Eliot's Travels

In the morning, we visited our favorite shop for some yummy cheese. Eliot refers to his favorite kind, Boer Bel Stolwj, as "the kind that I really like at the cheese store." They give raisins to the kids too, so it's a great visit. We also got our veggies, shopped at the natural foods store, and bought some fish at the fish market.

In the afternoon, we went to the playground. It has an attendant and is only open from 1:30-5:30; interestingly, it is closed Sundays and national holidays. This is the coolest playground I have ever seen. The area is fenced with picnic tables for adults all over. There is a big sand box (closed today), a wooden train with little picnic tables on one car, and a water pump. The boys first had to take a turn on the regular swings. The seats are hard plastic, so they are a little trickier than those at home. The basket swing was a big hit - check out Miles holding on for dear life. Yes, that is blue mulch you see!!

It is a fantastic park located on Van Bleyswijckstraat. It's not huge in terms of area, but has some really great equipment. The merry-go-round was self propelled by the tricycle pedals. I just watched while Eliot pedal Miles around and around and around. Quite ingeneous, really. They had three climbing structures with play houses, climbing walls, and slides. There were kids up to 10 years old there. The boys liked the vehicles (always); Eliot gave Miles a ride in the sidecar. Eliot even rode the zip line by himself. Miles tried it with me holding him.

posted by Whitney @ 12:05 PM