Summer has officially begun for the kids. School is out and
they are on summer vacation. One of their last school assignments was to hold a
“Summit”
meeting to discuss important issues. It was part of their civics class. The
most important issue they could come up with was having fun on summer vacation.
After much debate, all of the participating students agreed unanimously that
they needed a fun park. The student council pitched the idea to the Woodpile
City Council. The City Council set aside
some land for the park but said there was no money in the budget for playground
equipment. I suggested that we hold a scavenger hunt to find items we could
recycle into stuff for the park. The scavenger hunt kept the kids busy for a
full week. A discarded tire made a great swing. A piece of plastic was quickly
turned into a slide. Some logs with knot holes made for a hide & seek
area.
A workmunk is busy installing the playground
equipment. The bricks are the support for the slide.
The building inspector was concerned that the log with
the knot hole might tip over. A decision was made to lay it on its side rather
straight up.
For some young ‘munks this was their first time on a
slide. Rather than “slide” this fellow tried to hold on for dear life. Luckily
for him, one of the girls showed him how it worked.
The logs proved perfect for a game of hide & seek.
The “seeker” checks the hole for anyone hiding inside
but never checks behind the log!
The “seeker” checks another hole without any success
of finding any chipmunks.
One of the “hiders” peaks out and yells “missed me!”
It looks like the height of the swing needs some
adjustment.
With a running leap one of the kids finally manages to
get on the swing.
By shifting his body weight this fellow got the swing
going quite fast.
Charlie the rabbit wants to join the fun
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