Thursday morning - Canada Day, we set off for the rest of the journey to the Island. Before we left the hotel Kate was being super cute rolling around the bed, so I just had to take a picture. And of course it is the only picture of us in Sudbury...
After Kate started to recover from her initial shock of being somewhere new, she had to check everything out. Mostly this meant the riding lawn mower.
The biggest shock of them all came later that afternoon. Kate and walking... what to say? She has been walking holding a finger, or furniture for ages. And for whatever reason has not wanted to let go, until Canada Day. She decided to take her first REAL solo steps on the day of her nation's birth... how patriotic. And most happily to me, one week shy of 18 months and a milestone that would have been missed. She walked across the porch a few times. I cried, Ken sort of cried and the Grandparents cheered. After this momentous event we piled in the van and went to Providence Bay to enjoy the beach, the Canada Day concert and the fireworks.
Kate loved the concert and insisted on hanging out right in front of the stage. She walked all over the beach and all around the small museum type exhibit of animals inside the pavillion at the beach. She loved everything until it was time for the fireworks. I was convinced she wouldn't like the noise, Ken was unconvinced, until the first boom and the screaming! I rushed her over to the van - screaming, and once inside the van turned on some of her music, the lights and I started reading her stories. So no fireworks for me, but that's okay, there will be more in the future!
The next day, the 2nd, we started off the day by visiting Ken's parents at the Farmer's Market in Gore Bay. It was the first time I'd been to a Farmer's Market in an arena. Unfortunately I did not take any pictures. After visiting, grabbing something to eat and going to the park we went home to nap. In the afternoon we drove to Little Current to explore. The town itself is very small, but we found a really fun park by the lake. Kate had fun walking around and splashing in the water.
On the 3rd we started off the day going to visit Ken's parents at the Farmer's Market in Mindemoya. Another Market in an arena, and I didn't take pictures there either. Thinking back on it, I have no idea why I didn't take pictures. We went to a fun little restaurant - Mum's Restaurant and Bakery, for breakfast, watched a two car parade and then drove to Michael's Bay. A friend had told me that there were beautiful sandy beaches that no one went to in Michael's Bay. We drove down and well, there was no sandy beach, but we did see yet another part of the Island that we hadn't seen before. On our way back to Ken's parent's house we stopped in M'Chigeeng at a park for Kate and there was a beautiful beach, we'll have to go swimming there another time. To finish off the day we went to dinner in Gore Bay with Ken's parents and spent some time at the park for Kate.
The next day, Sunday the 4th we went to church. Their branch meets in a store front building in Little Current and it's the best time we've had at church in a long time. Church was only two hours. Kate couldn't get bored, there wasn't enough time! I even went to Sunday School and Relief Society, something I haven't done in months. After church we came home for a fun afternoon of hanging around the homestead.
There was tractor riding and garden visiting.
There was time spent reading books on a blanket under a tree.
More tractor riding and cow visiting.
There was hanging out on the porch.
And the best Sunday activity of them all, shed building!
Our trip came and went far too quickly! On Monday morning we set off for South Baymouth and the Ferry. Ken and I had never taken the ferry before, we were excited.
Ken's parents saw us off. (The gold coloured jeep... can you see it?)
Thank you Ken and Chris for a wonderful visit!
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