March was filled with days of unseasonably warm weather in our area. Winter is always dark and dreary in Oregon, so as soon as the sun comes out we are ready to play outside. The girls are at the ages where they have tons of energy and are a little wild, so we have been spending a lot of time at the park. However, I like a little variety in our life, so we have been trying to go to a different park each time. It has been fun for the girls to explore the different playgrounds, and Jose has been scoping out the basketball scene. I have become quite the park expert, so if you need some park advice I am your girl!
This is Candlelight Park just a few blocks from our house. It only has one small big kid swing and one baby swing, but makes up for it with multiple slides and a merry-go-round. Bella calls this the park where she threw up. (It was a long time ago, and not a parenting highlight for me.)
Here we have Gamebird Park. It is close to our work and to Elmer's, so we stopped by before dinner one night. It has a little kid slide, several big kid slides, and a tire swing. The men's basketball game was a little scrappy, and I think we were the only parents there out of maybe 12 kids. They were a little wild.
After lunch at Jasper's one weekend, we went to Gilham Elementary School and Gilham Park. The park is right next to the school, so there are actually 4 playground areas right near each other. Gilham park is pretty small, but has areas of sand which the girls really like.
Gilham Elementary has tons of swings, slides, and climbing structures as well as several basketball hoops. This was one of our favorites and we spent a few hours here.
Adams Elementary School playground was fun. We ran into some friends that live nearby, so the girls had a great time playing. There isn't a lot to do for little kids, but Natalia ran around after the big girls.
I am sure there are many, many more new parks in our future along with some of the old haunts.
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