Toronto Games 1

We flew from London to Toronto on Monday 9 June and arrived safely at 5pm. We were hosted by David and Soo Min Ma, their three children Noah (8), Mattea (6), Anika (2) and Soo Min's mother, Auntie Wendy. They have a lovely home at St. John's Homestead in Mississauga, Toronto, Canada.

The Toronto summer games had begun. Here are the events:

Spider Boxing

Geoff caught a spider from the basement.
Mattea is not too keen on spiders...

John shows how harmless house spiders are

The boys went spider hunting to get at least two spiders to mount a fight. When they finally found a fuzzy garden spider to battle the house spider, the house spider had already been released. An interesting observation is that the house spider struggled to scale the walls of the plastic container but the fuzzy garden spider had no problems negotiating the smooth walls of the container. A pity but this game was a "walkover" or rather a "crawl-over" and both opponents missed their bout!

For a few outdoor events, the children explored the yard. The Mas have a small vegetable plot where they are growing their own greens like brussel sprouts and even corn.

Mattea showing her garden of  brussel sprouts,
corn and other veggies.

The girls tried the scooter, little push-car and pedal-less bike in the backyard.

Christy, Anika and Mattea enjoy the backyard

After a hour, they proceeded to the indoor events.

Mattea shares her toys. The boys took to the
Lego sets whilst
Christy played with Mattea's collections.

Geoff, John and Mattea enjoy water games in the Ma's heated pool

Kor also gets into the action

John tries the giant bubble blower

Christy dries Mattea's hair 

Mattea dries Christy's hair

We want to do gymnastics

That top-of-the-world feeling

What a summer in Toronto!