Am I Blue?

Nope, but you wouldn't have guessed it based on the playground we visited the other day. This is the one on the old navy base. Caroline and hers met us and Lolly there Monday afternoon. (Where CFS promptly stole my "on retainer" babysitter for Friday night!) It was sometimes hard to find the children because their blue clothing camoflauged them on the blue slide and the blue mat-thingy that the playground is on and the blue whirlygig. Honestly, I think this is my all time favorite playground safety floor. It is so much better than any natural mulch or sand. It is cleaner than the fake mulch made of old tires. It stays cool to the touch in the summer, and falling on it doesn't hurt anymore than falling anywhere else. This playground is great, but it is a little lacking for the under three year olds. There are no swings, and the only slide is super high, but as long as you position one adult in the crow's nest to facilitate the little ones sliding and not falling off the shear cliff, it's pretty good. Reeves and Fordham havealways loved putting acorns into this spinner. There's a little hole in the bottom, and I think they like watching the acorns fly out as they spin them around. This day is was not acorns but shells that were their main ingredient. I didn't think much of it until I later found Bennett with three said shells stuffed in his mouth. Seriously. I don't understand the appeal.

Lol became favorite grown up of the day when she pulled out the candy. R and F relished in their Tootsie Rolls, and were very protective of their "hammock" on which they were eating them.

After playground time, we walked over to the hill I love this because it is such a wonderful energy releaser in the afternoon. They climb up. They roll down. They climb up. They run down. They climb up. They slide down. Repeat as necessary until bedtime is a breeze. And if it ever snows in our fair city, we're making a beeline to this place!