March 5, 2009 Hawk Ridge Fun with Dad and Mom

The fairy princess is saved. Whew! That was exhausting. Now for a short rest.

Resting on the landing on the way up to the highest tower in the castle.

Scaling the block wall up to the tower

Swinging on the pendulum swing across the divide

Scott got home early from teaching at Junior Achievement on Thursday. Since the weather was nice, I suggested we all go play at the park. Here are some fun shots of Sophia climbing, swinging, and resting in the tower of the castle in Zachary's Playground at Hawk Ridge Park. Up until now all Sophia could really do was swing in the swings at the park. This was really the first time she could enjoy the full experience of climbing and playing on the playground. She still wanted to ride on the swings. She told me they were "un". This means fun.

Check out the slideshow below for the detailed version of Sophia's fairy tale play.







As you will see in the slideshow there is a short story that follows.

Our adventure started out with Sophia flying high up into the sky soaring with the eagles on the swings. From that vantage point she could see the fairy princess was captured and stuck in the tower. We had to save her. Like a Knight in shining armor Sophia fearlessly slayed the vicious dragon surrounding the castle.  She fought off a rogue villian also battling the dragon.  Whoosh she rushed down the slide!  As a princess on her horse, Sophia rode the seahorse and the glider until we came to the huge mysterious winding castle. With a quick wit she escaped the green dungeon window as she called to her daddy. "Dada Dada!" The massive castle in the nearby field had steps and bridges and a drawbridge. Sophia stomped across the drawbridge over the moat and fiercely entered the huge castle. Nothing is going to stop this baby from getting into that castle. We climbed steps and we crept through walkways and more bridges. Next, Sophia swung on the pendulum swings to get across the divide. Where she finally scaled the wall blocks to reach the tower where she rescued the fairy princess and saved the day.

Okay, so maybe this is a little silly, but it was fun writing. I also noticed some interesting photos of my dog and cats slipped into the slidshow. What I want to know is who are the guys golfing and how did that photo get in there? I guess Scott was practicing taking long range pics out our back window on the golf course.