Fairyland!

This past weekend we took the kids over to Fairyland in Oakland and had a great time! Fairyland, like the name suggests, is this little 10 acre nursery rhyme theme park. There are different sections for each nursery rhyme (Humpty Dumpty, Little Miss Muffet, Three Little Pigs, etc), with rides or activities and everything is just the right size for the kids!

They also have three stages set up for storytime and puppet shows that run throughout the day. We watched one of the puppet shows and Cameron sat through almost the whole thing...she loves to be entertained. Timo was a little more restless so we hit the story book house to read and Cameron joined us later.
But the big excitement were the rides. They only have four but it was more than enough excitement for us and the kids. Timo took his very first Ferris Wheel ride ALL BY HIMSELF!!! I don't know who was more scared, me or him. He and Cameron were going to ride it together but as soon as Cameron found out Mommy couldn't go with her, she backed out. Timo didn't want to get out of the car so they closed the door and off he went! He was such a brave little boy! I could tell he wasn't super excited and kept asking to get out but he didn't cry and had the biggest grin on his face when he got off...he was so proud of himself and we were proud of him!



The Merry Go Round was more Cameron's speed so she took a few turns on that one and then we all hit the train! The train had the longest line and it was hot! But I'm so proud of the kids for standing in line and waiting their turn. (toddlers aren't the best a waiting for anything!)
I brought a picnic lunch for us and we relaxed in the grassy area eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and oreo cookies.
We finished off our visit with a few hundred times down the clock tower slide and hid-n-seek in the bamboo forest! I can tell we'll be spending quite a few family days out in Fairyland!