculptures were used to make little igloos and forts. Cam and Daddy climbed into one of them.
Mama got in for a family picture as well.
On Sunday morning, Cameron took off his pajamas and climbed back into his little hiding place. He lined it with two pillows, got his blanket, and cuddled in for a while.
A better shot of Cam in his cubby hole.
Before checking out, we went swimming in the pool. The pool was a little bit chilly, as you can tell from Cam's lack of excitement.
They moved over into the hot tub (Cam stayed on the top steps), which was much more enjoyable. They ended up staying in for a bit longer, then going into the pool for another hour. Cam loved both the big pool and the "little warm pool".
What a great weekend, we can't wait for next year!!
