We booked the best cottage we possibly could have for sharing with 7 kids total and 3 couples. The most kid-friendly friendly cottage and close to the beach and the ice cream stand in Ipperwash!
We all got there on Friday night at different times and the first thing you see when you get there is the big trampoline, a playground, and a jungle gym. Logan got out of the car and immediately started playing with his friends.
We had lasagna for supper complete with garlic bread and caesar salad and then had a mini birthday celebration for Steph whose birthday was the Saturday before!
And glow sticks! The glow stick game quickly became throw your glow stick and then go get it, which meant they were flying everywhere. But the kids were happy!
After a long first night of fun, the kids got to bed at 10pm. I think that's the latest Logan has ever stayed up... Too much excitement.
Logan wasn't the first one up in this cottage! His friends are also early risers, so 6-7am wake ups are totally normal.
They all played in the big toy room in the living room in the mornings until everyone joined.
For meals, we all split bringing a lunch, supper and breakfast. While Steph and I were aiming for easy, we were very happy that Chelsea and Warren were up for cooking bacon, sausages and eggs for all 13 of us. They cooked it for us on Saturday morning Even Logan ate a couple sausages. That was probably his biggest meal of the weekend because he did not want to eat at all there... too much playing to do.
Our room. We were the only room in the basement and the others were all on the upper level. It was nice because Logan was away from the other kids crying or waking up in the night (the other kids are used to that because of their siblings but Logan definitely isnt) but it was really cold down there and right outside the little window was the playground (which only mattered for nap time).
Logan is so big for his playpen now, we have to find an alternative for him for travel sleeping!
Saturday firstly was cloudy and we weren't sure it would be warm, but it ended up being a great day to walk to the beach! We all headed down just before lunch and with 5 kids and 5 adults (Chels stayed back with the twins and they all napped) and my fitbit said it took us 20 minutes to get there. Not bad for 5 distracted kids!
Me 32 weeks and Steph 35 weeks! Hopefully she goes first and my baby girl stays in there until July.
The cottage even came with sand/outside toys so we brought them along! It was a perfect day because the wind was slow and the water was still. The kids played for about 2 hours getting water and bringing it back to play in the sand.
No bathing suits... just one wet and sandy boy.
After we got back to the cottage, had some lunch and naps, the water balloon fight started. The kids had the best time ever with this. Good thing there were hundreds. Hundreds of water balloons can easily go in a few minutes with this crew.
Some were really excited, and others (the twins) thought it was horrible!
Logan is happy as can be as long as he is getting someone (usually me). Just like Florida when he wanted to get us with his water sprayer.
That night was the best night where the kiddos all went to bed at a reasonable 830pm time and we stayed up playing scattergories where the ladies kicked the guys butts. Plus, even with staying up for a few hours after the kids, we still got to bed at a reasonable 1am!
Sunday was a colder, rainier day so we spent some time inside. There was tons to do so we got more out of the cottage this way anyways. There was a foosball table, air hockey table and football game downstairs, a full projector theatre and another playroom/games room for the kids.
This was the little room beside our tat had puzzles, books, and lots of board games for the adults too. Crowd pleaser: Hungry Hungry hippos.
This is the play area on the main floor where the kids entertained themselves in the mornings and on the Sunday since it wasn't the best outside. There were so many toys and our kids did a pretty good job getting them all out and scattering them across the floor!
We still found some time to play outside since it was mostly clear for the rain. This was the day that Logan refused to nap and we ended up going for a little car ride to get him to get some sleep (with a little Tims run to Forest).
We did get in a trip to the ice cream store this day though! We also bought more milk because the 9L that we brought to the cottage was clearly not enough.
We thought it'd be a good idea to get a fire going on the Sunday since we had stuff for smores and spidey dogs. Logan refused to stay outside and didn't partake in the fire because he was a cranky crankster after his nap and only wanted to play trains. I snuck outside to get a smore, but the general consensus was that it was a lot of work to keep all the kids safe and away from the fire (you can see the chalk line which was the barrier... and you can also see 3 kids totally in that chalk line!)
After the kids had baths and put their jammies on, Steph remembered that they and brought sparklers for the kids, so they went out in their jammies!
And only 1 injury. Colton pinched his fingers around the hot stick just to check if it was hot (it was).
Then the kiddos had movie night in the theatre downstairs. The biggest Paw Patrol screen they could dream of. And cheesies to make for a complete experience. Logan was in his happy place.
That was our last night and it was a rough one for some of the kiddos. Colton had a hard time falling asleep because of his burn and Mason basically didn't sleep the whole night. Plus the Wii wouldn't work for the men after they spent a good dollar on batteries for it.
Our cottage. We are going back here for sure. This time we'll just bring our 9 kids.
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