CN Tower

Today we went to the CN Tower. It's super tall...equivalent in height to 3 Washington Monuments!!



The have a glass elevator which made our knees weak and at the lookout center they had a glass bottom floor. It was so scary that when I took a baby step onto it my knees were weak and I was so scared I almost freaked out!



Jason of course walked right out there like it was nothing and Aidan did too but he said he just didn't look down. Leo wasn't really having any part of it until the end and then he walked right out there!

The weather couldn't be better! It's about 80 with no humidity. It's fabulous!

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When in Rome...

Oops! I mean "when in Toronto..."



We arrived at our hotel at about 4:30pm. It took us 12 hours to get here but we stopped several times for the bathroom (you'd think Opa was in the car with us - JK Opa! We love you!) and we stopped to eat a couple of times.

We didn't venture out today but swam in the pool and walked over to Mall where we found a huge hockey store. Leo now loves hockey but his parents could never afford the sport! I have never seen a sport with so much gear.


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Toronto here we come!

Well it's 4:36am and we are headed North to Buffalo and then Niagara Falls and then west around Lake Ontario until we get to Toronto, our home base for the next week.

We are leaving early in the morning hoping the kids will sleep 3 or 4 of the 9 hour drive. There were a few nerves buzzing around the house last night and this morning in anticipation of the long drive.

It is currently raining with a little lightning but considerably cooler, finally! Edward and Biscuit are home. Doris has so very kindly offered to feed them and come visit them while we are away.






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Scorching at the Nats game

It's so hot! Tonight at the Nat's game it's in the 90s at 10pm its supposed to be 92 degrees still! Yes, Peter, I wish I was at a Mariners game instead!



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Feelin' hot, hot, hot

How are you feeling?

Okay, this is crazy hot! ONE HUNDRED AND SIX!! What?!?!




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3rd Grade Poetry Tea

The 3rd Graders hosted a Poetry Tea last Friday to show off all they learned in school. Each student read one of their poems to the audience. Aidan read an acrostic poem. Here it is:

SOCCER

by Aidan Holma

Seeing my friends after school.
Oh, it is so much fun to play
Can not get any better
Calling for the ball
Everyday I wish I had soccer practice
Running to score a goal

From Wikipedia: An acrostic (from French acrostiche < post-classical Latin acrostichis < Hellenistic Greek: ἀκροστιχίς, from ancient Greek: ἄκρος 'highest, topmost' + στίχος 'verse')^[1] is a poem or other form of writing in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message.

Cruise photos

I have been wanting to share a few cruise photos with you all since we returned but I have had a difficult time getting to it.

 Waiting to board the plane to Ft. Lauderdale

We had such an amazing time on the cruise I can't even tell you. It is painful to even think about it because I never wanted to get off the ship to begin with and everyday I wish we were still on it! We arrived in Ft. Lauderdale the day before our cruise left and we were excited to meet Barb and Dennis at the hotel. We hung out in Ft. Lauderdale for a day had a fun dinner and went for a short walk on the beach.

Relaxing at the hotel pool in Ft. Lauderdale

Playing a ring game at the restaurant in Ft. Lauderdale (Leo was able to land the ring on the hook three times--better than anyone else!)

Saturday morning between 10-11am we took a shuttle to our cruise port. We were on the Eurodam on the Holland America Cruise line. We went through the registration requirements on land and then they gave us our ship cards and the okay to board the ship. We were all so excited and had no idea what to expect (except Barb and Dennis who are master cruisers now).

During registration waiting for our number to be called to get on board!

Finally! Us on board the ship!

 Our room, the door is at the very end, the bathroom is opposite the closets

 Our room with the balcony behind Leo and I and the pull out bed.

On our decks! Still docked in Ft. Lauderdale.

We had 3 rooms right next to each other and they opened our decks so that we could move between them. Every morning we would order our first course of breakfast delivered to our rooms which often included croissants, pastries, bagels, maybe cereal or bacon. Later we would have our second breakfast course in one of the many dining areas and there were would have muesli, fruit, bacon, sausage, eggs, omelets, waffles, really whatever we wanted! Oh, the life!

We got on board the ship around noon but we didn't leave port until about 4pm so we walked around and explored the ship!

 Deck 3. You could walk all the way around deck 3. Cindy and I walked around it 6 times = 2 miles!

Piano Bar and orchestra playing before we left Port in Ft. Lauderdale. It kind of reminded me of Titanic but I soon forgot about that!

Adult swimming pool at the stern or the back of the boat. Cindy and I sunbathed here one day when we were at sea all day.

 At the adult pool

Leo ordering his first round of drinks up in the Crows Nest bar. He got a virgin strawberry daiquiri and Aidan got a banana daiquiri. 

We spent a lot of time hanging out in the Crows Nest bar playing games, trying the drink of the day, listening to live music, or just hanging out.

Next post: our first stop Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos