Canada - Day 2 & 3

I haven't written in almost a month. It's not that I don't have a lot to say. It's just really, really hard to say it. It's like if I say - er, type - something, it might make it real. Or something.

But for the life of me, I want to document the good things. I want to look back and remember fond memories of good times. Not the shitty times. I want to look back and pretend it was just all good. 

So let's go back to Day 2 of our Toronto trip. We wanted to do something fun for the girls, as waiting in line at Chinese restaurants for hours isn't at the top of their list. 

We decided to pre-buy tickets and man I'm SO glad we did. 

First, lunch!

These were GORGEOUS

It was an amazing aquarium! We loved it. It was large enough to feel like you spent a decent amount of time there and it was worth the money. But it wasn't SO huge that it was annoying to get through. You follow a pretty structured path to get to see all the things. So, so cool.

After the aquarium, we wanted to hit up the pool. The hotel is so large that we had to book time at the pool because if everyone was there...there could be hundred of people...

Everything worked out just fine though - we made it back to the hotel just in time for our time slot.

After swimming we were supposed to go out to dinner. But we were all still so stuffed from lunch! And we had so many leftovers...we thought it'd be a better idea to hang back at the hotel and just eat our leftovers. I really didn't want to bring it all home! 

So glad we got nice suites at the hotel (Thanks Mom!) so we could all comfortably sit and eat and hang out. 

I was so excited to eat a fresh one, Mom was right. Didn't taste like much.

A true Asian. Chopsticks and slurping noodles from the bowl.

had to do a hotel mirror selfie lol

They loved running down the hallway

Day 3:

We knew we wanted Dim Sum before we left. My mom heard of this fancy place - which was great, but me and Steve really do prefer the hole in the wall places where the ladies push the cart with food and yell at you. 

This was more upscale and you ordered from a menu. It was beautiful and the food was so good. But it's just a different atmosphere than the original Cantonese style.

We parked right in front of the restaurant, kept the car running and AC on and Bean Bean was in her crate. I came out to check on her every 20 minues to make sure she was ok. She was! She did great on her first road trip!

We did a tiny bit more shopping before heading back to NY. We all had such a nice time! Next time though we want to stay a little longer and enjoy more food. It's just impossible to stuff yourself that much!

Cheers!