apparently there was no point in paying the extra $75 to have them expedited.

Hmmm...is there an option with Canada? If you're driving, not flying, you might be able to use alternate ID>

try contacting the seattle passport agency to see if they can help out

it says they do same day passports. maybe you can get an appointment and they can reimburse you for the late one

actually they're same day passport cards, but that's what you need. it'll get you into canada, just not overseas

thanks for all the help, but we ended up just not going, which was fine. We had fun anyway.