Let the fun begin!

We got some snow today. All you hear on the radio is how many accidents there are. I hate driving in the snow. Here in the Detroit area, even if it rains the freeway is full of uptight drivers. So many people with road rage. I don't get road rage........I cause it!

Weekend in Canada

My family spent the weekend in Canada for a hockey tournament. After driving 4 hours we arrived at the Ice arena for my son's first game. They won the game and we headed to the hotel to check in. I packed a ton of groceries for two reasons, first because our American dollar is worth less in Canada, and second because I have once again started weight watchers and I intend to stick to it this time. Needless to say, my family was not thrilled about making lunch in the hotel room! Part of the fun of tournaments is going out to eat. Anyway, we scarfed down lunch and I informed everyone to get ready so we could head downtown to Toronto. After they all complained I still insisted that we go.

We drove to the subway station and parked the car. It took about 20 minutes just to get to the station due to traffic. We then had to figure out how to use the machine in the lot to buy our parking ticket. Next we headed across the street and down the stairs. Being from the Detroit area, my kids have never experienced any type of public transportation, especially a subway. We bought our tickets and got on the subway and headed toward the city. Once we arrived at our stop, we came out of the station and practically ran to the CN Tower, which was a couple blocks away. It was raining slightly and we only had about 2 hours to see the tower and get back to the hotel so that we could make it to the next hockey game.

We got to the tower, we bought our tickets and headed on to the elevator. We took a glass elevator all the way to the Look out Level which is 1136 feet above the ground. My husband rode the elevator with his back to the window because he cannot handle heights at all. My kids thought that was hilarious! We exited the elevator and walked around that level enjoying the view of the city. It was amazing. We even went outside and walked around. After that we headed to the Glass floor which is a view directly down to the ground. The kids were jumping and laying on the glass floor and have been teasing my husband endlessly for not walking on it.

After that we headed down the elevator and back to the subway station. I was really proud of Jake for remembering the way back through the subway station. Everyone just followed him. We got to the hotel and loaded up his bag to head to the game. Once again our team won! They ended up doing very well. They won 5 games and lost in the semi finals. We got home Sunday at 7 pm which gave us a little time to relax before heading back to school and work. The trip to the tower ended up being the most fun for them. We go to interesting cities with their sports teams but never have time to enjoy it. I'm glad I insisted we go to the tower because now they can say they have been in the World's tallest building.