Trip to Toronto

The beautiful city of Toronto

Mom and Dad finally decided we could visit Toronto, Canada. The car ride there and back was 12 hours each way, but all that driving was worth it. My family and I had such a great time in Toronto. We visited my Uncle Andrew and other relatives. 

Christina and I sitting on a rock! How exciting!!! 

The hotel we stayed at was called the Westin Harbour Castle. Our room had an amazing view of Toronto Island. We could hear the ferry boats horns from the room, and it's 22 stories off the ground! Where we stayed, it was easy to walk to a cafe or retaurant for something to eat.

Waiting patiently for arrival

Uncle Andrew and I...

The next day we met up with Uncle Andrew and took a ferry boat to Toronto Island. When we got there Mom was stunned by the vegetation that grows there. The plants were amazing! The hostas were huge compared to what we have here! The climate was just right for the plants there.

Surprising isn't it?

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We walked down to the beach and over looked one of the Great Lakes.

Posing of course, what do you think I'm doing?

Hand in hand isn't this romantic?

Me too! I'm doing the same thing as her!

 My sister and I waded in the water and cooled off a little. Surprisingly, it's very hot in Toronto. Which is wasn't what I was expecting since I think of Canada as having a very cold climate. After the beach we meandered down to a maze made up of bushes and ended up coming back to where we began. Christina and I gave up on it pretty quickly. 

Getting ready for combat.

After that we rented two paddle boats. Dad and Christina in one, Uncle Andrew and me in another. It's harder than you think. First, it was boiling in those things especially wearing a life jacket. The shade was our retreating spot to cool down. When we finished paddling our feet off we started heading back to the ferry.  

Dad and Christina preparing for the worst.

Uncle Andrew is having second thoughts.

Later that day we went to visit my uncle's parents and spent some time down there. For dinner we went to my aunts house and spent some time there. I had a great time there too. 

On Friday, the forecast was a 100% chance for visiting the CN tower and Toronto Science museum with some clouds. Uncle Andrew, family, and I went to the CN tower and went in an elevator that took us 1,815 ft (553.3 m) up. You could see the WHOLE city and got a complimentary hairdrying treatment on the obsevation deck. We also got to stand on a glass floor a look down to the ground...... a height of approximately 1200 ft - It was freaky! 

This is the CN tower that we are going to enter

Getting aired down 

This is super fun

I'm smiling but I'm not really happy

This is AWESOME!!!!

Later, we went to visit the Toronto science museum. First, we got tickets to see the Harry Potter exhibition. The props they used in it we're so realistic. After that Christina and I each got a bookmark and a magic wand. In the end mine got really annoying.

We went for dinner at a shi-shi restaurant called Glow. Mother and I had the Glow Salad and we both LOVED it. For dessert Uncle Andrew and I got little cheesecakes in the mini glasses. I got this divine chocolate one with walnuts sprinkled on. Delicious. Then we visited some more realitives. I had a great time.

On Saturday (our last day :-(( ) we were planning to visit Niagra Falls. We made a stop at a little town called Niagra on the Lake which had more amazing vegetation, with lot's of little knick-knacky stores which were awesome. I got a bead for my special birthday necklace. And got to spend some quality time with Dad. Mom was walking into every store she thought interesting and sometimes ended up walking out with one extra bag (hint hint). When Mom had shopped till she dropped we took a walk down to the Niagra River. There I put on my bead and thought this is a good place to put it on.

This is a cute little fountain, huh?

The amazing plants

Flowers, pretty.

When we got to the car, this was the moment. The moment arrived and we were on our way to NIAGRA FALLS!!!!! When we got there the water was running off the edge at a tremedous speed. Dad said he was surprised at the volume of water falling down. It was something to remember forever! 

The famous Horseshoe Falls.

I had a spectacular time in Toronto.

A special thanks to Mom, Dad, and Uncle Andrew as our private tour guide.

Hawaiian Party!

Today, I had a Hawaiian Party with 3 of my closest friends!!! We had smoothies, made shell pets, and played fun games together.

My mom made these amazing smoothies. She calls them watermelon/strawberry slushies. Everyone loved them. Brigitte slurped hers down quickly because she LOVES strawberries.

After our slushies we made shell pets. We used shells, googley eyes, and glue. I think Alyssa's shell family was SO cute. She calls them the Peek-a-Boo family.

This is Brigitte's creation. She made an old sea turtle called Mama Odie and a little shell called Floppy. . .

This is my family of shells. The one farthest to the left is Caroline. Then comes Mary, Sandy, Sarah and on the end Bubbles. . .

Here is the famous Peek-a-Boo family made by Alyssa. The largest one is Rachel, the medium one is Ann(e), then the itty bitty one is Boo-boo. . .

These two snails are Nora's. I only know one of their names. The one with two eyes is Shelly.

Later on we played games together. Our first game we played was called Island Hop. First you divide everyone into two teams. Then you lay out four towels (two for each team) then you stand on the farthest towel and on "Aloha!" You and your teamates take the other towel and lay it down infront of you. You repeat until one of the teams reaches the finish line. When we finished playing this game. Alyssa won every round we played. In the picture below it shows her VICTORY!!!!

