We're living in New York - we have to at least go to Canada and see what it is about the country which makes people so g-ddam lovely. Our criteria was that we wanted somewhere relaxed, beachy and somewhere you could drive to from New York. We were recommended Prince Edward County by Cassie's mum (who is Canadian) - a loyalist area - so we wouldn't be unwelcome - and we found a house online in Wellington on the Northern edge of Lake Ontario. It was an ambitious 7-8 hour journey in the car with the kids which we made it through and got here a couple of days ago. Couldn't be nicer. The house is really quaint and gorgeous and literally steps from the lake which is like a very calm sea so perfect for Ruby. There are tons of deserted lake shores around - here's one of them which we went to yesterday, splashed around and had a picnic.
We've mostly paddled, and eaten.
People are RIDICULOUSLY nice. Wellington is a town of 1700 people (apparently ambitious), and tonight we got invited round to our nextdoor neighbors for a glass of wine, together with Lizanne who owns the house and is staying nearby. They'd gone to such an effort, .wine, nibbles, made various barriers so the kids wouldn't hurt themselves and were taking endless photos of them. couldn't get enough even though Ruby and Eben were literally tearing their deck apart.
So Ruby and Eben are happy.
Eben especially following his introduction to chocolate orange ice cream.
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