A large part of the garden is a water feature with a pond, streams, and a couple of waterfalls. They're allowed to wade and play in the water, but they have a rule about not throwing rocks.Ummm...yeah, right.
They really enjoyed the water. Really really. Enough to take a bit of it home. Nobody fell all the way into the water, which was amazing, but they might as well have.
They also had this cool music maker; a series of pipes you could hit with rubber mallets. It was cool to sit on one of the many benches, watching the girls, and hearing the other kids play on it.
After the Children's Village, we walked through the greenhouse, which was smaller inside than it looked outside. The exterior garden however, is phenomenal and large. They have a retired railroad engine, that is very well maintained, a very nice rose garden with a water fountain and some cool paving designs. The camera batteries ran out before I could get any pictures there.
After that we went the the spinny park. Oh, the spinny park. I really need to get pictures of that place. We never had anything like that when I was a kid. Most of the stuff there spins and they have a climbing wall. There's a ride there that I could probably get fast enough to make somebody puke, but I haven't had any takers. I'll try to get some pics and make a whole post just for that. No, not of the puke, the park.
The spinny park is bound to eliminate my inner ear issues. I hope.
If you want to see the rest of the Children's Village album, click here. Enjoy.
That place looks wonderful! Great photos. (I like the rabbit joke :-D )
ReplyDeleteI think outdoor time is the best time with little kids. Let them get dirty, wear themselves out, and the house isn't destroyed!
Sounds like a great afternoon! I'm sure your girls loved it.
ReplyDeleteOh, the spinny park sounds so scary to me. UGH.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun park!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I have found it easiest (until blogger changes the way photos upload) to load all the photo first, in opposite order so they come out in the order I want. Then I add the words in the "edit html" tab. Seems to work fairly well.
laura - I thought it was funny enough to take a picture of! I totally agree with you about letting them play outside. Except I forget towels & things so my car gets the brunt of the mess.
ReplyDeleteMindy - Thanks for visiting! And they sure did.
NoRegrets - When I was a kid I hated even the swings. I always got sick. I got carsick all the time too. Not so much now, but I still don't swing, or spin.
secret agent - It is fun. It's brand new, but I expect it to be spectacular once all the trees are a little more grown. And thanks for the tips about the pictures. I tried putting the pics in first and then the text but it was doing some weird formatting.
Thanks ladies!