The Juggling Act...: Jack Frost

We had sooooo much fun. We do every year, but this year was so nice. Neither kids nap anymore and are so much bigger and could do everything by themselves.

We left Moncton around 11:00 and arrived in PEI around 1:00 pm. Since the festivities didn't start until 5 pm, we had some rest time. We then went out and walked around to get our bearings. The venue had changed this year and we were unfamiliar with the grounds. So, we walked to Wendy's to get a late lunch, then to the mall to see where the grounds were (behind the mall).

We soon, got back and got our outdoor clothes on and ventured out to Jack Frost. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my camera, so there are no pics from our first night. Because it started at 5 and we only got there around 6 pm, and the kids bedtime is at 7 pm usually, we weren't sure how long we were going to stay. The fireworks started around 7:15, but by 7 pm, Olivia was shiverring really bad and asked to go back to the hotel room. I don't think she understood what she was asking. Last year, our hotel room overlooked the harbour (where the fireworks took place), this year, they were behind the mall as well and our room wasn't facing them. It was only around 9 pm (the kids were still up) that Olivia realized that we weren't going to see the fireworks that night. She wasn't too upset, but we made arrangements for the next night to ensure that she got to see them :)

When we got back to our room, there was no heat in our room. We called the front desk. Within 20 minutes, the heat kicked back on. Scott went to get our very late supper, and when he got back he noticed that the heat had kicked off again. I hadn't noticed since it was on long enough to warm up the room. He called again, at which point we learned that the hotel was having problems in our entire wing. They were shutting non-essential things off to accommodate the load that all the guests were causing. They said the would call the electrician the next day (ummm...something didn't seem right). The power came on and off 3 more times and finally came on to stay at 11 pm. Our kids were complaining that they were cold, so we were left snuggling in bed without being able to do anything in our hotel room. We had brought the kids' special blankets, thankfully, since they had to cuddle up in those when the finally went to bed. The hotel sent around nice complimentary snack baskets to apologize for our trouble the next day....nice touch!!!

On Saturday morning, we opted to go to the UPEI Cari complex venue. They had bouncy castles, Princess Boutique, and Superhero Training Camp as well as many different Discovery Centre activities. Later in the day, they had swimming at the complex (but we opted to stay at the hotel and swim)

In the evening, we went a little later to the Jack Frost outdoor site. We wanted to make sure that the kids didn't get too cold again. We watched The Real McCoy which is a juggling-type show and had fun with that, we went on the slides again, then found a great spot to watch the fireworks. The kids loved being outside for them this year. The loved the noises, the musical accompaniment and the fact that Daddy bought cotton candy (or cottage is what Olivia called it, lol) for the event.

On Sunday morning, we got up early, had breakfast and headed back over to the outdoor site for one last hurrah before leaving PEI. It was so bitter cold and windy, there were barely anyone there. We just kept moving and didn't let the cold stop us. We went on the ice slides quite a few times in a row, then onto the tube slides. I have a nice bruise on my tailbone from one of the bumps that I hit. While waiting for the Shrek and Fiona show, we went onto the huge snow jungle gym and had fun on some mini ice slides where the kids pretended to be penguins. After the Shrek and Fiona show, we took the shuttle back to our hotel, packed everything up into the vehicle and headed home. What a great weekend. So much fun to not be on a set schedule, enjoy our family without any interruptions. We had quite a few laughs, quite a few memories and lots of love to go around for everyone. I really recommend this for all families. It is relatively cheap and so much fun.