We never call a park by its real name. We use the equipment on the playground for identification. For example, we go to the “boat park,” the “flying saucer park,” or the “roller slide park.” The playground down the street from us is “our park” and the playground at the school is “the red park” because all of the monkey bars, slides and swings are the color red.
When I became a stay-at-home mom with Lily, I couldn’t wait to take her to the park. I needed activities to fill my days, besides the normal routines of changing diapers and endless laundry. I started reading to Lily when she was only three months old, and as soon as the weather started to warm up, I took my November baby to the park. I placed Lily into the baby swing and gently pushed her back and forth. Lily would look up at the sky, point, and say “Appy!” which of course meant “airplane.”
Traveling with kids takes on a whole different perspective. We could be at the most interesting tourist spot ever, but if the kids spot a playground, they’re begging us to go play!
The weather doesn’t matter at all. We go to our park when it’s hot, when it’s cold, and even when it’s snowy. At the playground, my daughters magically get along.
And so far, it hasn’t mattered how old my daughters are. At the ages of six and nine, they still want to go to the park to play! Now they prefer the monkey bars to the swings, however.
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We, too love the park here as you know and have also been taking the girls since they were very small. Just a great way to get out and enjoy the outdoors with the kids for sure. Loved the video by the way and reminds me of Emma on the Monkey Bars here, too 🙂
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My younger brother and I (and the neighbor kids) made up names for parks sometimes, too. There was one park that we didn’t know the name of at all, but it had this cool contraption that was sort of like a hamster wheel that only rocked side to side. We called it the “park that goes like this” and then made a swinging movement back and forth with our hands.
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Our girls loved going to park when they were younger. Even as teens they would go and revisit their favorite ones. When we bought our home they were delighted that our court had a playground in it!
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Parks are my savior. Whenever the kids are too full of energy, we try to find a park. They LOVE to swing and do the Monkey bars too! I have never written a post about parks, but I love this!
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I haven’t been to a park in a long time. I need to do some research and find one close to home….I love to swing!
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Moose swing! That’s how we are with town names. Bear Town. Candy Town. Jelly bean Town. I like it for parks too!
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Love those strong girls! Wonderful post.
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We use to call your park the Tornado Park given there was a tornado slide. The slide is long gone but still beloved along with the Tree House slide that use to grace that park.
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That moose swing is really neat! It’s nice to have a “thing” you can always rely on for your kids. My daughter just loves being outside, it doesn’t matter what we are doing as long as it’s “side”.
We totally name parks according to the equipment and location. I love that we have several within walking distance of our house. Such a savior in the summertime!