We celebrated Mother's Day by giving J three days away from the kids again this year. I crossed the border with them (proudly bearing their own brand new passports for the first time across international lines) after a morning of church and then sitting through an RPO concert, and we went adventuring again in Canada.
This is the third time that I've taken the boys across the border by myself, and we've had a great trip each time. (This was the first time that Canadian customs gave me any trouble about not having J along--"be sure to bring a note from the other parent next time.")
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| We stayed a little north of downtown off of Yonge, and our (very thin-walled) hotel had a balcony |
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| Dinner out the first night. All Felix wanted to eat the whole time we were there were hot dogs, but he did say that if burgers tasted like ones that we had here that he would be interested in them more regularly. |
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| Breakfast for the boys in the hotel lobby after we avoided paying for the gourmet ($49) hot breakfast buffet that Owen started helping himself to while my back was turned. |
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| "I found a pet!" (He has a rubber dragon puppet on his hand.) |
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| They played in this park across from the hotel each morning after walking out to places where I could find a real cup of coffee. |
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| James was super distressed by the garbage in the pool. And by the fact that I wouldn't let him pick it up. Or bring it home to add to his seltzer can collection. |
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| Picture for Mom. This trip was in many ways about building traveling muscles for James' London trip this summer. He says that he thinks it helped. |
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| Shawarma for lunch, which we couldn't finish. Owen was pretty morose through this meal, and then admitted how much all of the homelessness he was seeing bothered him. He packed up our (substantial) leftovers in a carryout box and gave them to a homeless man a few blocks away. Felix would have preferred a hot dog. |
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| Looking for the subway, found something more fun. |
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| James watching the trains switching at Union Station on our way to a Blue Jays game. |
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| Tried to do a panorama picture and boys were too excited to get into the stadium to hold still for a second attempt. |
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| Maybe the highlight of the trip for these guys. Because we were among the first few hundred fans in the stadium we all got free jerseys. We ended up sitting in the upper deck for over an hour before the game started. |
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Pretty nice view for a game. We passed the hour by doing a crossword on my phone, which was the highlight of my trip.
"Complete the popular Beyonce lyrics: "...Cause if you liked it then you should have put a____", 8 letters. Owen: "Marriage"
"Bury one's____ in the sand" Felix: "Brother"
"When I Was Your ____," song by Bruno Mars, 3 letters, starts with M. James: "Mom?" |
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| Blue Jays won, 9-3. Several double plays, several homeruns. It was a great game. |
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| Finally! |
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| Riding very crowded trains to get back to the hotel. |
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| Eating pizza on the balcony and reading Asterix to finish out the day. (Which was Victoria Day!) |
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| Back out on the balcony again first thing the next morning and eager to go swimming. |
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We have the same photo from 2019. Can't find a way to upload it. Felix looks very young and is howling because I'm making him hold still for a photo.
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| Felix and Big George pose in front of Monkey Sushi |
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| Found out after we'd picked up the sushi and walked 4 blocks that they only gave us chopsticks. Managed to cadge a few spoons from a coffee shop but they pretty much made the sushi and rice bit work exclusively with the chopsticks. Not bad for first-timers. |
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| Back in the States, their first time at Old Fort Niagara |
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| "This must have been where the soldiers put their TV!" |
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| Shortly before meeting the reenactor to watch him load and fire his musket. (Or, as Felix called it, his "muskrat.") |
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| In the bakery. "I'm Mom!" |
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| And that was it! We stopped for ice cream at Circle R on the way out of Kuckville, but then we were Irondequoit-bound. |
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