Week of April 10-16th

I'm not a writer. I was horrible at grammar so please forgive me. After the last 2 years of being stuck *mostly* in the house with my preemie boy, I decided this year we are busting OUT! I've made it my mission this year for the kids and I to get out and live this year. This week I decided to go to a few old goodies and try a new *to me* park. Tuesday my daughter *11*, her friend *also 11*, and my 2 year old son stopped at Eastwood MetroPark to feed the ducks. The play areas in the park are older and not very well kept so we didn't stay to play. Son still puts his hands in his mouth too much. However the wildlife and waterviews are so pretty. The stone bridges along the Mad River running through the park are gorgeous and photo worthy. :) I did not take one however because we were busy feeding the ducks. Click the link to check out all the amenities the park offers. We are going to go fishing later on this month. Also if you or your children love to run this is the place. Lots of open space.

On the way home we stopped at Cloud Park in Huber Heights *4707 Brandt Pike, Huber Heights, OH 45424*. This is THE park for Huber Heights. There are 3 separate play areas, a splash pad, a creek/bridge numerous shelters, and TONS of greenspace for the kids to run around. We went to the park area behind the splashpad. It's the only area in the park with the swings and a slide made of rollers which the kids like to "surf" down while the parents hope that they don't fall on their heads.

Here is my fun map that I used paint on lol. THe star areas are the the playsets and the rest are labeled.

It's early in the year for Wegerzyn Gardens. There aren't many flowers blooming in the Childrens Discovery Garden, but you can see the bones of something wonderful to come. My son was amazed by the wire animals and I was in love with the HUGE tulips at the entrance. I think almost everyone has been to this garden, but if you have not there is something for everyone. As mentioned before there is a childrens area that has a waterfall/creek/spray area, a pond, in the works is a fence tunnel that will have flowers covering it into a tent area for the kids to play, and always the sandbox. The formal gardens have been upgraded and are beautiful. Areas for photo ops abound. There are pots of purple and pink tulips everywhere!

Last today we saw Orchardly Park in Oakwood. It's awesome. All of the kids gave it a 10! There are numerous climbers, a new version of a merry go round, a toddler play area, sandbox, splashpad, and on the other side of the park is a tennis and basketball court. Google has MUCH better pictures than the ones I took so check out this link. :)