One of my favorite summer destinations is a splash park. Madeline loves them too (which is really handy) but I could visit one every day to wile away the hot, hot hours.
It's not that I don't like the pool. I really do. I also like a good water table or slip 'n slide.
But when it comes to my preferred water choice, I will pick a splash park every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
The number one reason why? I can talk with other moms or read a book and not worry about Madeline drowning. Kinda a big one to me.
Today, there was a grand-opening event for the brand spankin' new Indy Parks splash park at Riverwood Park. I have a feeling we will be spending a significant portion of the next several weeks there.
It was a big hit in Madeline's eyes.
(Oh, sweet naive reader, did you actually think I brought my camera with me? I totally stole these from the Indianapolis Parks Foundation's Facebook page.)
Even though the park is new, there are huge shade trees lining the grassy strip alongside the entire pad. Perfect for this momma to sit in the shade and watch her kid tire herself to exhaustion. (At this exact moment, Madeline is gloriously sleeeeeeeeeping!)
At splash parks, we always eat on a wet towel in the grass but if that isn't how you roll, there's also a nice shelter with picnic tables behind the playground. (Hey, I've never claimed to be classy, especially while wearing a tangerine cover-up.)
The park also has a HUGE playground but beware that the equipment can get really hot because it's not under any sort of shade. Your kids might not mind though because it's a pretty awesome sight to behold.
The only bummer about Riverwood Park right now is that the bathrooms aren't up and running yet. If you're potty-training your littles or have a tiny kid with a tiny bladder, you might want to bring a potty seat in your car. On a slightly more positive and very related note, we did discover this morning that the Broad Ripple Marsh has fantastically clean restrooms. We will definitely be back. Over and over and over again.
Riverwood Park
7201 Crittendon Avenue, Indianapolis
Open dawn to dusk
1 comments:
Looks like a good one! We will have to check that out!!
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