Fun with the Kiddies

This week we had Thomas and Emily come up for a visit. Mom and Dad had to go back to work - so, since I was off til the 8th, I thought it would be fun to have them come up to the big city! Yesterday, we made the big trek downtown with our friend Scott Russell - aka DOG. So, we picked up a Family Pass and hopped onto the subway headed for the Spadina Station. The first stop was the Bank of China - where I had to send money back to China for my parents. The kids got a good laugh at the little Chinese boy humping the couch - not sure what he was doing - but it was amusing! Next stop, we had to purchase some kleenexes in a very urgent way! Both kiddies had really runny noses! Then we got onto a streetcar again, and went to the Mountain Equipment Co-op - just to look around at all the cool gear. Stopped for lunch in the food court underneath Metro Hall - the boys had Subway and the girls had McDonald's. Then we went back up to street level and walked by Roy Thompson Hall, and headed for the Opera House - to check it out. Did a quick stop at Nathan Phillips to see the skaters and then to the Eaton Centre.

We had lots of fun at the Apple Store - they have everything set up so customers can play with product. One cool thing they have is the Photo Booth application on their computers. We took lots of funny pictures and I emailed them to myself. Take a look! A final stop at Indigo to get the kiddies some new reading material - and then back on the subway to Pape Station. It was a very good day with lots of walking and good company and fun!