Who goes to Canada in February?

For the first time in my life, I went North instead of South for a winter break.  It must be that sleep deprivation affecting my judgement again.  It was dang cold up there!  Original thought, eh?  See how I threw in the "eh" there?  Well, despite the frozen tundra temperatures, Toronto is quite a nice city.  And by city, I mean, a real one!  We had a great time on our mini-trip and have already thought about what we'd like to do next time we visit.  And we will visit in the summer, next time.

For the next visit, I'd love to skip Legoland but apparently the kids kind of loved it.  sigh.  I would actually go to the aquarium again as it was the best one I've ever been to.  The aquarium was home to the biggest lobsters ever and some crazy shark tanks.  At one point, you can look up and see a shark swimming 3 feet directly above your head.  I think the kids enjoyed the hands-on exhibits the most.  They were able to "pet" some horseshoe crabs as much as one can call that petting.  They were also able to touch some small sharks.   There were a few Dory and Nemo sightings and Ade picked the plainest, small, silver fish you could find as her "favorite" and totally ignored the beautiful rainbow coral reef.  Of course the itty bitty indoor playground was also a hit.  These kids will do anything for a slide and a few climbing structures.  

Coco was a perfect baby as usual and coo'ed during the whole trip.  She really enjoyed watching the fish in the Dangerous Lagoon and the psychadelic jelly fish display.   It's kind of funny to think that this was her first trip and it was "international."  She's such a cultured 3 month old.

Another huge hit on the trip was the IKEA we hit up on the way home.  We picked up a nice desk for Luke although he really wanted to get a swivel chair.  And Ade wanted to purchase every fake computer set up in the store.

Here are some of our pictures.