We Did It!
We did it! (Insert Dora theme here).
We completed our intrepid trek to Toronto and made it back with five (sometimes howling children) and Mommy Abroad's spouse only needed a few beers to recover. Here is the Reader's Digest version!
Thursday
Arrive in Toronto at 9 pm after having listened to Spiderman and Spiderman2. You see the mini television sits on the console right beside me. And the speaker faces up, screaming spidey senses into my ears. Luckily, commotion like that has become white noise to me so the drive was a happy one with the boys content to eat and watch movies for 4 hours. Head to the park to burn off steam, destroy my brother's "special" collection of Lego. Sleep.
Friday
Head to the Ontario Science Center. What a fantastic place for kids. The feature there is Summer Thrills and we saw a Dangerous Science exhibit in which the boys got to watch things being blown up. For a four and seven year old, things don't get much better than that. In fact, the twenty-something guy beside me seemed quite thrilled as well. From there it was one to the G-Force rider and the science of roller coasters. The boys had a blast.
Saturday
We drove up to my dad's place to catch frogs and hit the beach. The creek was infested with mosquitoes so that was short-lived and the beach had seaweed, something my boys were not used to. However, the outdoor fireplace and marshmallows were an absolute hit.
Sunday
We went for a swim at a cousin's pool - thanks Murray and Diana. And headed back to Toronto for the pick up. The drive home with five children was chaos and completely what I was expecting. Traveling in a car long a distance with a baby is always challenging and BJ was DONE. The “I want out RIGHT NOW” that only a fifteen month old can achieve. The older gang was kept busy with the television and what it is like to live in different countries. The cutest of all was the middle-ests sleeping in the same bed together, practically on top of each other. Todd has taken a picture and I will insert tonight.
Now begins the roller coaster week of day camps and pools. Let's see if Fly Me to the Moon Daddy survives the fun and frivolity.
We completed our intrepid trek to Toronto and made it back with five (sometimes howling children) and Mommy Abroad's spouse only needed a few beers to recover. Here is the Reader's Digest version!
Thursday
Arrive in Toronto at 9 pm after having listened to Spiderman and Spiderman2. You see the mini television sits on the console right beside me. And the speaker faces up, screaming spidey senses into my ears. Luckily, commotion like that has become white noise to me so the drive was a happy one with the boys content to eat and watch movies for 4 hours. Head to the park to burn off steam, destroy my brother's "special" collection of Lego. Sleep.
Friday
Head to the Ontario Science Center. What a fantastic place for kids. The feature there is Summer Thrills and we saw a Dangerous Science exhibit in which the boys got to watch things being blown up. For a four and seven year old, things don't get much better than that. In fact, the twenty-something guy beside me seemed quite thrilled as well. From there it was one to the G-Force rider and the science of roller coasters. The boys had a blast.
Saturday
We drove up to my dad's place to catch frogs and hit the beach. The creek was infested with mosquitoes so that was short-lived and the beach had seaweed, something my boys were not used to. However, the outdoor fireplace and marshmallows were an absolute hit.
Sunday
We went for a swim at a cousin's pool - thanks Murray and Diana. And headed back to Toronto for the pick up. The drive home with five children was chaos and completely what I was expecting. Traveling in a car long a distance with a baby is always challenging and BJ was DONE. The “I want out RIGHT NOW” that only a fifteen month old can achieve. The older gang was kept busy with the television and what it is like to live in different countries. The cutest of all was the middle-ests sleeping in the same bed together, practically on top of each other. Todd has taken a picture and I will insert tonight.
Now begins the roller coaster week of day camps and pools. Let's see if Fly Me to the Moon Daddy survives the fun and frivolity.
posted by y-vonne at 5:33 AM
1 Comments:
Are you quitting, he has already proven his mental instability by agreeign to the trek in the first place.
It is my survival in danger.
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