Friday, July 31, 2009

Camelot = Paradise for Emma and Jessie

Soon, school will be starting back and everybody gets busier. Granny and Granddaddy jumped at the chance to have granddaughters (my and Judy's nieces) have a night on the town plus a sleepover.

Judy and I were thrilled to be invited along for part of the festivities: supper at Pizza Cafe and a rousing play session at Camelot Park in Pinehurst.

Jessie (left) and Emma (right) end up behind bars! Who'd have thought it?

Do they look "tired" to you?

Emma says, "You take the high road and I'll take the low road."

Jessie thinks Camelot is perfect for enacting fairy tales.
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!"
This picture is to show you the Camelot Playground rules and regulations. But wait! If you look closely you'll find two cleverly hidden intruders!

"Yoo hoo. I'm upstairs! Be down in a minute."
"I'm in the belly of a Stegosaurus, a Stegosaurus, a Stegosaurus. Say that three times fast."
Gymnastics, dance, and play go together nicely.
This Cinderella keeps losing BOTH slippers. You would, too, if you were as active as she is!
For those of you who don't live in the North Carolina Sandhills or aren't acquainted with Camelot Park, it is the ultimate dream playground for kids-- adults, too, actually.
Whether children are there more for hide-and-seek, fitness activities, or imaginative play, Camelot is perfect for all that and more.
You won't find a better designed park anywhere, in a small town or big city. And with pine trees all around the perimeter and interspersed among the play equipment, it has more shade than any park I'm familiar with.
Well, back to the important stuff. Jessie loves performing stunts. She's as agile as can be.
Emma thinks this is a pretty good home-made version of a mechanical bull. And it's free!
Good thing Mama and Daddy weren't here to see this dare-devil routine.
The girls couldn't leave without a few slides on that old favorite, the spiral slide.
We were all pleased that with all that flipping, spinning, bouncing, and jiggling, neither girl lost her supper! (I just had to say it)
It was finally time to leave this fun make-believe playhouse and head to the warm, inviting coziness of Granny and Granddaddy's REAL house.
As they say in the movies, "A perfect end to a perfect day."

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