Daniel turned 9, but it happened so quickly for him too (not just me) that he still says he's 8 when asked. :)
He was gifted a belt and revolver, a combo gift from Nathan and Melanie. His police heart was thrilled.
Daniel thought the police museum downtown Toronto would be interesting to go to, so we went there. Needed an appointment even. We were more than 20 minutes late by the time I found parking and then the entrance to the museum. No GPS with all those tall buildings. And THEN they search you before you go in (it's a regular police station after all) and Nathan and Melanie had pocket knives on them. So I raced off to the van and tucked them away while they waited at the station ("are they old enough to leave here, because it has to be legal" says the worried lady cop while I make a snide and very irritated reply "I think that my 13 and 12 year old can watch my other children for 5 minutes while in a police station until I get back" as I dash out in the rain unencumbered by slow and staring children. Anyways...we didn't really need the appointment, fortunately.
The museum wasn't very large, but had some interesting displays. Coshes, handcuffs, legcuffs
The motorbike was neat.
Melanie looked like more a natural rider though
The atmosphere was rather dark, and the robber coming in through the ceiling was rather ominous.
We all made sure we checked out the bike. Not long after this Daniel asked to go home now. Apparently when I went to the van, there was a trouble maker razzing the cops that had to be put out...might have been a little high or something...didn't set Daniel into a very relaxed mood, though. Poor guy.
We did check out all the displays, but didn't read all the case details. Interesting info!
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Sounds like a great outing. it was too bad for Daniel that he felt nervous but it's understandable. That sure is a nice bike!
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