Pater: Snow use hanging around

Posted by Pater , Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:55 PM

Ah the famous Canadian Winter.  Legendary, some would say.  If that's the case, this year's winter in the land of the Canucks was nothing more than a fable.  Blame it on global warming, el nino or simply Pater's prayers finally coming true, but freezing cold weather and blankets of snow from November to April did not happen in Toronto 2012.  Not that it really made a difference to you, AJ2 with your thick clothes, thick blankets and thick thighs (seriously, is Mater feeding you oil and cream?).  Yes, AJ1, you did spend more time in it than last year and even learnt how edible snow is (STAY AWAY FROM THE YELLOW VARIETY!)...
 
...but we had to go all the way to the Toronto Harbour Front to find a pile of the white stuff large enough to actually climb...
But why learn the word Snowman, with the associated hassle of putting on and taking off multiple layers of clothes, if you can learn the word Snowbird and, um, wear the bare minimum in Florida.
Mater and Pater don't like to play favourites.  Since, AJ1, you have two stamps in your passport (US and Israel), and we're not planning another 12 hour FFH (Flight From Hell) to revisit Israel until you're all grown up (and can sit for more than 5 minutes watching a film) we did the next best thing to ensure you, AJ2, also have 2 stamps.  So from the US, we took you to the Bahamas, leaving AJ1 with Grandma Toronto. Obviously.
The Bahamas was great and, AJ2, you had a great time in the pool, seeing all the sharks and fish and even the loud carnival in the night.  But you obviously pined for your sister, who, according to reports from Grandma Toronto, barely noticed we were missing.  But once we were back, we quickly fell into a routine of swimming, lounging (when AJ1 let us) and eating.
 
Oh it wasn't all lying around relaxing.  Pater and AJ2 wanted laziness, but "thankfully" AJ1, you and Mater were there to make sure we kept busy.
Doing new stuff is cool but sometimes you hanker for the familiar.  And what's more familiar to us than visiting a zoo?  And not just any old visit but one that includes, AJ1, your best friends in the whole wide world!!!
Pater can only assume that Mater took the following photo because there is a definite "no holding hands" rule when Pater is around.  Especially in a state famous for it's lax gun control laws.
You've seen animals, chased Ibises, rode a dragon, what next?  Oh yes, strip naked and run around the zoo's splash pad over and over and over again.
And when you get back after a long day out at the beach, swimming pool, zoo or your billionth shopping mall (what's up with everyone walking around with suitcases in Floridian malls?), what's better, AJ1 and AJ2, than hanging out with your olds? Pater should clarify, since Florida is full of wrinklies, that by olds, he means your parents.
 
As any fan of The West Wing knows, all good things must come to an end.  After a great vacation in the Sunshine State, it was time to pack up our stuff, hop on a plane (don't be deceived by the photo - AJ1 sat in that calm position for mere minutes) and get back to normality.  Even if the Toronto winter weather was far from normal.

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