Discover Milton - Family Day Trips Close to Home!

Looking for fun and exciting ways to keep the kiddies from going stir crazy this summer?  There are a ton of fun activities you can do and all close to home.  Here are just a few to start your summer right.

For Active Kids:

Conservation Halton Parks - The Halton region has some beautiful conservation parks.  Hilton Falls offers amazing scenery to go with your biking or hiking.  Looking to go to the beach or maybe some fishing for trout?  Check out Kelso Beach.  Are you a little more adventurous?  Why not try rock climbing at Rattlesnake Point?  Become a Halton Parks member and enjoy the 7 parks in our area all year round!



Springridge Farm - The Fun Farm Yard is a playground like no other.  It includes the Spiderweb Climber, Farm Yard Pipe Slide, Giant Sandbox, Farm Animals, Antique Tractors, a NEW Singing Chicken Show and so much more.  Don't forget to take a wagon ride and enjoy the view of the Niagara escarpment as you learn about the farm.  Check out the Harvest Calendar when you go so you know what yummy treats you can go home with.



Andrew Scenic Acres - This fun farm offers a scenic view, a beautiful picnic area, a large creative playground, a farm animal corral and free hayrides.  Family fun for all ages.

For Animal Lovers:


White Rock Ostrich Farm - Visit a real working Ostrich Farm.  Learn everything there is to know about these amazing birds.  Don't forget to try an ostrich burger if you attend on a weekend!

African Lion Safari - Get closer than you ever imagined to all your favorite exotic birds and animals.  Drive through the park and marvel at the majestic lions, giggle at the monkeys and enjoy the cheetahs.  Just remember to keep your windows closed;)

For Discovery and History:

Hamilton Children's Museum - an exciting and interactive destination for young children.  Keep your children's imagination going this summer with fun events planned.

Halton County Radial Railway - Since the beginning, the vision of the HCRR was to inform, educate and inspire the public about the electric railway history of Ontario and Canada. Today, the museum displays and operates a variety of historic streetcars, radial cars and work cars, and maintains a collection of photographs, memorabilia and archival materials. The oldest rail car in the collection dates from the late 1800s.*


Whatever you plan to do, remember to have fun and enjoy the time with your family.  The summer will go by quick and before you know it, it'll be back to school!  Stay cool this summer:)

This Blog was written by Angela Hickman - mother of 2, momstown Milton member and blogger - Mommy TimeOut.

*Taken from website

Mucking around with the Boar and Chick

A little rain....ok alot of rain wasn't going to dampen our momstown members spirits for our tour today at the Boar & Chick. We suited up in our rain coats and rubber boots and headed out to the barn to see the new batch of baby piglets.





They were absolutely adorable that we needed to get a closer look. Tania was kind enough to take them out of the pen and allow us to pet them. I kept on saying "piggy, oink, oink" and my darling son Jaxon immediately started signing for food. Too funny! We were able to pick up some interesting facts about pigs such as their gestation cycle is 3-3-3: three months, three weeks and three days and the little ones give out an ear piercing high pitched squeal as a way to communicate that they are in distress.






We then headed up to the loft to see the chickens. There were about 75 chickens that produce approximately 6 dozen eggs daily that needed to be collected. So we put the kids to work gathering the eggs from each of the coupes. A chicken lays one egg per day for the first year and then starts to slow down to one egg every 2-3 days. by the time they get to the end of their cycle, the eggs that are produced are less frequent but larger and tend to have a double yolk.






We braved the rain as Mark took us outside and guided us around the property and down to the creek. We were able to see signs of the beavers busy at work building a dam, the place where some deer had laid down for the night and even picked up a toad in our travels.




When we got back to the barn, there was a refreshing batch of lemonade and chocolate covered bacon for us to sample. It sure sounded like an odd combination but once we bit into it, we were asking for more. We also did a little bit of shopping and picked up some farm fresh eggs and bacon to take home with us.




A big thank you goes out to Rhonda our tour guide and Mark and Tania the owners of the Boar & Chick for having momstown Milton & momstown Burlington as their guests. We had a terrific adventure!

Wordless Wednesday - Survival in the Woods

wordless wednesday:Good to the last bite!

Maple Towne - Sap to Syrup Story

Our field trip this month was to Mountsberg Conservation to check out their Maple Towne Event. We started off walking thru the woods to see how the sap was collected from the trees. Did you know that of the 7 species found in Eastern North America, only 2 are used to collect sap to convert to syrup - the Sugar Maple and the Black Maple. The little ones were excited to see the sap collecting into the buckets and wasted no time sampling the "sweet water" that had accumulated. It was enough to quench their thirst but not their appetites!

We then headed over to the pancake house where there was a never ending line up of hungry customers all wanting to try the famous hot cakes. The wait was worth it! The kids quickly went to work devouring the stack and not a morsel was left. We couldn't leave without visiting the Candy Shack as advised by momstown Guelph who had visited earlier this month. I enjoyed sampling some of their fine Hard Maple Candy and couldn't resist going back for seconds to satisfy my sweet tooth. The secret to making good maple candy is that the syrup needs to be boiled at a temperature of at least 122-125 degrees Celsius.

Overall the trip was a hugh success with our momstown Milton mamas and tots! Visit our other momstown chapters blog spots to see other reviews about this event.

momstown Milton - Field Trip to the Butterfly Conservatory

A group of our momstown Milton mamas and tots headed out to the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory today. The transformation from a cold, snowy winter day to a lush tropical humid setting was just what we needed to lift our spirits and remind us that spring is just around the cornor. The kids enjoyed exploring every part of the exhibit which included a variety of birds, flowers, plants, fish, turtles and of course butterflies! There was also an additional owl exhibit from the ROM that the kids got to view. The children watched in amazement as the butterflies fluttered all around us. A few even choose to get up close and personal with our youngsters. You could hear the squeals of delight everywhere you turned and that was enough to put a smile on everyones face! Did you know that a moth emerges from a cocoon and a butterfly emerges from a chrysalis. A cocoon is the silk casing many moth caterpillars spin around themselves and a chrysalis is formed when a caterpillar sheds it skin for the last time! Overall it was two thumbs up to the conservatory for providing a great morning of entertainment. Our various momstown chapters will be back!

S'more Hiking

August 10th is National S'mores Day and momstown Milton is celebrating in style.

Join us on Sunday, August 8 for a hike around Hilton Falls and s'mores

Find out more, click here.

Family Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

Our morning was all about PUMPKINS!

momstown Milton had our first Family Field Trip today at Frootogo Farms and visited their Pumpkin Patch!

Moms and Dads, babies & preschoolers - we all had a blast petting the animals, playing in the sandbox and playarea, riding the tracktor and slopping around in the mud to pick our pumpkins.
Some might agree the best part were the tasty bakery treats and warm apple cider at the end!
The fickle fall rain even held off our us so we were happy with Mother Nature today.

We're looking froward to our next Family Field Trip next month where we explore the Escarpment with a family hike.