Morning at Point Pelee

Tonight Xavier and I arrived back at home after a long and adventuresome day. This morning we went to Point Pelee National Park for a little bit of nature. We went to the nature centre and pressed a lot of buttons (Xavier's fave) and then we took the trolley to the tip (ok, here's my sick mind but I just had to say, doesn't "trolley to the tip" sound like a porno for seniors? lol). Ok, ok, I know that was horrible, but somebody had to say it. Phil and I decided that it would be safest if we strapped Xavier into his stroller instead of letting him just sit in our laps. Thirty seconds into the ride, it was like we were on the ride of terror. Poor little Xavier was terrified of the speaker over the P.A. system and of the rough and noisy ride the trolley made. He desperately told us "all done" in his sign language, which was both funny and heartbreaking. I took him out of the stroller and held him in my lap, which was ultimately the calm and security he needed.

On the way to the tip, Xavier was marvelling at the birds flying around us and the vast canopy of trees we walked through. When the path opened up to the beach, Xavier experienced some trepidation again, but was soon enough splashing away at the water's edge and letting the sand fall through is little fingers. It was precious and it lasted about twenty minutes.

On our way back we heard the little toddler squeals of delight as he once again marvelled at the trees. It sounded like "wow wow, all gish ada oh" and was completely adorable. The trolley trip back to the nature centre was much calmer and as we drove off toward the boardwalk, Xavier fell asleep in the car. We decided to leave the park and come back to the boardwalk another day. He was tuckered right out.