SuperDogs?

Last night I left the boys a note pinned to the TV. It said "Small and Smallest, we are leaving at 9am, please get dressed". Bless them. I didn't hear or see Small get up but he did say to Huffle that he thought it was a good idea to leave a note on the TV where they would definitely see it. I saw Smallest get up and I heard small tell him to get dressed, he ran to his room and just put a tee-shirt on with his PJ bottoms (this is normal practice if I know there is a tradesman here or a visitor etc). I should, "no, proper get dressed, pants, shorts, top - we are going out early". Off he went and got dressed and they were both sitting watching TV when I came down not much later. We had breakfast, packed a small picnic and went and picked up Mrs Royal who was going to show us where the car park was for the Train.

We met up with Mr Royal, Little Spice and Little Spice's friend Kev and all got on the train after buying our tickets. The journey was uneventful but the kids were good. We passed lots of beaches that we haven't explored yet and followed the lake.

Kev, Little Spice, Mrs Royal and Small

Mr Royal had already bought our tickets online so we didn't have to queue. little Spice and Kev went off on their own to explore and we walked around to see what was what. Huge crowds of people (although not horribly so) were there. Lots of rides and old fashioned 'win a toy' games. The boys had a go at 'whac-a-Mole' - Small did very well but only scored half of what was needed to get a prize. To be fair the prizes were not worth the money it cost to play but I suppose it was the taking part that was more fun.

It was a huge place. Next to the football stadium where Small, Huffle and Grandad watched Toronto FC play. You could see the Toronto skyline in the distance.

Mr Royal and Smallest were best buddies for the day.

It was very hot.

Mr Royal took Small and Smallest on the 'Niagara Falls' log flume. It was funny to see their faces. mrs Royal and I managed to sit down and have a coffee and watch.

That's them at the top

Them, after the first fall.......

 

......and then coming down the big fall.............

 

Mr Royal's bottom was a little wet (and he assured us it had nothing to do with his age!). He did look funny though, especially as we were following behind him.

We met up with Little Spice and Kev in the food hall and all had lunch. Everyone wanted something different so I was darting across from one food stand to the next. Small had pizza, Smallest had Fish and Chips and I had Falafel. It was very nice and a lovely little Chinese woman offered the boys two satsumas, that they didn't want, but it was a nice gesture anyway.

Next, all of the boys went on the Roller Coaster (Mrs R and I managed to sit out of this one again!). Mr Royal said he was scared, he sat with Smallest who laughed all the way round.

Small sat in a car with Little Spice and Kev. He thought it was great but did hit his head.

 

They were so brave!

At one point today, I turned to Smallest and said "do you want to go on that high swing thing up there?". No he said "I don't want to waste my goes". Bless him, that just shows how undemanding they can be. He knew that the rides all cost 'tickets' and that the tickets cost money. I was really proud of him. In fact I was proud of them both today. The other boys were 13 and although Kev had his own money (and was being careful), Little Spice did ask his grandparents for quite a lot, whether it be money, food, drink etc. I told them I didn't want mine to be 13, it seems a tricky age! Saying that, the older boys were good too, apart from scooting off at strange moments - luckily I took Little Spice's mobile number first thing so we could keep track of each other.

We all went and watched the Flowrider demo. A simulated wave maker where professional surfers and bodyboarders were showcasing their skills. They were asking questions of the audience, one being "which city do you think we love the most?". (they travelled around the world with the simulater). Smallest put up his hand and shouted Toronto. "did you say Toronto? Come on down and bring your Mum". He had won a free go on the wave thing. I said "what on there? He's five!". He didn't want to, he didn't have his swimming stuff and I wasn't sure so we let someone else have a go. Seeing what the others who won did though, I think he could have done it, the professionals stayed with the ones that were too young and the worse that would have happened is that he would have been wet through. He said he will do it next year.

No-one we knew was on this but I wanted to show the rides.

This beer can sprayed a fine mist at you.

As it was really hot, we decided to go and watch the ice skating show for a while. It was fabulous. The Ice skating Olympic Champions were there, Acrobats and some of the most amazing trampolinists I have ever seen. There was a trampoline on the floor and a wall and windows up the side. They were jumping down from the top of the wall, onto the trampoline and in through the windows. Alomst juggling themselves through. WOW.

This isn't my video. It belongs to AppleC123. Thank you whoever you are.

This was skaters dressed as business men and women with briefcases.

The man in the middle up high was very good. He twirled and twirled. smallest said he would like to have a go. The kids loved it.

After we had a nice long sit down and a good cool off we went outside where it was still really hot. the kids wanted to go on a couple more rides so Mr Royal took all the boys off for an hour while Mrs Royal and I went to see the Garden Show. What a lovely thoughtful man he is. We saw some amazing sand sculptures...........

Yes, these were really made of sand. I did say that this was similar work to the stuff the boys and I do on holiday!!

 

We passed briefly through the battlefield section and while Mrs R visited the ladies, I was told to go and learn about Canadian History. I tried but it was hard to take in. I read about a battle of 1812 (I think), about a John Graves and how the CNE site was a battlefield. I can't remember much else - whoops.

We perused a lovely lavender stall and stopped and chatted with a wheat bag lady who tried out her wheat nags on us. They smelt beautiful. I could have gone to sleep.

Then we found a man who knew exactly what my foot problem (and yes ST, you were right, I have what you have). I bought some gel foot inserts for my shoes which made it feel a bit better. I just have to try them for a while and see how I get on. He said there was no point in seeing a doctor as they would tell me nothing new and probably charge $500 for some orthotics.

We met up with the rest of the crew. They had been on the dodgems (bumper cars) which they thought was very funny. They also had an ice cream. Mrs R was going to get us one while we were on our own but I said it wasn't fair and we should wait for the rest. HA. We got one later though. (WHAT DIET).

The boys found a foot massage machine

Off we went to the Super Dog show. We walked and walked and walked and walked and when we got there, the show had started, it was full and they wouldn't let us in. So we walked and walked and walked back again. Mrs R and I got our ice cream, checked out the British Stall while the older boys were playing the Piano somewhere and then slowly made our way out of the place and off to get the train.

It was a very busy day. It doesn't sound like we packed a lot in but we walked a long way. Everyone was very tired.

Kev (hiding at end), Little Spice, Small, Smallest and Mr Royal

 

On the platform, Smallest found he could lift the cover off the bollard and it made it look like he was lifting the whole thing off the ground. He was entertaining the crowd.

On the train, the boys all sat together and discussed English and Canadian differences in words. It was very funny to listen to.

We got to our car, parted and drove home. Huffle was home when we got there, tidying up the garden. The boys told him about our day, watched a bit of TV and went to bed. Don't think we will hear much from them tonight.

right I am off to soak my weary feet in some water. Aunty A is here tomorrow, we are due to pick her up midday. Yaaaaay.

 

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