. As for the hat with the birthday candles, can you believe I have one of those at the house? 
The boys HATE it......yet it always seems to find its way out of the closet for their special days 
. I'll have to test the waters to see if its something she would wear 
... its certainly light enough to pack!
I don't know how you put up with the snow! Where I live it is quite literally chaos if we get just a small flurry so there is no hope if we have a proper snow storm
... as are good boots, warm coats, and quality gloves. I happen to have a pair of Minion mittens, made for me by a friend, that are my go-to accessory for the winter . 
. A girl has to have limits, after all 
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I love you Canadians..."Here is my house getting covered by snow as I left for work" No panic, life keeps going
Great plans so far, wow, this looks like another big trip! You guys do them right. How nice to receive the tickets as a gift!
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Ha ha! If things ground a halt every time it snowed here, we might better all become bears and just hibernate for the winter
Hey, that's not a bad idea, actually
Much as we're used to it (or at the very least, expect it), I've never been able to embrace it. Seriously, get me to the south as soon as its humanly possible. I can honestly say if I never saw snow another day in my life, I wouldn't miss it. I love my country (well, some aspects of it), but I despise our climate.
Our annual passes (Steve and I's for Universal from last spring, plus the BOGO AP's for SeaWorld & Aquatica) have really, REALLY helped make us able to stretch our vacation budgets and been really excellent values. We can now pat ourselves on the back for smart purchases along the way. I honestly can't imagine having to pay for tickets on every single trip!!
That's true, life would come to a halt.
I was reading an interesting thread somewhere about the climate of Canada, how there is nowhere warm in the country that you can move to. Versus the U.S. where you can move to a warm state as long as you can find a job there (which is not easy!).
I hate snow too. When people say how much they love the "seasons" here, I want to say unless you are right on the equator, everywhere has seasons people, even Florida!
.That's not snow. Now THIS is snow:
Sorry, a little Canadian one-upsmanship. That was actually a few years back after a storm we named "big juicy". This is more what we look like now:
Although we may look a lot closer to the first photo by the end of the week.
Still a lot more than Toronto - A+ spent the weekend down there, and says they had no snow on the ground at all.
. I patted her on the back for having the foresight to book her test in her hometown rather than here in Quinte, with our 35+ centimeters coming down so hard you can hardly see across the street. I may have to call in the sled dogs to get home 
.. When Jake was playing rep basketball we often traveled to the Ottawa region for games and tournaments....and the snow we saw (in comparison to what we had at home) was always humbling. I honestly don't know how you do it, year after year. Yet you awesome Ottawa folks generally seem to embrace it with your skating on the canal and winter festivals. .
. I bet the kids have fallen completely in love!! 
! Glad to have you along!
. My iPhone app currently shows Orlando as 23 degrees celsius right now......I am sooooooo jealous. We're at a tropical -2!
. Anyway I went out a few hours later and it was like the neighbour had never been there. Anyone who shoveled that heavy wet mess today knows what my back feels like right now. The plow came and made a wall of it at the end of the driveway. I was out there for at least an hour and a half and my back is screaming. Can't wait until dh is home to share these duties again!!
