A Fun New Playground

We were clued into a new playground recently that I have to say I think is pretty awesome. It's got one of the best play structures I've seen at a playground in a long time. And it's not very big, so it's much easier to keep my eyes on the two littles ones. There's a small creek running behind it, which is a lot easier to deal with and less frightening than the big ole lakes around all the other parks that we normally frequent.

Sarah of course tried her hand at this 'moving' bridge. Her hand, along with her Daddy's hand. She LOVED this bridge though. She would jump on it and it would move and sway. She, of course, eschewed help here. I think she would spend the whole time here if she could.

It does have a downside, of course. Every time we've been there, there's been a group of teenagers hanging out, cussing and throwing mulch at each other. They don't hang around too long though once adults with preschoolers show up. The other downside is that it's fairly new, so not well-known, and so not too many people come during the day, and I don't like being by myself at the park with the girls. I feel safer in numbers. But we're going to keep going b/c it's just a GREAT playground and it's only about 5 minutes from home.

See, I'm not kidding. She really, really loved this bridge.

Charlotte had her favorites too. She loved climbing this thing, calling it 'The Castle" for reasons unknown. She also liked the big slide and climbing the various rope-type ladders the playground featured. Such great stuff for strength, balance and coordination.