Last weekend my family celebrated my parent's 35 wedding anniversary in Prince Edward Island. We spent a morning out sailing in my sister's boat in the Charlottetown Harbour with the kiddies. They loved it!! Gabriel was very excited watching the mechanics of how everything works. Magdalene was, as I expected, waving and waving, yelling/slurring (in her unnunciated little toddler voice. "Seeeeee-yaaaaa-laaaa-taaaaaaa!!!!!" All she wanted to do was climb up over the side of the boat and launch herself into the water. So it was quite a feat trying to keep her in there for the two hours or so we were on the water. This girl sure is a mover!
It was all very exciting.... I say to myself that someday we'll be on the boat and that will be entertaining enough on it's own. We will be able to sit back and enjoy being on the boat, and that will be entertainment enough for us all, rather than finding ways to distract our children from the excitement of being on a boat, while we are on the boat TRYING to enjoy ourselves. Relaxing was not quite the word. But we all definitely loved being in the boat on the water sailing around. So we are looking forward to many more summers doing just that.
For dinner for my parents, we went to the Dunes Gallery which is hands down the BEST artist haunt on the entire island. Located in Brackley Beach on the East end of the island, it houses some fabulous Canadian artists--paintings, jewelry, pottery, clothing, glassware. It is surrounded by beautiful gardens and at one end is a restaurant. We went here for dinner where we could order some appetizers, wine, dinner and dessert and walk around the gallery with a glass of wine in hand between courses. The food was excellent (mostly local fare) and so was the hospitality. This is definitely one of our top picks of MUST-DOs in PEI. Just make sure you make a reservation far, far in advance for dinner (months!)
We had a wonderful celebration with my family and it was so good to spend some quality time together talking and reminiscing and just having fun together. And just for fun, here are a couple of random extra shots from that weekend together. My children are ready to trade me in for Aunt Angela and Uncle Nathan!
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