Christmas 2011 Week 2 January 7, 2012 And in this second installment of Season 4, the family makes the most of the new year. View fullsize My, what floppy french toast you have. View fullsize Having our annual french toast fix. View fullsize Since last time we've visited, Grandma's gotten a plump new addition to her apartment. View fullsize I could hug him forever. View fullsize Annual all-you-can-eat sushi dinner with Bronwyn and Andre. View fullsize The first Chevy Volt that I've seen in the wild! View fullsize The Nissan Leaf has a slightly more clever charging interface. View fullsize This arena at the Brickworks barely qualified as an ice rink. View fullsize From 1889 to the 1980s the Don Valley Brick Works was one of Canada’s pre-eminent brickyards. View fullsize This is the wall of a treehouse made entirely of recycled materials. View fullsize Now, the Evergreen Brick Works is a community environmental center with exhibit space and some pioneering architecture. View fullsize When was the last time they dusted? View fullsize More industrial atmosphere at the Brick Works. View fullsize Stairway to heaven. View fullsize Mao (or his slightly Caucasian cousin) is watching you. View fullsize Long and artfully decorated corridor. View fullsize Google would like me to label this face. Any ideas? View fullsize Who's this potato head behind glass? View fullsize A very neat depiction of the waterways of the GTA. View fullsize The parkland in the lower Don River watershed. View fullsize Time to bring Sushi to life! This candy shop owner was pretty shocked! View fullsize He's ALIVE! View fullsize Oh my. View fullsize Sushi made himself right at home. View fullsize See the resemblance? View fullsize Hmm. Can't tell what's puzzle and what's tablecloth. View fullsize Visiting Grandpa on New Year's Eve -- and getting a special concert treat. View fullsize Why, it's Keiko! And she and I are wearing matching sweaters tonight. View fullsize Dave tries his hand at Sushi's controls. View fullsize No, she whimpers silently. I don't want to leave. View fullsize She was right at home. View fullsize Annual reunion -- into which Sushi snuck. View fullsize Putting the finishing touches on the sweetest puzzle I've ever done. View fullsize How many hands does it take to complete a 1000-piece puzzle? View fullsize The sleepiest youtube viewing I've ever seen. View fullsize Now it's mum's turn to drive Sushi. View fullsize And Jasmine's turn. View fullsize Wait, who's steering this guy? View fullsize Great Chinese food on New Years Day -- with (part of) our favorite Chinese family! View fullsize Found another guy who's too busy chowing down to notice the camera. View fullsize Doing the leftover Christmas cracker. Is it really that painful? View fullsize Trying to melt the Frozen Dairy Product. FAIL. View fullsize The neatest addition to supermarkets since sliced bread. View fullsize Don't forget this important step! View fullsize Mum and dad ride up the escalator with their newly-adopted cart. View fullsize Swanky bread from one of the swankiest bakeries in town. View fullsize When they say "presentation is everything," they mean it! View fullsize Would you like proper SPAM, or just no-frills luncheon meat? View fullsize When Heinz says 57 varieties, is this what they mean? View fullsize Another revamped industrial site: the Distillery Historic District. View fullsize Faces waiting to be used again in the spring. View fullsize The Distillery Historic District opened in 2003 and today it is widely regarded as Canada's premier arts, culture and entertainment destination. According to its website, anyway. View fullsize And this was the last we saw of dad. View fullsize Mission #3: Another Korean dinner. Check. View fullsize These dumplings are eye-poppingly good! View fullsize I've been waiting all year for this Bibimbap! View fullsize Back in Bracebridge, one week later, ice has started to form and there's a fresh layer of snow on everything. View fullsize The bluest sky we saw while in Canada. View fullsize Again, Granny's too excited about her lunch -- this time, a quarter chicken dinner -- to notice the paparazzi. View fullsize Huh? View fullsize Colby's special RADAR ears can detect any piece of food -- no matter how sad -- within lunging distance. View fullsize Colby also enjoys Granny's bed. Or is it the mohair blanket that she likes? View fullsize Granny gets ready to see us off at the elevator. View fullsize More snow in Bracebridge. View fullsize And it's the new TV! We got the last TV at Costco in Ontario! WHOOO. Look, it's downloading software updates. View fullsize Celebratory pizza dinner. View fullsize No dinner at Euclid is complete without red wine. View fullsize And no trip to Toronto is complete without a healthy helping of Tims. View fullsize One drawback about the new TV: it's outside. View fullsize Painstakingly shutting all the doors for safekeeping until next December. Except that 24, which he'll leave wide open. View fullsize Lunch with mother. View fullsize One view that will never be blocked by all the new condos: that from the CN tower. View fullsize Spotted among the cheese and sausages at the St. Lawrence market. View fullsize These guys have probably had better days. View fullsize Back at Euclid, making the annual Thai dinner -- with ingredients left over from last year! View fullsize Dig in! View fullsize Is this spicy? View fullsize This is definitely not spicy. View fullsize Bundling up to watch their favorite shows. View fullsize So big, they need to sit across the room. View fullsize Visiting Grandpa in his room. It's plenty spacious! View fullsize Enjoying his kielbasa and seeing what's on the frame. It's better than TV. View fullsize Who am I, again? View fullsize Off for a stroll on a balmy Friday afternoon. View fullsize The multi-faceted houses of Toronto. View fullsize After hurling me down their stairs in an attempt to keep us in Toronto, they try to make it up to me with a Korean dinner. Nice try guys. View fullsize View fullsize Mission # 4: Yet another Korean dinner. Check. View fullsize Why's she so happy to see us go? View fullsize He's less giddy, but still inadequately upset. View fullsize The veggie food on the way back was considerably better than on the way there. View fullsize Passing over ice in Hudson Bay. Spot any bears?
