more Winterlude

This past Sunday, we wanted to check out more of the Winterlude festivities, so we bundled up and headed to Dow's Lake...

We checked out some of the snow sculptures on the lake...

and then skated on the Canal...

We convinced R to skate a bit further by promising him a BeaverTail if he skated all the way to this stand, that is located right on the ice...

{So funny, just found this link about Obama having a BeaverTail on his recent visit to Ottawa}

After our day on the ice, we skated over to the Mexicali Rosa's in Dow's Lake Pavilion, where we shared some guacamole...

and watched the skaters outside! {Miss S didn't want to skate today because she was still not feeling great, so we pushed her around in the stroller, but she has been learning to skate this winter}. Such a fun day, and it was topped off being invited to a wonderful dinner at Jill's.