Children are Like Cookies

Friday, July 4, 2014

Top ten park.

2-5 year old area with sandbox and digger to the right.

4 neat bouncers here...firetruck was my son's favorite, but they also had 2 colorful animals and a double bouncy teeter-totter.

Infinity climber, lily pads, balance beam in the back...very nice playground.

Not a very colorful playground, but there were a few fun items here: tic-tac-toe, tire swing and a digger for the sand.

Very quiet park located near condos/town-homes.

Plenty of room around the tire swing.

Emerald Hills Park-located near Century High School- 2787 Cassidy Drive NE Rochester, MN 55906

2-5 year old area. Sandbox just behind to the right (trucks left here for kids to play with), very fine sand.

Triple slide, multiple climbing apparatuses, swirl slide and steering wheels to keep the kids busy.

They didn't want to leave this park.

The kids really enjoyed this park. Unique items here: crow's nest towers and a rock wall with chain to climb up.

Younger kids' play area.

Here's the rock wall with chain. On the right side are teeter-totters.

You can see one of the two crow's nests on the right side of this photo.

This is a neighborhood park located at 4423 35th St. NW - no restrooms available here.

They liked the balance beam the best at this park.

They did not like this set of monkey bars--hurt their hands so much they couldn't use the other set of monkey bars either.

2-5 year old area-my son liked climbing these steps and scooting down the left side.

Other side of 2-5 year old area-bug climbing wall.

3016 Monroe Drive NW-there is a soccer field here and lots of parking on Superior Drive. No restroom facilities here.

The kids liked hiding under the dinosaur.

The kids really liked the bouncy car (middle right side), the monkey bars and rock climbing wall here.

Neighborhood park-no restroom facilities nearby.

5117 52nd Avenue NW Rochester, MN 55901

Lots to do...they like the tunnels, spinning barrel, moving lily pads, balance beam and parallel bars at this playground.

Ball court

2-5 year old section.

This was a busy playground...there were about 15-20 kids there while we were there.