Sunday, March 04, 2012

Winterlude 2012 - Saturday Morning

On Saturday morning we woke up and grabbed breakfast at the hotel.  It was really nice because breakfast was included and there was a ton of stuff.  It was a nice way to start the day.

Our plan was to go find the shuttle stop for the free Sno-Bus.  It was another thing we had never tried, using the free buses, but we figured we would give it a try.  We were heading over to the Snowflake Kingdom in Jacques Cartier Park.

Cameron checking out a model of Ottawa

We walked through Confederation Park on our way to the bus stop.  It was neat to see the ice sculptures by day and see how far the carvers had gotten since the night before.

The park had a few art installations - this one was a tree made out of hockey equipment!

We found the bus stop and the bus, and it turned out to be super easy (and free!).  We will definitely use that again next year.

Over at Snowflake Kingdom - our view down the giant family ice slide

Here we come down the slide!  The Winterlude mascots, the Ice Hogs, were going down the slide next to us.

Matt and Gina with the Army mascot bear

Mama and Leah hanging out

Gina is excited to slide!

So is Matt!

Gina and Nana ready to slide

Here comes Cam (in the middle)!

Wheeeeee!

Uncle Matt, Mama and Leah, and Poppa sliding

The single rider ice slides

Time for a family race - Daddy, Mama and Leah, and Cameron

So fun!

Waiting in line for the tube slides.  We have never been able to go on these before because the line is always so long.  I guess that is one advantage of getting to the park when it opens!

Tube slides!  That is Nana going down.

Mama and Leah ready to go

There goes Uncle Matt

Mama and Leah on our way down.  When we got to the bottom, I asked Leah if she liked it.  She said "YES!" so I asked if she wanted to go again.  She looked at me like I was crazy and said "All done."

Cam's view from the top, in his double tube with Daddy

Tim goes for a ride by himself

This time Poppa and Cameron go down in a double slide - can you find Cameron in the front of the tube?

Mama and Leah with one of the Ice Hogs

On the giant family slide again.  Poppa, Nana, Daddy and Cameron went down together.  Daddy took this picture mid-slide.  Cam is loving it!

Here come Uncle Matt, Aunt Gina, Mama and Leah

What a great slide, it is so fun!

Daddy, Mama and Leah with the Navy dog mascot.  Cameron didn't want to get in this picture

More fun on the single rider slides

Here goes Cam

And there goes Mama and Leah

Wheeeeee, Aunt Gina is having fun

Cameron and the ice soldier

Poppa with the kiddos under the bird kite

After lots of fun awesome sliding, we headed back over to the hotel for lunch and nap.  In the afternoon our plan was skating on the canal, but that is for another post...

1 comment:

Sue Kinsella said...

Especially loved the picture of Cam laughing mid-slide - terrific!