We went downtown this past weekend to catch the last weekend of Winterlude activities. Winterlude is a huge winter festival here in Ottawa; one that Ed and I don't normally go down for, but with a child in the house I guess now it's a municipal requirement. So we packed up Angelie and Grandma and Grandpa and down we went. Over on the Quebec side they have 'Snowflake Kingdom' which is basically a big playground for kids, with ice slides, games, concerts and horse-drawn wagon rides.

Angelie seemed to have a good time. We were blessed with slightly warmer weather than we've been having for a few weeks, and we bundled her up good.

She enjoyed the ice-slide twice - once with Daddy and once with Grandpa. After Grandpa lost his balance and they both slid down on their backs, she decided she'd had enough of that.



We took a $20 five-minute ride on a horse-drawn cutter.


Angelie's pretty brave when it involves other children. She saw a group of kids playing volleyball and she marched right into the middle of the game to join in.


I think it's safe to bet we'll be back down there again next year.