Today's featured park is the playground by the former Washington Irving Elementary School in Waverly. This is the school that is being torn down because of flood damage. It has become a favorite because it is located only 2 blocks from our house, we are the only ones ever there and it is interesting to watch the heavy equipment working on the demolition. I don't know how much longer the play equipment will be there. It has not been maintained in the two years following the flood. It is still up in the air what the space will be used for in the future. The school district currently owns it and is exploring the possibility of turning it over to the city. In the meantime, we will probably make many more trips there this summer!Lincoln likes peeking through the bars and looking out the "window".
He's quite the daredevil climbing up the steps and loves going down the slide. I usually humor him once or twice by going down together. After pretty much avoiding them all last summer, slides are Emily's favorite things this summer. This past weekend she set a new record by going down this twisty slide 25 times in the span of 30 minutes. Of course, when I had the camera today she refused. I think it had a lot to do with her apparel. She figured out pretty quickly after one trip down the slide that a skort and slippery flip-flops are not the best attire for playing at the park. ;o)
Emily did agree to pose on the bridge. This is something else that she refused to go on last summer.
There is also some obstacle course equipment. Emily loves swinging on all the bars.
Before we went to the park today I thought we'd enjoy a special treat since the Dairy Queen just happens to be another 2 blocks past the park and they just happen to be running a Buy One Get the Second for $.25 special in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Blizzard this week. I haven't had a Blizzard in months and really wanted to try the new Ooey, Gooey Caramel Brownie (so-so). It's a good thing that second one was so cheap because Emily took all of two bites of her M&M Blizzard (which resulted in at least 5 drips of chocolate ice cream on her brand new shirt) before she declared that she was done and wanted to go look at the school falling down. I, however, managed to down my Blizzard and half of Emily's before Emily ran out of patience and Lincoln ran out of raisins. And I had the ice cream headache to prove it. Sigh. With a husband who doesn't eat sweets period and a finicky daughter who is completely unpredictable, Lincoln may be my only hope for an ice cream buddy. Maybe that's a good thing. Living within walking distance of a DQ is a bit dangerous! ;o)
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What a beautiful day today! I like your park reviews. I may have to do that once Ryan is old enough to actually play in one as we do have several in Sibley, including one within walking distance. With how expensive play equipment is for the backyard, I think the park will be our friend. Too bad I wasn't around to finish Emily's blizzard!
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