Holidays in Toronto 2011

On the 27th, we left for Toronto. It rained the whole way there and was changing to snow as we arrived. We stayed with Greg, Ange and the twins and had so much fun with them.

Our requisite trip to Ikea for Swedish meatballs and fries with gravy. And new Ikea stuffed toys. And new Ikea plastic plates, bowls, cups and flatware. Then it was time for more aunts, uncles and cousins!

Three of four Ponesse girls, we found out there will be five kids on that side soon!

 Uncle Chris with Justin, Kyan and the girls.

 Like father, like son. Greg and Kyan on the guitar.

 Luke and Michael helping to make empanadas for the big Christmas party.

 Hangin' with the twins.

 Luke decided I should take pictures of him hugging the toddlers. Kyan was totally uninterested. Justin didn't mind.

 Kayla wasn't sure what to think, but isn't she beautiful.

 The only picture with all nine cousins in it. Maeve and Justin were NOT happy. From left to right: Maeve, Talia, Kyan, Jacinta, Kayla, Claire, Michael, Justin and Luke.

 Justin was much happier when the food came out. Here he is charming Grandma Sylvia and Auntie Katie. And, later, Uncle Chris and Granddad.

Meanwhile, Luke, Jacinta and Michael had turned Granddad's den into an undersea kingdom and played quietly with Justin's new sea animal set for a long time.

Justin was totally fine at the party except that I noticed he had a runny nose. We got back to Greg's late and the kids went to sleep. At midnight, Justin woke up with full blown croup. At 4am he woke up with stryder, too. It was awful. We started to pack up and leave since we don't have health coverage in Canada and it's 2 hours to Buffalo, but as Matt was loading the car, Justin and I fell back to sleep. By 8am, he was doing much better, so we drove back to Columbus. Matt took him into Urgent Care last night since it's another holiday weekend coming up and they gave him an anti-inflammatory, but they didn't think it was too serious. Well, we needed to use up the last of the flexpay anyway. He is still coughing a lot and very snotty.