Lucky Leprechaun Hunt

Today the Princess, the Pea and I went on a Lucky Leprechaun Hunt at the Glenwood Community Center.  This was a totally adorable and fun activity.  First, we received a goody bag to decorate with shamrock stickers and a gold coin.  We used the coin to buy a map from the Leprechaun.  The map told us where the Leprechaun had hidden his coins around the center. 

We ran from room to room searching for gold! 

When we were done, we enjoyed some juice, pretzels and cupcakes.

 

Then we played a coin toss game and a balloon race and won more prizes--pencils, bracelets and lollypops!

The Duck Pond

The Duck Pond off MacClintock Road, officially known as Warfield Ponds Park, is one of our favorite places to go.  There is a playground, tennis courts, covered pavillion, volleyball court, and a walking path that goes around, what else?, a duck pond.  We love to go and feed the ducks, fish and turtles that live in the pond.  On warm, sunny days you can see turtles basking on reeds at the far end of the pond.  After dinner on summer nights, we like to ride bikes around the pond (we always stop and walk our bikes across the far end of the pond, though.  When you go, you'll see why!  There's a boardwalk and the sides are made of cables.)  The kids love to dig in the sand volleyball court, which kind of grosses me out, because, really, who knows what kind of animals use it for a bathroom?  The only drawback to this park is that there are no swings.  But, all in all, this is a great park to go to for some nature spotting and exercise!

(apologies for the non-rotated pictures--blogger is not letting me rotate them!)