Edinborough Park

Today we met our friends, Mira & Sami (and mom Lina) at Edinborough Park in Edina.  Mira had school this morning, so we quick ate lunch and met them for a climbing playdate.  It is getting much cooler outside, so it was wonderful to be able to go inside, see all the green trees, hear the waterfalls & walk the paths...oh, and to get some energy out climbing!

This is the Huge climbing structure!

So, I have a fear of heights & don't like small spaces.  Daniel of course wanted to go to the TOP.  So, we got up there & oh my gosh, it is soooo high.  He loved it & kept saying "We high, We high."  There is a super long slide that brings you down a few floors & he squealed the entire way down.  He really enjoyed the twisty tube slides too.  

Rachael by a waterfall

There are 3 blue slides that are open & attached that are super fast, you really fly on them.  These happen to be Rachael's favorite slides, so she & Mira immediately headed up to those.  It took Lina, Sami, Daniel & I some time to get up to there, with lots of stops to play along the way.  There are these things that look like punching bags that were just the boys' size & they enjoyed running through them back & forth.  When we got there it wasn't too busy, so we could let the boys run free as we'd move up level to level.  Later it got so busy, we couldn't let the boys go because there were so many big kids running through, they'd just get run over.     

Daniel chowing down his chips

 Sami loved the fast blue slides, Daniel, not so much.  He went on my lap & after flying off the end with me, he looked up at me & said "All done Mommy."  Instead he decided to climb through about a 20 foot enclosed tube to the back of the play structure.  Did I mention I don't like small spaces?!  Well, we made it to the other side & I was able to avoid that location again!

Daniel in the bounce house & Sami just behind him

 On the main floor, there is a big bounce house that Daniel & Rachael love to play in.  Sami hadn't played in one, so he was interested, but apprehensive.  At first, he just sat & let Rachael & Daniel bounce around him, which made him go up & down.  He thought that was pretty funny & as soon as Daniel saw that Sami liked that, he would jump harder to make him move more.  Rachael was really good with the boys & was very protective of them if anyone else got into the bounce house with them.  She would get the boys in an area & keep everyone else away from them.  It was pretty cute.

Rachael loved bouncing with the boys!

 There is also a huge gym there, with lots of basketballs, little floor scooters that you push around, and ones that you use handles to pedal.  The girls played on the scooters & the boys were getting tired, so they snacked & watched all the kids in the packed gym.  Luckily neither of the boys put up too much of a fight when we wouldn't let them down to play in there...it was mayhem with big kids running everywhere, scooters being pushed or pedaled all over the place, balls flying through the air!  The boys were definitely much safer seated with us.

Daniel & Sami snacking...Too Cute

We had so much fun with our friends.  I swear Mira was there, she was in no mood to have her picture taken today....next time!  It's hard to get together since Mira is in kindergarten mornings & Rachael has school Monday - Thursday afternoons.  That only leaves us Friday afternoons.  Oh well, we always have fun when we can make it work!

I don't have the kids this weekend, so there will be no post tomorrow, but I will post one on Sunday when they get home.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!