Ontario, Yours to Discover!
Last week we went on a little road trip. Emma-Rose has been begging to go to her cousin's house. She always gets to see them at Grandma's house and they've been to her house, but she hadn't been to their house (atleast not in her recollection). After putting her off with another day we'll go visit Mattea, we decided to surprise her and go. There's no direct highway from Orangeville to Renfrew, so we decided to take some back roads. There are a lot of cute little towns and villages through central Ontario.
Emma-Rose had a blast playing with cousins. We went to Ottawa one day and took the kids to the Byward market (ok so they put up with that cause there was a major candy store involved...Emma-Rose has never been in a candy store--other than the corner store...it was so fun to see her reaction...we now have a few pounds of jelly bellys in almost every flavour imaginable). Then we took the kids to the museum of Civilization, where inside there's a Children's Museum. They had a blast! Emma-Rose was a little overwhelmed at first but got the hang of things half way through (see pics below).
On our way home we took more back roads to end up at the Hershey Chocolate factory, where once again we let Emma-Rose go nuts. It was fun. The self-guided tour was boring since there was nothing on the line and the prices in the Chocolate store weren't a good buy (could've gone to Walmart and paid the same price or less), but she just loved it. We turned a five hour trip home into a 10 hour trip, with back roads, many stops and potty breaks (for the maman, not the kid she's still in diapers).
It was kind of our last hooray as a family of three before the new baby makes his or her entrance. The whole in the van Emma-Rose was a super awesome traveler! Didn't cry, didn't complain and we didn't even have a DVD player. Anyhow, as promised a few pics from the trip.
Last week we went on a little road trip. Emma-Rose has been begging to go to her cousin's house. She always gets to see them at Grandma's house and they've been to her house, but she hadn't been to their house (atleast not in her recollection). After putting her off with another day we'll go visit Mattea, we decided to surprise her and go. There's no direct highway from Orangeville to Renfrew, so we decided to take some back roads. There are a lot of cute little towns and villages through central Ontario.
Emma-Rose had a blast playing with cousins. We went to Ottawa one day and took the kids to the Byward market (ok so they put up with that cause there was a major candy store involved...Emma-Rose has never been in a candy store--other than the corner store...it was so fun to see her reaction...we now have a few pounds of jelly bellys in almost every flavour imaginable). Then we took the kids to the museum of Civilization, where inside there's a Children's Museum. They had a blast! Emma-Rose was a little overwhelmed at first but got the hang of things half way through (see pics below).
On our way home we took more back roads to end up at the Hershey Chocolate factory, where once again we let Emma-Rose go nuts. It was fun. The self-guided tour was boring since there was nothing on the line and the prices in the Chocolate store weren't a good buy (could've gone to Walmart and paid the same price or less), but she just loved it. We turned a five hour trip home into a 10 hour trip, with back roads, many stops and potty breaks (for the maman, not the kid she's still in diapers).
It was kind of our last hooray as a family of three before the new baby makes his or her entrance. The whole in the van Emma-Rose was a super awesome traveler! Didn't cry, didn't complain and we didn't even have a DVD player. Anyhow, as promised a few pics from the trip.
posted by lisa b at
9:05 AM
2 Comments:
Boo, you missed out on the cheap broken chocolates in the plastic bins at the back of the store! That's where the real bargains are!
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Jule Ann, at 8:01 PM
I know that's where the bargains are, but there wasn't much variety and the prices were pretty comparative to bulk barn...I seriously think they put the price up for tourist season.
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lisa b, at 9:12 AM
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