On Saturday we went to check out a park that is a short taxi ride from our apartment, Parque Araucano. I think I was almost more excited than the kids at all the cool play areas and jungle gyms that we found, but they definitely had a good time playing!
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Chasing, pointing at, and talking to the birds |
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Caleb didn't venture over to this area, but all the climbing structures are very different than any parks I've been to! |
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There were probably 6 or 7 separate jungle gyms in this giant sand box, plus swings.... |
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... the best of which were these mega swings! Caleb loved them! |
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Banging on bells with a rock |
Some of you know that our original housing arrangement fell through shortly after we found out about it, but the apartment building where we ended up is amazing, and definitely a great part of God's much better planning than ours :) We are on the 20th floor of the building, which gives us some fantastic views of the city and Andes mountains around us.
The building has what I am calling "our backyard", with a huge grass area, a big swimming pool, and even a little play area for the kids - all fenced in to keep them contained, and without having to take a stroller or walk anywhere. So awesome.
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Added bonus: Caleb has a place to drive his tractors :) |
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Couldn't see this from the google maps view that we had before we arrived, so it was an awesome surprise that this is right downstairs! |
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Oh sand...! The boys haven't had much opportunity to play in sand since our Lodi parks have bark or rubber. As you can see Landon loved checking it out. |
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Caleb and Hector (6) |
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Landon and David (1) |
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Playing on his new friend's toy |
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The pool at our apartment |
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I love that they are both small enough to fit in this together :)
(The girl swimming in the background is our across-the-hall neighbor, Jessica) |
Looks like you have been soo blessed. Love the pictures!
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Fantastic updates, Jenny! How cool about the doctor
ReplyDeletecouple, the great parks, the on-site pool and playground.
Thinking of you guys often, Love Amy
That's like the mother of all parks. So fun for the boys.
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