After a little break from the list to do some much needed household chores, we are back on track!!
First item on the agenda...slide down the wooden slide. Now, this little addition to the list did not come from my girls or I, it came from Jennie, the BFF. She has been trying to get me down this wooden slide for some time now but our schedules never seemed to work out. Soooo, to ensure that we made it there this summer I added it to the list. This slide is located at Mt. Tabor park, which is located God knows where because I followed Jennie and her neighbor in my car and I have no idea where they took me. I just know we passed a LOT of farms. The slide is a huge wooden contraption that looks kind of like a bowling alley lane with a big pile of wood chips at the bottom. Jennie told me it was going to be a lot of fun, what she did not tell me was that it was a little, umm, hazardous. I became a little suspicious of this fact when glancing around the park and spotting several signs saying, "MT. TABOR Park is not responsible for any accidents". Hmmm...haven't seen that sign at any of the other local parks that I have stumbled upon. The next little clue was when we walked over to the slide and saw the other kids whizzing down at out of control speeds twirling and hitting the walls. I glance at Jennie. What in the world has she gotten us into???? Well, it was on the list, we came all this way, so what else was there to do but climb the ramp and take a turn down the slippery slope. Besides, you know your kids are in for some good, wholesome fun when most of the other kids who are visiting the slide are Amish. The big girls were all for it, they were a bit nervous, but they went up right away and came on down. Peanut took some convincing and I had to go on up with her. So here we go again, brave mama face, smile, drag her a little, and slide. Wheeeee! It was fun, a little scary, and my heels were burning from trying to control my speed by digging them into the wooden planks, but fun all the same. The hardest part was the bottom. More wood chips were needed because you just kind of hit a little one foot drop which had me worrying about kids falling back and hitting their heads. We did have a few tears due to slide burns, but that was from the little ones who were refusing to use the towels or pillowcases that we brought along. The big girls even upped the ante by using wax paper for an even faster ride. We ended up on the slide for about 45 minutes and had to stop when all the kids were either dripping with sweat from climbing the ramp or too scared to go down for fear of future burns. The park also had swings and the biggest self propelled merry go round that I have ever seen. You could have fit about twenty or so kids on that thing! The kids loved it and are already begging to go back to take their cousins along. A good plan, although, I have visions of the daddies whipping my little ones around that merry go round while they hang on for dear life with their legs flying out behind them! Anyway, it was a lot of fun and if you ever decide to visit be sure to pack a lunch or snack, or at least lots of water, to replenish the children of all the energy they use climbing the ramp so many times.
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