{"id":820,"date":"2018-07-08T12:14:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T12:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/?p=820"},"modified":"2018-07-08T12:14:37","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T12:14:37","slug":"team-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/2018\/07\/08\/team-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Team effort"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, enough about Louise’s wardrobe and her penchant for mud flaps. <\/p>\n

Let’s talk about the other heroes of this trip–our poor families.<\/p>\n

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While we certainly would like to take credit for planning an itinerary that appeals to all, there also has to be a lot of open-mindedness and cooperation and we have received a lot of that over these adventures.<\/p>\n

I think Butch and Sundance have the words “Respect the Process,” tattooed on their forearms, and have not questioned much of our crazy until this point. They have good-naturedly jumped through the hoops to pull everything off, even though that isn’t easy 24\/7.<\/p>\n

Our two smallest passengers–Squish and Big G–have foregone naps, settled for truffle cheese and bug spray for meals somedays, and never know which strange bed they’ll get put down in at night or if that bed will be in the same place in the morning. They are troopers.<\/p>\n

Our teenagers are super thrilled to be on this vacation, but they also have been helpful and cooperative and hopefully they’ve had a little fun so far.<\/p>\n

And the middles are sweet and patient and are showing incredible grace when things may not go exactly as planned, or especially when they do. They’re doing a lot of the summer reading entailing sports plaques and MLB lineups.<\/p>\n

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\nThe last few days have held a long rural stop and driving, a car rental and border crossing, to a downtown Toronto hotel all in the span of 28 minutes and a heatwave in Celsius.<\/p>\n

But in that short time, we ate at some fun restaurants, visited the Hockey Hall of Fame, swam, shopped, and saw another baseball game from beneath the CN Tower. It was a whole lot of fun. And before leaving Canada, we stopped at Niagara Falls which was amazing. And there still is much fun to be had and beauty to behold.<\/p>\n

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Niagara Falls!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So thank you little (and big) troops for being you. The whole purpose of this entire journey is to spend as much time with you as we can before your next chapter begins.<\/p>\n

Now secure the cabin for takeoff and let’s ride.<\/p>\n

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