Boat Weekend

We went up to the boat on Saturday August 18th with the kids. It was quite the modified boat weekend for several reasons: we usually do 2 nights but we did 1, we booked a hotel because there was no way we would be able to squeeze our big fam into the tiny sleeping quarters and also baby girl wakes up usually twice a night which would be tricky with not waking everyone else up and also figuring out where to feed and change her in the middle of the night. Another big change is I can drink only minimal small amounts of alcohol because of breastfeeding!

 We left around 8am for the over 2 hour drive and just stopped once for a feed and break. We got to the boat right around lunch time (and took the 407 because I'd do anything to keep the kids happy) and had some lunch on the boat!

 As we were arriving, I could see that they were setting up jumpy castles and Paul inquired and it was boaters appreciation day! Score for Logan... he got to bounce on the castle, go through the obstacle course, eat creamsicles and even got a loot bag to take home (which they threw together for him even though we didnt sign up!)

 After lunch and some bouncy castle fun, we headed our for a sail in the afternoon! The wind was perfect. Not too windy that we were healed over but just enough to push us along for a little hour long sail.

Leah's first sail... she slept through it. I started to see that her colour was a bit whiter with blue around her eyes so we tunred around and caught a bouy in the water to go for a swim!

 This was he first year that Logan loved his sailboat experience! The last 2 years he couldn't wait for it to be done but he was Mr. Curious this year! His fave part was all the ropes (which Paul insists are lines... even to the 3 year old)

 I remembered just a couple days before that we needed life jackets for both munchkins because Logan's from the .ash 2 years was too small for hi, but too big for Leah! So almost $200 later our kids were ready and safe for the sail.

Swim stop! Logan was so excited to climb down the ladder and swim with Daddy!

We had to hurry back because feeds dictate life! Leah's glorious life of boat feeds....

And shortly after we got back, we started getting ready for supper! Some good ol hamburgers, corn and broccoli salad. I love this spot for meals! Leah slept in Aleksys arms while Logan played with his trucks and the rocks (and was so into it that he didn't want to eat).

This is the fam picture you get when you ask the lady who's been drinking on the boat all day to take your picture ( the others people were cut off so this was best!).

We headed to the hotel shortly after supper and the kids had baths/showers and then bedtime! Logan got a little inflatable pool in his goody bag which we made Leah's make shift bath because I wanted to get the sunscreen off her.

The hotel we stayed at had a suite room which was awesome for separation of the kids so Logan could fall asleep easily and not wake up in the middle of the night when Leah feeds! And of course had breakfast in the morning.

That's Leah living her best hotel life. After breakfast, we grabbed coffees and some chicken for lunch and headed back to the boat. We had some early lunch on the boat and then headed to Bee's for a quick visit! And then Logan was getting antsy so we headed home around 1pm so he could have his car nap!