We Made It To Canada
We got in yesterday. We flew into Buffalo NY and drove to Niagara. The kids were most excited about the rental car. They did really well on the plane, it just took a lot of entertaining on our part. The first flight the kids played with Leapsters, coloring, sticker books, snacks, Little Einstein video. The kids loved the moving walkways in the airport. The second flight was amusing the kiddos with their toys. Justin picked out some planes from Toys R Us that we took and Nicole played with her Polly Pocket car/doll and pet shop dogs. She loved the pink dog the best and named it arf arf. We got in late east coast time but so far we have tried to stay on west coast time. Dad ended up getting a huge suburban for a rental car and the kids love it.
Today we went to see Niagra. We had a great view on the falls from our hotel. After breakfast we went to walk around and see the falls. We didn’t realize how long the walk was to Maid of the Mist. The kids did well walking but were tired near the end. Along the walk we stopped and smelled the roses, the kids sat on the benches, we fed a squirrel, it is really pretty here. Not sure if the kids cared too much about the falls (but later they talked about the falls); they kept on saying they wanted to go in the rental car. We went on the Maid of the Mist and got cute pics of us in our raincoats. It was fun and we got wet. It was just a little cold.
Walking back Justin saw a big tower with a yellow elevator. He wanted to go in it. There were games in there as well. So Nicole and I stayed downstairs and played games while dad and I went into the big elevator. We had lunch then headed to Toronto. It was a long drive and some traffic but we made it. When we got to the next hotel the kids were hyper. So they jumped on the couch and jumped more. Todd, Lisa, Grammy, and kids came to our hotel. It was great to see them. N&J were so excited to see Grammy, she was surprised at how much our kids had grown. We just went to the mall that is attached to our hotel and had dinner. Nicole and Justin had fun running around with Meghan. We came back to our room and played. Justin played with his Leapster, Nicole with her car toy and dogs. They claimed to want to go to bed so we got them ready, read books, etc. But dad and I wanted a treat-I wanted a smoothie and him ice-cream. So the kids got all crazy again. They jumped and pretended to go to the waterfall. They also played with ice. Well we only left one thing at the last hotel, the kids games for their leapsters. We will pick it up on the way home.