Farm Fun!

Overall, the Fambly had a pretty quiet weekend. I bought a copy of Cheap Eats Toronto, a restaurant guide and it's much better than some of the other guides that I had seen recently. Especially since it notes which restaurants are kid friendly. As you can imagine, this is pretty important if we want to bring the Boy with us. Otherwise, we would have to keep him tied up to a bicycle rack in the front. Armed with my new book, we went to the Olde Yorke Fish & Chips, widely considered one of the best fish 'n chips joints in Toronto. It was quite good, but a little pricey and the portions were pretty slim pickens. I could get equal quality food for a better price. So, live and learn. Yesterday, we went to the Riverdale Farm. The farm is located not far from our house, right in the middle of Toronto. It's a lovely farm with lots of animals, old buildings, flowers and a pond. The best part is the Farm is free of charge! So, we can go back all summer long. Baby Boy saw some horses and some cows, but he was mostly interested in picking up rocks and finding just the right place to put the rocks down. BB walked by himself for the most part and he was very much tempted to walk into the very scummy pond. There were ducks, geese and box turtles in the pond, but I managed to keep BB from joining them. We didn't stay for a very long time, but since it's nearby and the price is right, we will back to see the chickens and pigs and goats (oh, my). A CANADIAN FACT! Originally owned by John Scadding, the City of Toronto purchased what was to be Riverdale Park in 1856. Riverdale Farm officially opened on September 9, 1978. The Farm contains cows, horses, donkey, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, rabbits, and cats.