Oh Canada!

Canada holds a special place in my heart. And not because they are our neighbors to the north or because they say eh? all the time. Going to Canada holds a place in my heart because going there helped me accomplish on of my dreams. Ahhh, your probably thinking that I'm going to say something sweet like going to another country with all of my family is one of my dreams eh? Nope.

Going to Canada let me accomplish the one thing I never thought I'd do...

Drive in NY by myself. Now, I know it wasn't NYC but still...NY is NY and driving there is a feat I never thought I'd face. Here is my story: (I'll make it short)

The morning we were leaving the theme was...Do you have your passports and/or birth certificates?

Yes

We are in line to go through the border when my heart freezes with fear....I slightly recall getting up in the night to take the kids birth certificates out of my purse and put them in the suitcase so they wouldn't get wrinkled.

I check my purse...no birth certificates.

We can't turn around at this point because we are merely yards from crossing the border.

Did you know that getting your kids into Canada without proper identification is a little easier than getting them out?

Thanks to our Immigration Attorney (Jeremy aka: Sarge) we found this out. I knew my kids would be slightly scarred if we were detained (which we would have been) so after dropping everyone off at MarineLand I turned the blue bullet (our awful rental car) around and headed into the mean streets of NY.

Just me, my mom, and the best creation on earth:

a GPS.

Here is the rest of our trip to Canada....

Niagra Falls....

The US side of the Falls

The kids on Maid of the Mist...notice Em without her hood on...she thinks she is so cool.

Jeff showing off his goods...

My family with the Falls in the background...

Em with her favorite Dudley Doo Right bobble head

Em with this creepy statue that we found in the bathroom

Abby next to a gigantic moose...and her Coke that she can't live without

These three were like this the entire trip....inseparable and hilarious

Em eating her favorite chocolate covered strawberries...

These two were like two peas in a pod...

okay, call me crazy but we were in the middle of this crazy busy street and there lying by itself was this shoe. I mean, who loses a shoe and doesn't notice it?

Now we are at MarineLand...I missed most of these pictures cause I was driving like a mad woman through the streets of New York.

Here the kids were getting on Dragon Mountain which is the worlds largest steel roller coaster. I loved this ride...

Gilly and Lilly watching a walrus

They have this great killer whale show where without much notice the whales swim up and wave/splash you. Everyone ran back...except Em...she leaned INTO the tidal wave

Gilly petting a Beluga whale

Em petting a Beluga whale

Moments before Gilly threw up he went on this ride...

And this is everyone walking back to the US of A

The blue bullet

I promise I'm almost done blogging about my whirlwind of a vacation.....maybe one more post...or two