NEW PLAYGROUND

They finally completed a great new playground very close to here a couple of weeks ago. I was quite distraught back in October when they put up a sign saying they were closing down the playground which is on the way home from the boys' school; it was such a great find that we were disappointed to lose a playground so close to our home . However, after many months of waiting, we have a terrific new playground. It has so many great play areas. There is a sand area, many different climbing frames, some great swings and a zip line (or a flying fox as they call it here). The children all love it, as do I! We started a 2 week spring break here on Friday and we have been to the new playground every day except Sunday since! We have been having terrific weather lately: sunny and 10-14 degrees.

Here is one of the many great twirly things...I'm not up on my playground lingo to know the real name! You stand on a little platform, lean back and swing around and around.

And the great tire (I guess I should be saying "tyre" so that I can teach the boys properly as they are going to school in August!) swing which they will all fit on but here is shown Hannah and Jacob only.

And the great "sand box" is a whole section of the playground with shovels, pulleys, slides, etc. for digging and playing....and burying people!
This is one of my favorite (and the children's favorite) ride at the playground. It is like a roundabout but to make it go around, the children all peddle the bicycles. It looks like great fun!

Hannah and Jacob on the 2 baby swings they have. They also have 6 regular swings and 2 special swings which are like car seats for small children and/or handicapped children; really neat.

I seem to have taken more photos of Hannah and Jacob than of Alexander and Benjamin...probably because the boys didn't stop long enough for me to take a picture! This was our first trip to the new playground, so they had alot of exploring to do. So here is one of the seesaws in the sand area.

And finally (for now), here is Jacob getting ready to come down the slide. I can't wait to do a scrapbook page or two with playground stickers and all these photos! And it isn't even summer yet!