Easter Weekend April 2015

Easter is here and so is winter. After such a long winters that forced the boys to spend most of their time indoors, we decided that we needed to get away. I took the boys down to Toronto to visit their cousins - Melia (2) and Aiyla (4 months).

The girls have grown so fast and the boys were excited to see them, and Auntie Ami and Uncle Danny. We spent Friday morning doing an Easter Egg Hunt that was organized by Danny's friend in a park near her house. The hunt was well organized and the kids loved it. I bought bunny ears for them all and they have enjoyed wearing them.

After the hunt, we went to lunch in Unionville. It was 16 degrees out, so we were able to find a patio to enjoy the nice day! Since we were close to the zoo, we made a quick trip to the zoo to see the pandas, lion, lion, otter, polar bear - Joshy wanted to see the elephants but we never came across them. Nicholas was a monkey and climbed all over the place - if we weren't watching, I'd swear that he would have been found in the lion's den.

On Saturday, we enjoyed dim sum with the Ng side of the family and went to visit my father. It was nice to bring the boys and girls there to see him.

While the car ride was long, it was well worth the trip to see family. It's too bad we don't have a high speed train running to Toronto from Ottawa. One day!!

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