Park Tour Update

We've hit up a lot of local parks in the last month or so. We go, we play and enjoy, momma Instagrams and facebooks about the park and then I forget to update the blog. Here's the updated list of the parks we are trying to visit this summer:

Parks with Playgrounds:

1. Shady Ridge
2. Women's Club
3. Rotary- "Hard Park" close to our house and we go all the time 
4. Oddfellows 
5. Roberts
6. Masonic/West River 
7. Riverside Jaycee 
8. Kiwanis 
9. Fireman's
10. Kimberly
11. North Woods
12. Lions Park East
13. Tartan Park- We call it the "Pirate Park" it's always a huge hit with the boys 
14. North/Community Playground 
15. South
16. VFW
17. Elks
18. Lions Park West
19. Rolling Meadows- Kids call it the "Easy Park" and it has no slide 
20. Driftriders
21. West Elementary
22. Junior Community Women
23. St. A's

A long, long time ago (a few days after Father's Day I believe) we finished our photo shoot with our photographer and then drove to get some custard and went to St. A's playground to eat it. Don't tell my kids that this playground is outside our church- I'll never keep them inside again. It has more swings than any park in town. It even has tire swings, which is what Adam wanted to name the park because they were so much fun.

 Eli attempted basketball, but we forgot to BYOB (bring your own basketball).

We go to the "Hard Park" all the time or Rotary Park. It's close to our house and has a great playground for the boys. The last time we went to the park Eli surprised us by grabbing and hanging onto the rings all by himself. I heard a little, "momma, momma!" from the other side of the playground. I walked over to the voice and this is what I found.

And then we got a video of him doing it, too.

A different night I caught Adam was pushing Eli in the swing.

If there is a "Hard Park" then there has to be an "Easy Park". Easy Park is in the middle of our neighborhood and it is called Rolling Meadows Park. The thing is this park has no slide and the boys always ask where the slide is or make a comment about the missing slide. No matter what my boys have a good time and never want to go home.