Ninja Park

This is the park/playground around our old house in Picardy Pointe. I love that trail.... back in my day, none of it was paved! Ha! We had to take the trail to get to the "Ninja Park" - aka the new Elevate Fitness course designed for children 12-19. It reminds me of the American Ninja Warrior obstacle course, hence the name. 

Let me also add it was COLD! Spring really wasn't ready to get here after Easter. It had to have been in the mid 40's that day - cold for mid-April in North Carolina!

Nonetheless, we persevered!

My memory of that morning with Brock was not a fond one... and even though he was quite whiny when we arrived and wouldn't do much in the beginning, he thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm trying to teach this concept to Brent - if the children are being above and beyond horrible, it's actually better to take them out somewhere like this because it gets out some of their energy and introduces them to something new - rather than stay in the house and just annoy me while I try to wash dishes. :)

I digress.... the park was great! The boys will obviously love it when they are at least somewhat closer to the defined age group - but even Kade figured out what to do right off the bat!

The highlight of the park was the Racing "Track".... how many times Brock asked me to film him and time him! He even let me race him! He asked several times who I thought would win if Daddy were there - and asked if we could bring Daddy the next time we came so he could race him!
Brent - a challenge??