Rydal East Play-lympics

The other day we all went over to Rydal East and played a little bit on the playground. Things were going just fine until the two competitive ones, I'll let you guess which two, decided to have a little Play Olympics. It was mostly in good fun.

After the monkey bars it was on to the foot race. God bless Cheryl for running, even when she's not being chased.

Like all races in our family, this one was really close, but Zoe edged her out. After that it was on to the balance obstacle, where the games came to an end.

We weren't there long, but we spent some good energy and had some laughs. You can see all the pictures on Flickr. There are some great smiles in there.

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