This past weekend was the 9th reunion of Katrine’s China family. Â These weekends are always fun because they involve lots of kids, laughter and getting caught up. Â Watching all of these kids grow has been a blessng, what a great group of kids and parents.
Not too big for storytime….well, for a few minutes at least.
We came back to Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara again this year. Â It is a favourite of the kids. I was a bit worried about what Elspeth might think given how she is not a big fan of splashpads but she rather enjoyed herself. Â By the end of the day she had gone down two slides, jumped waves and actually put a foot and hand into a splashy fountan. Â She was also a big fan of the story time and Friday night dance party although she danced more for me than Baba.
Some of her moves.
Katrine spent her time divided between two activities – playing in the water and running around on quests. (Thank you again to her China sisters and brother for sharing their wands and quests so willingly) Â This year was a big deal because she really went on the waterslides. Â In years past she has spent vast quantities of time in the warm tub but this time round she was here to have fun with family and she did just that.
I managed to catch her in the midst of a quest. Unfortunately all of the other photos of Katrine have other kids in them so you will need to be content with just this one.Aside from bonding, there was even a few special surprises for me in the form of gluten free goodness!  The restaurant beside the entrance to the waterpark carries gluten free pizza.  It was so tasty that the girls did not even notice the difference and ate my pizza instead of the regular when I wasn’t looking (which is one way to eat less).  Then for dessert there was gluten free flourless cake or cupcakes.  Decadent!  They were the cherry on my sundae! And then today for lunch it was a peameal and cheddar melt prepared in an oven not the panini press.(The counter server changed gloves, laid down new wax paper, the whole deal!) And it was DELICIOUS! Gave me enough energy to go on another tube slide and stand for half an hour in the wave pool watching Elspeth dance around.
Mmmmm, cake! It looked pretty, tasted great and was GF!
