Some bright spark at the Toronto District School Board decided that the relatively new 3 day weekend in February should actually be 4 days; however, it turns out that M`s employer think 2 is just fine, thanks.
Too bad, because we had fun!!!
Friday -
I was busy with appointments and then meeting a dear, long-unseen friend who may be moving back to Toronto in 6 weeks!!!!
Sophie hung out with Carrie at the library and then went to have a playdate with a dear, long un-seen friend who moved too many blocks away 6 months ago.
After-school, Seb had Zachary over to watch the dvd Billy Elliott (to prepare for their trip to see the musical on March 1st) - hadn`t remembered all the swearing and had to explain the art of the theatrical sucker punch and fake blood to 4 and 7 year olds.
And then uncle Trefor arrived for the weekend - yet another dear but long un-seen friend!!
Saturday
After indulging in raspberry-chocolate chip pancakes, we met up with friends to skate and market at the Don Valley Brickworks. Tiny outdoor rink but beautiful spot. We ate delicious food and sipped on Mexican hot chocolate and then had a terrific tour of the site as more and more of it opens up to the public. While there, we bumped into two sisters who are Sophie`s ski-mates on Sunday.
Seb was invited to play shinny with Jack when we got home. So out he zoomed to Dufferin Grove, while I made gingered leek and parsnip soup. Then the whole lot of them stumbled in, cheeks rosy from the cold to sip the homemade soup, munch on fab bread and Ontario cheeses, and eat some farm sausages too. Meanwhile, I nipped out and borrowed a guitar for Trefor. And he played for us. We danced, sung and some of us even held a medieval dress-up jam session! Later that evening, the lads went out for a beer. And I crashed!
Sunday was ski day.
Trefor serenaded us for breakfast which was lovely and mellow but it seemed to take a gargantuan effort (read, Jo gets stressed and short with everyone) to leave the house - 5 people, 2 sets of skis, snack bags, winter wear, and luggage in our car! But we did it and had a wonderful time skiing at Horseshoe, where we saw not only the two little girls in Sophie's class but the very friends we had skated with the day before! Small city.
Monday had to have a plan. I am not good at a day with nothing to do and two kids with their engines running on 'full-speed ahead'. The Toronto International Film Festival(TIFF) has a children's programme through the year (as well as a fab kids festival in April) and was pulling out all the stops for the first Family Day in its new digs - the Lightbox. The Tim Burton exhibit had a constant line-up round the block. But we had a great day watching a Mary Pickford silent movie (Suds) with live piano accompaniment, eating at the cafe,
going in a green room where Sebastian and Jack were beamed onto the big screen(check out the video footage).
And made all the merrier by the company we kept - Jenny and Jack from down the road and their neighbour Sami (8) and his mom (who as a singer seems to know everyone at the Lightbox).
The day ended with some play time with Sami and some cookie making - using some new cutters.
This weekend is shaping up to be almost as busy: pizza/movie night for Seb on Friday; play date on Saturday morning; the first session in the young readers' society a friend has started; then off to Orillia for friends and snow and skating and skiing and the Oscars!
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