Dec. 17th, 2015
Today we brought the girls to stay a Hotel tonight -Sheraton Centre Toronto- because we are attending for the
first time ever, the BTXMAS Party that Breakfast Television holds every year. We have been trying to come for the last 7 years but unfortunately timing was not right or money was tight. This year we planned and made it happen! So, we stayed over night and went swimming and we also took the girls into the mall. Now I don't know about you but my kids LOVE American Girl and thankful Indigo/Chapters in the Eaton Centre (and Yorkdale) have a full section just to give kids the experience. So, we have been in need of a brush for their dolls -well Middle daughter already has one, oldest was getting one for christmas so, she never understand why she need one- and we were able to finally get them one. Youngest we just took to the Disney Store and picked up a Cars package for her. When we got back into the Hotel we met
Kevin Frankish,
Diana Pugliese and
Frank Ferragin. It was awesome, years of waiting to meet them, just happened within seconds. We had conversations with them and my daughter of course yelled out KEVIN to get his attention. 😂 It worked of course. We went to bed early as it was going to bed an early morning.
Dec. 18th, 2015
5:00am was the time we got up and went down in our Pj's and we party and got to see behind the scenes of how everything was done. Now comes the part that really ticked me off. So I am standing in front behind a few moms and this mom beside me has her carseat with a newborn and her toddler. Well my oldest daughter couldn't see so she pushed her way through the
"Adults" and went to where the stage was and sat down. Unfortunately I couldn't see. Well, I got upset because you see my oldest as I have mention before has Autism and will sometimes act silly or can get extremely overwhelmed so, I want to be able to see her and make sure she is ok. This mom was a complete *BEEP*. I mean I am sorry but all I asked was for her to switch places with me so, I can see my child with a disability but no. It was more important for her to be on TV and the fact that she had been there since 4am and her mother who had a walker was way in the back then just moving over some to let me see my kid. Anyway, she ended up leaving and I was pushed out of the way yet again by the other *BEEP* beside her and told that my daughter was important enough. I was livid but tried to keep my cool for the shake of my kids, the tv show and the other 1000 people there. I ended up moving to the side of the stage to sit down because my youngest daughter got sick over EVERYONE in including *BEEEP* #2, which I'm sorry Karma is a .... -you can fill in the blanks-. Once over on the side of the stage my daughter ended up falling a sleep on the stage, my middle daughter keep calling KEVIN, which he was so nice and would acknowledge her every time and would laugh about it.
At the end of the Show, we went for breakfast buffet and then went down to get a picture with the whole BT Crew. I was so excited because I was finally going to get to meet my idol
Jennifer Valentine. After all this we were ready to go home and get some sleep because we were all exhausted. Overall, if you haven't had a change to get this experience yet, I would go but I rate it a 5 and would do it again but maybe not for a few years when the kids are older.
Today we took our youngest to see the CP Rail Holiday Train. We had no idea that this train even existed, until it came up on my Facebook News Feed. It's free, all you do is bring a Food Donation and they have Free Hot Chocolate and a free toy for the child. Santa comes and the train rolls in and they have a free concert. It was so much fun! The smile on my little girls face was priceless. Definitely pulling her out of school next year for this, new tradition with her. It's her only time with Mom and Dad.
We took the girls to the Santa Claus Parade this year down in Toronto. We have never been so was an experience we have been trying to do forever. The girls got to ride the subway down and we got Tim Hortons and got to see all the amazing floats up close, take pictures with the clowns -that i DID not like hence my fear of clowns- and also, one special picture the Major of Toronto himself! It was a great time and to see the smiles on the girls faces just made my heart feel warm and blessed. ☺️
