Once back in UK Hubby made the suggestion of moving to Canada.... OMG!!! This was probably due to reading the emails that had been flying back and forth between me and 'S' on ways to persuade him to emigrate. So at the end of May 2007 we applied via the simplified skilled worker route with me as the principle applicant! The kids were all for going, even the eldest who I thought may decide against it. The youngest was a bit unsure but that was to be expected. Now all we had to do was wait for our AOR (receipt from the Canadian Embassy) which would tell us when we would next hear from them. We would then have about 6 months to add on to cover the submission of paperwork , medicals and visa's and this would give us an estimated date fro landing!!On July 16th 2007 the AOR arrived and stated that we would next be contacted in 42-48 months time meaning we wouldn't be likely to land until 2011!!!
On arriving home us girls realised that Collingwood would be a perfect place to live. However there was the small matter of persuading a husband and a son!! Putting thoughts of moving onto the back burner we got on with day to day things. As it turned out we ended up booking a trip back to Collingwood for the following Easter for all 5 of us and my parents too!We arrived back into Toronto in March 2007. It was pretty cold but we were prepared for that. Collingwood was as we'd left it....it was a great feeling to be back! We explored everywhere and shopped till we dropped. My mum even went off in the car on her own to Zellars! I'd arranged an art lesson for my eldest daughter with a local artist Keli-Ann Pye Beshara.....and another friendship was made!! The highlight of the trip was hubby and son spending the day skiing together. My parents made a trip to Niagara for a couple of days and returned to Canadian snow flurries or as we Brits call them......snowstorms!!! 
And then before we knew it it was back to UK.............
