We made it to 10! Just as quickly as the snow came in, the warm weather came back. We sped out fo the house right after I got off work for a quick evening visit.
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This was another one that seams gears a bit more towards older kids with a lot of monkey bar variations, but some cool climbing features too.
I really like these older metal spiral slides. They are fun as long as the sun isn't beating down on them.
Parker was not expecting the bar at the top of the slide and knocked himself pretty good and sat on the steps for a bit.
The smile always comes back with this one.
5 out of 10 swings. A pretty dated set up and limited options for younger kids. We would not go out of our way for this.
Our school district is closed for election day since many schools are polling sites. They typically offer care at sites not used, but everything is a little different this year. The kids got to spend a day with Nana instead. We started playing a basic card game called Dump with her and she really caught on quick. She's got about a 2 game limit, but has a great time. It helps that she keeps winning!
They ran up to my brother's house to drop something off and were asking to go to park since we've been doing that so much. They ended up stopping at two because the first got really busy. These can't officially be counted in our #journeyto100parks, but we may need to return so they can be.
The second one looked pretty cool from the pictures I was sent.
It had so many things for Parker to spins, 3 traditional wheels, a gear set, sky wheels, and tire swing.
We decided to get in one more park after the Vikings game today (win over the Packers!) With daylight savings ending, sunset is around 5:00, so we had to get moving. This park lived up to it's name. It was small, but packed a good punch. This was our first Landscape Structures park. They are a customer of mine at work, so I have checked out their products a few times.
Key Features
Parker and Esme both ran to the merry-go-round first. I am sure these new fangled ones are safer, but they aren't as fun.
This one had some need climbing structures and definitely felt geared towards older kids. Esme felt a bit intimidated by a lot of it. The one of the biggest slides could only be accessed by climbing on these or up the slide.
There were a couple other spinners as well including a stand-up blender and traditional wheel.
This was also in the middle of a neighborhood and Parker was very interested in the air conditioner just past a line of trees. He was trying to sneak over in between playing.
We finished out visit by playing in leaves. The snow will return again soon enough.
6 out of 10 swings. Some fun features, but nothing too crazy or exciting.
We tried to soak in as much Halloween spirit as we could the last couple days. My work still help their annual costume contest. Not as many participated, but we were still able to gather on Zoom.
I made a custom background to accompany my Mummy Pig costume.
Our sweet neighbor, Diane, came over on Friday afternoon with whole bags of snack size candy for the kids. She is just the sweetest.
We got a visit from Jimmy's parents Saturday morning. They came over with more treats and snacks for the kids. We are excited to make the worms and dirt pudding snacks.
It warmed up to the 50s by afternoon and Esme wanted to get in a quick ride before heading out to my parents. Have you ever seen a pig on a tricycle?!?!
We all got in to our costumes when we arrived and proceeded to do a mini version of trick or treating.
I wasn't sure how this idea would go over, but Esme thought it was a blast. She was skipping and giggling all around the house.
We carved pumpkins after a couple trips around the house. Well, I carved them. Jimmy has never really been in to it and Esme and Parker had no interest either. I am hoping they will want to some day, but I had a blast!
I chose the Peppa Pig design to go with our family costume and always like the easy moon and stars design. My mom chose the final howling wolf. I've started using power tools the last few years which makes it a lot easier and faster. I may try to incorporate some more moving forward.
