Whirlwind Stay

We had some cousins fly over and stay for just less than 5 days, and we got to enjoy their company in a fast paced visit.

 

They arrived at 6am and had lost a whole night's sleep...so by dinner time Ontario time they were pretty pretty tired!

Friday the plan was to go to Canada's Wonderland. You aren't supposed to bring food in, so we stocked up on a big breakfast to hopefully last a long time.

Have a nice day! I'll pick you up when you are done! I certainly liked the idea of bringing these teens and dropping them off. They can stand in the hot sun in lineups all day and when they are tired (or the amusement park closes for the day, more likely) I can pick them up.

I spent my day packing for our camping trip. Since we are leaving the same morning that I have to drop off the cousins at the airport.

Saturday we went to Toronto Island. But not until Philip said the packing was sufficiently done. So we didn't leave until late afternoon. We brought bikes for the kids along.

The ferry ride over is just a 15 minute ride. Long enough to enjoy the view, but not boring.

Sandy beaches are great! And this park has lots of them. :)

The boys enjoyed the sand. I feel like we should have brought sand toys instead of bikes. :p

We also cooled off in the water. The breakers make for a very shallow swimming area. It is not much past our waists to get across to the rocks. So we ended up going past the breakers to some deeper water...the water was a lot colder there too!

There is a great view of the CN Tower from the Island. We enjoyed the view while lining up and waiting for the ferry ride back.

We didn't fit on the first ferry and had to wait for the next one. It didn't take long to come.

The view coming back over the water. From this angle the CN Tower really looks nice and high.

Tying up the bikes so they all make it back home again.

It was a pretty hot weekend, so the kids all spent time in the pool.

And lots of games. It was a lot of fun hosting these two!