Niagara Falls

Today we woke early, ate breakfast, and then drove to Niagara Falls! The traffic in Toronto is so crazy and Mr. Stannix was a champ for navigating all of the freeways and offramps and crazy things along the way. We were glad to get onto a bit of a highway on our way to Niagara Falls and notice the wineries and farms along the way.

When we got there, we payed for parking and then walked over to the falls and took in the magnificent sight!

The power of water is truly incredible!

The boys were sporting their new shirts and sunglasses for the day, and getting along well!

As we wandered around the gift shop, the boys began complaining of hunger, so we decided to move on with our day and find somewhere to eat.

As we drove we stumbled across an italian joint called Zappi's where we had delicious pizza and pasta!

When our tummies were full, we hopped back into the car and made our way across the US border towards Palmyra! 

 

Harry Potter & The Cursed Child

This morning we slept in a little bit and then wandered downstairs for the continental breakfast. The selection was actually really nice! 

The boys each made themselves some yummy waffles.

When they were full, they begged to check out the pool, so we went and changed into swim gear and headed down for a quick dip before we left for the day.

Daddy navigated Toronto like a pro and found a nice underground parkade for us to stay at for the day. We spent the rest of the morning and afternoon walking around downtown Toronto, checking out the different sights and doing some shopping.

We found the theatre where we would be watching Harry Potter and the Cursed child later that evening. Of course we had to snap some pictures!

Mr. Stannix and I saw this play while we were in London, so we were both curious to note the similarities and differences.

 

We walked all the way to Ripley's aquarium. Mr. Stannix had been before on a layover, and was really excited to show the boys!

While stingrays scare the heck out of me when I have to swim in the same water as them, I was happy to be able to touch them from the edge of this touch pool. 

In the mid afternoon, we went in search of food. All of the walking and playing had tuckered us out and our feet desperately needed a rest! We dined in and took our time enjoying the food and each others company.

Then we wandered a few blocks away to a huge mall and explored it top to bottom. We did some shopping (note Joe's new sunglasses) and grabbed a small snack before we made our way to the theatre.

The boys enjoyed the play for the most part, but were also pretty pooped out from our adventures that day. I think one or both of them ended up falling asleep in their chair about 3/4 of the way through. It was fun to watch it again though, and the boys were pretty impressed with the live magic! We all plopped into our beds exhausted at nights end.

 

Flying to Toronto

Today we took Joseph and Finley on their first ever flight to Toronto, ON. They were pretty excited to spend the week with just us and to see what flying was all about!

 

We grabbed a quick breakfast at Tim's just before our flight. Joseph was full of happy/nervous anticipation.

We each got to sit beside one of the boys and they quite enjoyed having a window seat for take off!

We were a little bit bummed about having no TV's on the airplane, but Fin enjoyed looking out the window at the clouds for most of the trip. At one point I think we switched up the seats so that Joe and Fin could watch a show together on Dad's iPad for the last little bit.

When we got to Toronto, we grabbed our rental car and went in search of dinner near our hotel. We found a Moxies and had fun watching the hockey game while we ate yummy food.

I had to document the delicious mango chicken creation that I ordered. It was so yummy!

When our tummies were full we went back to our hotel to rest up for a busy, full day in the morning.

 

Basketball Tournament

This weekend brought us to Okotoks for Camilla's basketball tournament. Daddy stayed home with the big boys to take care of highway cleanup and some other commitments we had this weekend while I took Sawyer, Lily and Camilla to Okotoks for her tournament. We were able to stay with my sister Friday evening and it was fun to hang out in between games! The girls played hard and had some close and not so close games. Everyone seemed to have a good time though!

Garden Asparagus

We have been getting a few handfuls of Asparagus from the garden.

They are so yummy and fresh!

It's only their first year, so we are being careful how much we harvest.

I'm already looking forward to next year!