I had a great time with my friends. In the end they were able to stay for dinner!

Spring Break

Sorry! I have been busy lately with ISATS in March, school going on's, and SPRING BREAK!!!

Today is the first day of Spring Break. It's cloudy and cold. What a great way to start spring break, huh? My sister Christina is getting her desk today. The family has been waiting for months! When I got mine it only took about 1-2 months. We ordered this desk in Janurary. I've been thinking up theories on why it's been taking sooooooo long...
Events have been coming and going. Birthdays, playdates, and brief things like that. Some exciting things happening over spring break are... fixing the basement to a kid friendly matter, probably playdates of some sort, and thats pretty much it. I know it's not the most exciting spring break, but I know the family will enjoy all the fun and maybe HOOPLA!!!

Christmas Day

The Christmas of 2009 was one of the best ones yet!!!



I got all the presents I wanted including a surprise .

In my stocking I found a 2010 planner notebook, a yo-yo, and a Jonas Brother CD. From my grandma I got a candy heart pillow saying "HUG ME" it's so cute. I received a number of presents from Santa too. I got a spa/chemistry kit, 3 DS games (World of Zoo, My Baby Girl, and Aquarium). I got 2 pairs of fuzzy house socks too.

From the family my sister gave me the Strawberry Cloud Leopard it's a webkinz.

My mom and dad gave me the surprise present... a laptop!!!! I was SO surprised when I noticed. I was saying to them,"I think this present was delivered to the wrong house..." I was amazed. When I got to my grandmas house (where we every Christmas for dinner) I thanked her for the heart pillow.

My uncle also visits from California. He gave me a journal made out of recycled paper, there was a second package, but when he paid for it he never got it. Boo hoo. My cousins gave me a game. I forget what it's called though... otherwise I had the best Christmas EVER!!!



My sister recieved great presents too. In her stocking she got a Taylor Swift CD, a 2010 planner, and a yo-yo. From me she got a Zumbuddy. She LOVED it. From grandma she also got a heart pillow but it says "I LOVE YOU", she also got easy bake decorating set, she got three DS games and a laptop too. She also said her thank yous to grandma too.

Leaves... Leaves .... everywhere !!

Fall has nearly come to an end . The day after halloween the girls decided to tackle the backyard by raking leaves ...... let me remind everyone we have a 1/2 acre property with at least 9 mature trees in the back yard ....

















So, they tackled the task in earnest

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Meanwhile , Mum was sweeping out the garage , doing battle with the leaf accumulation in there, chatted with a neighbour who dropped by ..... and kept an eye on the leaf gatherers .


After a while I did not hear much activity , all had gone quiet .... I wonder why ?


My gallant workers were taking a nap ...... well earned I thought .

Later on Dad came home from work and with a little assistance - the pile grew and grew until we could hardly tell who was hiding in the pile .

A job well done !!!!

Sunday Night Dinner

Christina and I made a fancy Sunday night dinner!!!

The menu was, Pot stickers, Shepherds Pie and Green Salad with chocolate covered raspberries.
I am made the appetizer and the main course. Yummy Chinese pot stickers with pork and vegetables, I might have messed up a little but they still tasted great. The main course was a Shepherds pie made with ground lamb, carrots and onion and yummy seasoning. Smothered with lots of mashed potatoes and a tossed salad with mums famous salad dressing.


Here is the mixture for the pot stickers. I got my hand all gooey mixing this up. Mum helped with the wonton wrappers because that was hard for me. They were delicious !!!!!!!!



Next came the Sheperds Pie .

Christina made chocolate covered raspberries with sprinkles on top, I devoured most of them!!!

As you can see there was a lot of concentration on Christina's behalf , she made sure every morsel of dessert was perfect



Christina is not a big raspberry fan , but she loves chocolate , and she made this dessert with a lot of love.

This will be one of my favorite family dinners !!!!!!

Front teeth are gone

Christina has now lost both her FRONT TEETH!!!





Her tooth was ginormous, a little bigger it would've been the size of a dime!!! Here are some pictures and she got a dollar from the tooth fairy! The other night the Tooth Fairy didn't come, the gigantic tooth was still there!

Lost a Tooth

Christina lost her front tooth!!!

This moment happened minutes before we wrote this blog. The blood was gushing in the hole of the tooth like a river. It was unexpected, it was hanging by a thread all day ..... and it hurt everytime she wobbled it .

I was very surprised when it just "popped out" as I was sitting with my mum . My sister was practicing piano when she heard me say "I lost my tooth YEAH!!!"

I can't wait to see what the tooth fairy will give me. :-)))

P.S. I got a dollar

The best Tabby Cat !!!

Penelope is the best tabby in the world! In September she turned 3 years old.

Lately she's lazier and likes to cuddle with me more often (which is good).

Penelopes cute features are black and gray fur, curious green eyes, and little legs to carry herself outside, even when we tell her to not go outside, since she's an indoor cat.

She is pretty small comapred to other cats, when we adopted her she was literally the tinest kitten there, all the other cats where probably saying to themselves I want to crush the little kitty RRRRRRR!!!

She is good at trouble. Almost every day she wakes up mom and dad at 4:30 in the morning! Even if she's a trouble maker, she's the best cat in the world!