Summer Vacation – Part 2

After the cottage we headed to Toronto for a few days.  Day 1 was a trip to the zoo.  The kids were pretty impressed with the animals we saw, even though it was very hot and we were there most of the day.  Here are the most popular animals we saw (yes some are dad’s favourites)…

 

 

Spot the loudest animals in this picture (hint: there are three of them)

 

Hey wait a minute!  These elephants aren’t nearly as big as they looked a few minutes ago…

 

Don’t worry tiger – the fence protects you from our kids…

 

 

How come the orangutan can wash windows but our parents can’t?

 

I don’t believe it either A, but dad claims it swims in the water..

 

This polar bear could backstroke with the best of them

 

We’re the star attraction!!

 

Thankfully the kids didn’t realize you could get camel rides – dad wasn’t keen on that idea

 

 

These animals were more fun to ride, although they kept turning left all the time…

 

These are the only animals mom and dad would let us bring home – they said “no” to the tiger…

Vacation 2010 – Part 1

For the last two weeks, we have been vacationing.  We started off at our annual cottage week in Grand Bend, Ontario.  For the last ten years or so, my family has rented a ‘cottage’ (really more of a house) and all congregated next to Lake Huron for a week.  As always, we had a great time again this year.  I think our kids would happily spend 24 hours per day at the beach.  E spent a lot of the time just running up and down the shoreline.  B and A alternated between the water and the sand.  And DoT and I mostly sat and enjoyed watching.  :-)

 

They also spent a lot of time as super-heroes….

And being with cousins, and aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpas was pretty great too…

There are lots more pics on my flick*r account, so head on over there if you’re interested in them.  (Send me an email, or leave a comment if you want me to add you as a ‘friend’ to view the pictures.)

Also, after viewing all these droopy-drawers pictures from the last couple of weeks, I just ordered one-piece swimsuits for the girls.  :-)

K…