Ideal Open Space

The boys and I decided to finish school after lunch one day and head to the playground.  I am hoping to do this a few more times before the snow starts to fly. The boys had fun exploring the different equipment at this playground.

Climbing was a hit.

Bryce was nervous but he did make it to touching the top.

We had fun. I love the flexiblity that homeschooling is allowing in our lives.

Roseville Playground

On Monday morning the boys and I went to the Roseville library to get a book for our history program. On the way, we stopped by a playground. The boys had fun running around and just being outside. The heat of the summer has slowed down our playground adventures, but we will continue finding playgrounds any day that we can.

Hillside Elementary Playground

Being homeschooled has a disadvantage according to my boys, they don't get to play on these big playgrounds everyday. So as apart of our summer playground adventures we are going to visit different elementary schools so the boys get to play on school playgrounds. The first one is Hillside Elementary, we drive by this playground often and the boys frequently ask to stop and this time the answer was YES.  They had fun exploring but it was more fun when another family came to play.

Treasure Island Playground

On Monday, we went on our second playground adventure. Treasure Island Community playground was built in 1992 accross the field from Cretin-Derham Hall. I remember thinking it was a cool looking playground as a senior in high school. It is even neater seeing this playground through the eyes of my boys. They had a great time and we will have to visit again.

Playground Challenge - First Stop - Hearthside Park

This summer and fall the boys are going to see how many different playgrounds we can visit.  To start our adventure we visited Hearthside Park. Not far from the house, not a long visit. The boys had a blast. They were excited to be out and running around.

I had a good time capturing thier antics on film.  I also managed to capture some fun pictures of thier beautiful faces.

Let's see how many of Cottage Grove and Woodbury parks we can visit this summer.