COUSIN FUN - Day 5 - BATES!

Suzanne, Matthew and the Connecticut Cousins (as we call them in our house) arrived last night.  Fluid.  The plans are fluid.  Originally they were going to come to us sometime on Monday, and we were then going to head north sometime on Tuesday to join the Bacons.  When Jon and Michelle realized how big the Tory ski chalet was, they told the Bateses to come on up!  They made great time, and even though they left late, they got in to Collingwood last night.

I was planning to get organized today.  But when there are cousins to see, who cares about organization!  The girls and I drove north for the day.  Ken stayed home to work.  (Thank you Ken!)

We hung out for a bit at the chalet.  Matthew forced Fiona to bond with him.  The girls had fake nails applied - thank you Auntie Michelle.  The boys built a palace for Alice.  And one for Kate too.  Cousins connected!

We finally got organized and packed up and we headed down the road to Craigleith Provincial Park.  We were expecting beach.  There was rock.  It was good and not good.  It was fun and not fun.  Some of the rocks were slippery.  There were some cut toes.  And there were black flies biting our ankles.  And of course, no sand.  Other than that, it was kind of cool and the kids did what kids do, they had fun!

The rest is kind of a blur.  The girls and I left eventually.  I'm excited for tomorrow.  Cousin holiday fun is on!