Glenn and I celebrated out 14th wedding anniversary on Wednesday (I am a few days behind so bear with me). We decided that this year we would spend it doing something as a family. What to do with an 8 and 2 year old? It needed to be a fun, family activity. Hmmm….. Well, we settled on Marineland because well “everyone loves Marineland”. Turns out that our girls are no exception and we had a wonderful day.
We started the day off early by hitting the kiddie rides. This worked out well as the line ups for the rides are much shorter first thing in the morning. In fact, we managed to do a total of six rides in about an hour. It was Elspeth’s first foray into rides and it was a hit (both in terms of her enjoying them and us enjoying her smiles). I think that the ladybug rollercoaster was her absolute favourite which was fine with Katrine and I as this was our favourite ride too. We dragged Glenn on once but that was it. Felt sorry for him, sitting in the small car with his legs jammed under the bar. It is hard being really tall and wanting to enjoy an outing with your kids fully. Poor guy.
After the rides it was off to see the animals and the show. Katrine LOVED the show. Particulary the dolphins (it was pretty cool). Elspeth’s attention was not really held at all by the show. The dolphins would jump, she would watch, then it was back to trying to climb on all of us. That was not so bad except that it was a packed house and everytime that she climbed her feet came with in inches of the heads of those in front of us. Made it difficult for the rest of us to enjoy. Her reaction at the whales was easier on all of us; meaning we all got a chance to actually look at them. In one pool there was a group of Beluga moms and babies. The babies were adorable! Elspeth now knows the meaning of the word whale!
Thefocus for both girls at times was poop. Katrine was watching the Beluga whales poop before her eyes. While Elspeth spent the whole time with the deer pointing out their poop on the ground. Guess all of the time spent reading Everybody Poops to the girls has created an increased awareness of the world of bodily waste. In Elspeth’s case it came in handy for keeping her from stepping in said poop!
After leaving the park over heated and tired, we headed to Niagara on the Lake for our anniversary dinner. As you can see in the photos, Elspeth crashed and crashed hard. The rest of us enjoyed a delicious, totally gluten free dinner at the Irish Tea Room. Did I mention that we even had dessert! It was so special to be able to eat a complete, not to mention delicious, meal like I did 14 years ago with my wonderful hubby and eldest firecracker for company. We topped dinner off with a splash in the park’s fountain/pool (not sure that we were suppose to but other kids were actually swimming in it so it couldn’t be wrong for us to relax in it’s refreshing waters) and a little playing in the nearby playground before trucking back home.
It was a wonderful anniversary spent with three of the best things in my life. I am a very lucky wife.
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