Our New Park

A new neigborhood is being built behind ours. While we're sad about many of the changes being made (trees being cut down, not as much wildlife visiting our neighborhood, etc.) and confused about some of the changes (quarter million dollar McMansions on postage stamp sized lots in our working-class town), there is one change we're happy about. The developers who are building the new houses set aside a lot and built a small park. We liked to play at it last summer after it was done, and now that it's warm enough and not as muddy as it has been, we can finally go back again. When we go on our evening walk, we go through our neighborhood, past the park, up the hill to turn around in the cul de sac, and then we can stop at the park to play. Then, we usually walk over to say hi to the cows if they're near the fence, then back home!

Here are some recent park pictures:


















Em and our neighbor Shelby rode their bikes over to the park while Evie rode in the stroller and Lucky and I walked!

I took some videos of Evie on her favorite park toys, the bouncy rocking horse and the slide.
Evie on the rocking horse:


Evie on the slide. If you listen, at the end she says "I go FAST!"