Our Big Weekend II

Well, I was going to write the thrilling conclusion yesterday, but the Internets were down at work yesterday, so I worked from home and I find I don't get the urge to write on the blog at home. I can't explain it, it's just how I am. Anyway, when we left off, we were awaiting the arrival of Abby the deliquent cat. DH and I cam back from the Al Gore movie and came home to a sleeping Baby Boy and sleepy Memere. It turns out the Abby arrived rather sheepishly sometime during the evening. Memere saw Abby in the backyard and put out some cat food for her. She kind of lingered there for a while until Memere went out and chased her back into the house. Once in the house, Abby booked it into the basement. When we got home, both of the cats were sleeping on the bed: the Prodigal Cat had returned. I suppose that now that Abby has a taste of Toronto, she will do everything in her power to get out and see more of the city. Natalie, our other cat, has no such desires and is perfectly happy sitting under our bed where it's cool. How could we possibly top all that excitement? We tried the next day, by going to Toronto Island. We took the ferry boat to the island located in Lake Ontario. It was a beautiful day and there was so much to see. Getting on the ferry was kind of a hassle as there were so many people crushing onto the boat. And yet, there were plenty of seats. After a very short trip, we docked in the area of the island called Centre Island. BB was getting fussy, so while Memere strolled around trying to get BB to sleep, DH and I waited in a long line for an overpriced pizza. After a quick nap (for BB) and a quick lunch (for us), we went to see the Dragon Boat races which were going on this past weekend. Because of the large Hong Kong community here in Toronto, there is a large contingent of Dragon Boat racers. What are they you ask? Well, they are races between boats which are paddled by a crew of about 20 people and at the head of the boat there is a dragon's head. Of course! I actually know a woman who participates in the races and absolutely loves it. We saw one race, and it was pretty cool and all, but we had a lot to see. After the race, we went to the amusement park and the Boy and I took a trip on the Carousel. Unfortunately, our horse didn't go up and down, but the Boy seemed to like it enough all the same. We went to look at the lake, which was cold. We played in the water fountain which we really shouldn't have played in, and was also very cold. Just ask the Boy. We then played with the Boy's ball, which we really could have done at home. That was fun until the Boy decided to join a kid's soccer game. He would run along the other kids and then grab the soccer ball and run away with it. Time to go! We went to look at the Franklin Children's Garden which was really cute and ended the day with the Far Enough Farm and the animals over there and the giant beach chairs (pictures to come). By this time, we'd had a very long and busy day, so we took the next ferry home. This took pretty long to write, so I can only imagine how long it took to read. Phew! A CANADIAN FACT! Over 1,225,000 people visit the Toronto Island park each year.