Indoor Play Structures

Indoor play structures are a real life saver when you are looking for an inexpensive outing with the kids.

This is one of our favorites here. We like to take our kids and get them a kids meal, or even just a 99 cent burger or an ice cream and then let them play for a while. This one in particular is really nice because there is also a television where I can kick back and relax for a bit.

Whenever we go to town this is what the kids ask for. I like to think that maybe we are making some happy memories for them. I know that I enjoy this time with the kids as much as anything else I do.

The Merry Go Round

A lot of parks these days no longer have any fun toys for the kids to play on. Mostly you will find a plastic play structure with a broken slide and barkdust covering an old parking lot. Better than nothing, but still not as cool as a merry go round.

All of my kids really love the merry go round, but when I want to calm Mr. Energy down this is where I take him. That's him there in the green hat. He loves to ride the merry go round. He will stay on it for an hour at a time, even if it isn't moving.

But he really loves when it spins just as fast as I can get it spinning. He just stands there and smiles and giggles and laughs. The other kids all eventually get dizzy and threaten to puke if I don't stop it but he just laughs and wants more.

I don't know why he loves it so much, but it makes for an easier afternoon when he gets his merry-go-round fix.

A Day At The Park

My boy just loves the park. He loves to swing and he loves the merry-go-round. He really enjoys the motion and the senstations of freefall.

In a lot of ways he is very fearless (which can be quite dangerous). He has no qualms about jumping off of a spinning merry-go-round.

Oddly enough he doesn't run off as much as he used to, which is very nice because this particular park isn't fenced in. For those of you out there dealing with flight risk children, might I recommend scouting around for parks with fenced in areas. They really are very nice because the kid gets to play without you having to be the virtual fence.