Scenes From Magic Kingdom

Just wanted to share a few pictures from our trip so far. We have had one rainy day and one sunny, but cool day. It's has been funny watching people walk around with scarve's, mitts and toque's in 12 - 15 degree weather.....meanwhile the girls have been wanting to break out the shorts and tank tops!

Emily was in awe yesterday as she met the princesses. Tonight we are going to a character meal at the Royal Dining hall. Emily is so excited.
Hayleigh has been having fun as well, but seems to contain her excitement a little more then Emily. (Hayleigh wants me to mention that she kissed Chip & Dale on their noses and made them blush!)

I have to add that yesterday we learned both the girls need a lot more practice with their driving at the Speedway. I think is should be another good 15 years before they need to think about getting their licence.

Hopefully, I will have another update later in the week. We had a quiet morning here in the hotel while I did some laundry and the girls had some downtime. However they are starting to go stir crazy and Hayleigh is looking over my shoulder telling me to hurry up with this, so I must be off.

Almost Forgot About Halloween.......

...the Blushing Bride and, the witch!

Buses, Trains & Automobiles....

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the girls and I tagged along with Brent to Ottawa for a mini fall get-a-way. I was not sure how we were going to make out considering we had a 6 hour plus car ride and Emily hates making the two hour trip to Barrie because it takes way to long to get there. Both girls did amazingly well considering it was a very dreary, rainy drive. I guess the anticipation of what lie ahead is what got them through the long drive. The original plan when I started planning this trip way back when was that we would stay at the same hotel as Brent but, it was missing one very important amenity....a swimming pool! So we booked ourselves into the Hampton Inn just so we could enjoy the pool! Hayleigh's comments about our hotel..."This is so much better then I expected."

I love Ottawa. It is such a beautiful city. We took the girls to the Canadian Children's Museum which I highly recommend to anyone visiting Ottawa with kids. The girls loved the place running from exhibit to exhibit and back again. There was so much for them take in. If it had not been closed on the Monday, I am sure we would have been back.

We had a great visit with my old roommates Sue and Colleen...and lots of laughs. The three of us had some great times at 210 Stewart.

We also visited Parliment Hill. Hayleigh wanted to go up the Peace tower and Emily refused. With some creative parenting (okay, I lied to the child), I managed to get Emily into the elevator and the first words out of her mouth inside the peace tower looking over the city......"This is so awesome Mom!" Monday was a cool day so our tour around the Ottawa River and Parliament Hill was not very long. Part of our Monday adventures was riding OC Transpo. I told the girls we could take the bus downtown and they thought it was just awesome.

We ended our trip by bringing the train home from Ottawa. It was the girls first time on the train.

I am now trying to sort through photo's.....Emily is patiently waiting for me to develop them so she can show her friends.

I am happy to have my computer (& pictures) back. I was in the process of deleting and editing last week when it quit on me. They did not find anything wrong with it so I am not sure what happened. It has been a busy week with skating, Brownies/Sparks and getting ready for our trip to Ottawa this weekend. I am trying to come up with ideas that will keep the girls entertained for the 6 hour drive. Brent has an AALP seminar so the girls are going hitch a ride. The plan is to take in the sights and hopefully catch up with some friends. Then the girls and I are going to bring the train home.

Emily has requested that I take lots of pictures on our trip so that she can share them with her friends at school. I don't think that will be a problem.

All is not lost.....thank goodness!

My computer is currently sitting in the repair shop. Last night as I was going through photos and deleting and editing, it died on me and it is not even a year old......good news is....what I like to call the blue screen of death means it is a hardware problem and no pictures have been lost.

A rare moment when Emily voluntarily posed for a picture....I really do have to treasure these moments.

Just a Sample.....

I am really trying to clean up the pictures on my computer and the awesome fall weather we have been having is not helping my cause at all. We had a great Thanksgiving weekend here. The weather was fabulous and I managed to get some work done around home. We had dinner with the Royce's on Sunday and enjoyed a walk through the local sugar bush as well. The colours were beautiful. I am so glad we took the time to enjoy them! Hopefully, I will get around to posting some more pictures and maybe playing a bit of catch up!