Spencer's New Hair

This is the first time I have been brave enough to buzz the boys' hair. They both have such thick, shiny, wavy/curly, gorgeous hair. I love my boys hair a little too much! :)

Niagara/Toronto Weekend Getaway

Our friends proposed a weekend kid trade and we jumped on the opportunity. We had one night/two days so we stayed relatively close. We drove about 4 hours to Niagara Falls in Canada. We took the Hornblower boat that took us very close the falls--so close it felt like it was raining with all the mist and spray. We then drove another hour or so to a suburb of Toronto. We took the subway into the city for dinner at highly recommended downtown restaurant--Richmond Station. A great dinner. We then walked around downtown, passed the CN tower, the baseball stadium, Hockey Hall of Fame, the Lake Huron Pier, and a bunch of other sites. The next day after brunch (I love the idea of brunch!) we went to Casa Loma, a 200,000 sq ft. Edwardian style castle built in 1911. The owner paid over $3.5 mil. to build it and had to abandon it after 10 years due to his economic demise. After years of falling into disrepair, the house was turned into a tourist attraction. It was really cool to see. After that we went to the Toronto Science Museum. It had a great Rock-and-Roll exhibit, but otherwise was a little sparse, especially compared to the Chicago museum we saw recently. We headed back to Michigan from there, stopping in a little town at an Italian restaurant Al Dente. It was delicious and we enjoyed our last little adventure before returning home to reality. Our 10th Anniversary is in a few weeks--it was nice to have the chance to celebrate it like this!

 

 Richmond Station Restaurant

Hockey Hall of Fame

CN Tower

Air Canada Centre - Hockey Arena

Lake Ontario Inner Harbor

CN Tower at Night lit up

Toronto Blue Jay Stadium

Casa Loma

Toronto Science Museum

Al Dente