Washington Park

By special request, another park review!

Washington park is near the library. We go there every time we go to the library. It is a very nice park. There is a fenced area for young children - we play here most of the time so I don't have to chase the girls all over if they wander a little further from me. It also has bigger equipment outside of the fence - a medium one and a big kid one. The only thing that bugs me a little is the water spout that kids can turn on inside the baby play area. There is ALWAYS one kid playing in it and making mud and personally, I don't often feel like my kids getting muddy. Its usually not a problem because Meghan spends most of the time finding rocks for her treasure box and Addy will swing until the cows come home.

840 West Washington Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA

A Short Weekend Visit

Kyle's family came to visit over the three day weekend in May. Since it was only a short visit we had light entertainment. We took a trip to the park.

Have I mentioned before that Kyle thinks playgrounds are for him?

We also took a tour of Google.

Here are the kids in the Google Ball Pit. We also found the tube slide that goes from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor of one of the Google buildings. It was way fun. I even went down even though I was 8 months pregnant. I couldn't get out by myself at the bottom but it was an awesome slide.

Sylvan Park

This is our local park that we walk to a couple of times a week. Its a pretty well balanced park: far enough away from the road, small but not too small. It doesn't really have equipment for older (10 year old) children, but that is good for me now. The only issue I have is that there needs to be benches better spread out. They're all clustered around one side of the park.

605 Sylvan Avenue, Mountain View, Ca

De Anza Park

This park is HUGE and semi fenced. There were lots of fun equipment for a range of age groups. I haven't seen teeter totters in forever.

The baby bouncers are springy enough that the toddler can actually get it rocking. Addy has to try every one of course.

Plus there was this huge boat for some reason.

I'm not sure there are enough seating for such a large area. Plus, it may be a little too big for one parent trying to keep track of multiple children. So its a must to take a significant other or some friends (like at playgroup).

1150 Lime Drive, Sunnyvale, CA

Whisman Park

We went to this park for a picnic lunch with some people from church. It is sized more for older children and the proximity to the road is a little close for comfort. Also, for some reason the swings are really really low. But there are picnic benches and grills to cook on.

And what is it with kids and sand? Forget the playground equipment. If there is a stick and a yogurt container, they will sit and play in the sand forever.

348 Easy Street, Mountain View, Ca

When Your Mom is an Engineer...

she makes your box slide for the stairs longer.

Bike Trailer

Kyle is in love with his bicycle and decided to share that love with his children. We got a double bike trailer and he occasionally takes them for drives around town.

Meghan was very excited about the whole thing, but Addy was not sure of it at first. Fortunately, Meghan's encouragement helped her to enjoy it once they got going.

Rengstorff Park

There are so many parks around California. This is one of my favorites. It is near Google, has a bridge just for the fun of it and a huge concrete slide that you ride cardboard down.

255 South Rengstorff Avenue, Mountain View, Ca

Noogler

Here is Kyle the Noogler (New Google Employee).

Meghan loves his hat. She got a big kick out of spinning the propeller.