Well we did hit that new park in Schertz over the weekend.
Saturday was dad's last day in town before he headed back to the gold and coppper mine in Indonesia he calls work, Hi Ho! Hi Ho!...Aunt B and her family drove down from Austin to join us for park day. It began as a pretty dreary day with tons of wind, low temepratures and plenty of clouds, but by 11 am the sun peaked through and it got a little warmer. It was still fairly cool and windy but we bundled up and brought kites. We parked at the Schertz Library and in no time the three big kids were running and giggling and hiding and trying new things. 
The park was built by volunteers and paid for with community donations. The oversized playscape sits on soft ground which is good for falls and there will be falls. It looks from the parking lot like a castle with green pitched towers. 
There's a section that looks like a train engine and a horse and carriage section. And in all of the little nooks hang monster portraits painted by local little artist. AB found a balance beam and a tightrope that was more like a chain. LJ found a firemans pole and also realized that no matter how many times he ran around and back to the top of the firemans pole, papa would be there to catch him everytime. I did try to fly that kite, and although it was a cheap kite, somewhere in the area of 99 cents, it was high flying, but this wasn't a kite flying park. There were too many overhead obctructions to make it an enjoyable endeavor. Kev and Papa showed up with lunch just as soon as everyone got aquainted with new park and we all sat down to share some Texas BBQ which is a little tricky in the wind but we savored everybite. Then more running, hiding tackling, swinging, falling, hanging, chasing and definitely giggling and screaming. The kids played for a total of two hours and still cried when we decided to go. We really really really enjoyed this park. At the end of our park visit Aunt B took some photos of all the kids, and the baby swinging to replace photos she has in Ds nursery right now.
The park was built by volunteers and paid for with community donations. The oversized playscape sits on soft ground which is good for falls and there will be falls. It looks from the parking lot like a castle with green pitched towers. 
There's a section that looks like a train engine and a horse and carriage section. And in all of the little nooks hang monster portraits painted by local little artist. AB found a balance beam and a tightrope that was more like a chain. LJ found a firemans pole and also realized that no matter how many times he ran around and back to the top of the firemans pole, papa would be there to catch him everytime. I did try to fly that kite, and although it was a cheap kite, somewhere in the area of 99 cents, it was high flying, but this wasn't a kite flying park. There were too many overhead obctructions to make it an enjoyable endeavor. Kev and Papa showed up with lunch just as soon as everyone got aquainted with new park and we all sat down to share some Texas BBQ which is a little tricky in the wind but we savored everybite. Then more running, hiding tackling, swinging, falling, hanging, chasing and definitely giggling and screaming. The kids played for a total of two hours and still cried when we decided to go. We really really really enjoyed this park. At the end of our park visit Aunt B took some photos of all the kids, and the baby swinging to replace photos she has in Ds nursery right now.
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