Farms Around the City: Chudleigh's!!

You know, for such a big city-city, with all of its office buildings and opera houses and theatres and stadiums, Toronto surprisingly has a lot of great farms around the outskirts, not that far of a drive either. We've made it a bit of a mission to explore some of these farms each fall since we've been here.

There are so many different farms with various activities and food options.  We've found that while some are open during the week (while others are closed), some places have lunch menus during the week and other places don't.  I always TRY to plan to pack lunches.  But let's be honest.  Even when I do, the kids end up eating their lunches at 9:30 in the morning on the way to the farm and are ravenous by noon.  One great farm we went to last week was open AND served lunch--Chudleigh's!!  Farm animals to visit, apples to pick, tractors to ride (without the long lines), pumpkins, enormous slides to whiz down.  I think that was our favorite part--those big slides down into the hay.

It was definitely one of the chilliest days we have had so far, so we had to try out our new hats and mitts we bought at the CNE this summer.  Whew!  They were warm.  And for once, both of the kids asked to wear their hats and mitts.  Not sure if it's because they are getting older and understand the simple equation: hats + mitts = warmth.  Or that they got to pretend they were animals. Anyway, these hats and mitts are super cute and really roomy, so I am sure we'll have them for awhile.  (So long as we don't end up losing them!)  I'm starting to think I should have bought myself a set.

My personal favorite were the little piglets, all curled up on top of each other.  Sort of reminded me of our family in the morning, all piled on top of each other, the kiddos kicking us in the ribs. 

 

This was one of the most hilarious moments.  We were trying to get the kids to poke their heads out of the holes and pretend to be the animals.  They totally did NOT get it. At all.  They would peek out and look down at the ground and then disappear before we could get a picture.  It was sort of like that gopher game.....

 

 

We really liked Chudleigh's!  And will definitely be putting it on our list next year!