Ontario Science Centre & CN Tower

Thursday was scheduled to be one of our days in Toronto. We decided to visit two places that day - it made it quite a long day and even though the day before we were traipsing all around The Falls, we were up to the task. Our first stop was the Ontario Science Centre. It is a huge place with lots of things for people of all ages to do. I can't even mention (or even remember) all we saw and did, I would be here forever, so here are some pictures of some of our favorite activities there.The kids got to send billiard balls down ramps and loops and all sorts of mechanisms creating music as they went.Here they are checking out the different spectrum and colors of light.Here was one of our favorite spots - a keyboard programmed with sounds from the human body. It was quite entertaining and just thinking about it now is making me giggle!A grocery store to "shop" in just like mommy and daddy. A ramp of water you could dam up or guide and then race boats down (my favorite spot!).Kyler made this bridge.Konner played a song on the steel drums.Jason took a spin with gyroscope.



The kids got their grove on in the "music studio" while Jason ran the lights and sound. We checked out the featured exhibit on snakes and other reptiles.We spent over four hours there and could have spent another 2 days checking everything out, but we needed to fins a place for dinner and check out the next place on our trip - the CN Tower.The tallest tower in the world lets visitors go to a viewing area of two levels. You can check out the 360 degree views of Toronto and the surrounding areas from one floor and then learn of the history and stand on their famous glass floor and the other level. You can also pay extra to be taken even further up the tower but we decided this was high enough for us.

How far you can see from the tower is simply unbelievable! Jason and the kids especially loved watching a near by small airport. I thought the view at dusk and later was just beautiful with all the city lights coming out. Most of us felt "up" to the challenge (sorry, I just had to!) of standing on the glass floor and looking down to the ground below. The babies had no fear and were often seen lying on the glass making "glass angels." For Granddaddy and Kyler, they very much preferred to keep themselves on the solid ground. (Kyler, on a second trip to the floor that night, did make it to the glass floor, but only for a few moments!)

The CN tower is also famous for it's spectacular lighting at night. Here is a bit of red and white for Canada that I was able to capture.

We had another day FULL of walking and things to do. It was a great time. The drive home however was not so fun that night. We ran into some traffic that made it feel a little too much like home for us and what should have been an hour and a half trip back to Niagara took us twice as long! They were (of course) doing construction in which the freeway went from four lanes down to one three times on our trip home. (Needless to say the next night we made sure we left early enough to beat the road closures!)