Marilu's brother Steven is arriving today to stay with us for the next few days. It should be a good time since he likes board games and drinking beer, two of the qualities I find most admirable in a person.
The last update for the 12 Days of Christmas series is a decidedly non-holiday one. That's because I don't have any other holiday photos, other than the Santa visit ones from a couple of days ago. So instead, you'll have to make do with photos from our trip to Toronto with my mom and Kevin in August.
On our first night, we went to a pub across the street from our hotel. It had good food and drinks, but its decor was somewhat questionable.
Though Kevin didn't seem to mind.
The next day, we went to the Blue Jays baseball game with our friends Wes and Kelly and their kids. It was Lucas's first time at a professional baseball game, and he had a great time. As luck would have it, it was also the longest Blue Jays game in their history: 18 innings! I'd like to stay we stuck it out for the entire 6 or so hours, but we left somewhere around the 11th inning.
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We caught the rest of the game at the Amsterdam Brew Pub, which is a short 5 minute walk from the stadium and sits on the shores of Lake Ontario. The Blue Jays ended up winning, and we had more good food and beer so everyone went home happy.
After dinner, Lucas posed for some pictures outside.
Another attraction we visited was the Aquarium. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is planning a visit to Toronto. The shark tank exhibit is worth the price of admission alone. However, it's crazy busy so it was a damn good thing we bought our tickets beforehand. If you are just walking up, you're probably looking at a multi-hour wait to get in.
Here are a few random photos from walking and/or eating around Toronto.
Lucas was making faces so we decided to do one where we were all making faces. Of course, that's the one in which he's the only one not making a face.
Our last "big" event in Toronto was seeing Medieval Times. For those of you not familiar with it, it's a dinner theater kind of thing (or in this case, lunch theater) where you eat your meal while they do a whole knights jousting, and swordplay show. I'd been once before, back in Orlando, when I was still in high school and had fond memories. I was glad to see that the Toronto one didn't disappoint as we all had a great time.
My mom, Kevin, and Lucas went to pose in front of the throne they had set up, and the king and one of his pages photobombed them.
Lucas poses with our "champion," the knight that represented our seating section, yellow and red. He didn't win, but he was definitely the most charismatic guy out there, smiling every time he rode by.
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Because of the ticket package we purchased, we each received a group photo with the queen. I've scanned a copy of it for your viewing pleasure. It's worth it just to see Lucas's expression. The sunglasses are a nod to my brother's pose (with sunglasses) with the Medieval Knights characters at Orlando many moons ago. If I ever get a hold of that photo, I'll have to post it side by side with this one.
And that, as they say, is that, folks. I have to admit I'm pretty pleased with myself for actually following through on this whole 12 Days thing. I hope you enjoyed so many photos in such a short amount of time. It's like we're back in 2007-2008 again!
I hope everyone out there has a wonderful Christmas, and keep an eye on the blog in the next few days for pictures of our Christmas day (as well as the aforementioned Christmas Eve photo). Take care!
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First. Thank you for the 12 days of Christmas. It was a treat. Second, we laughed when we saw Grampy Kevin's perv. look. That was one strange restaurant decor. Finally. Have a fun and safe Christmas Eve and enjoy Steven.
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