When we first moved to Madison, everyone talked of this
fancy park over in Fitchburg.
“Dream Park” they called it.
They said children could be entertained for hours and hours. They said that there were slides and
bridges and tunnels and swings and turrets. They said it was the place to meet other children and
parents.
They did not over
sell. They did, however, tell me the wrong name, which is why it took me
weeks to find it. “Dream Park” is
actually the Kids Crossing Playground at Fitchburg’s McKee Farms Park (No. 10). If anything, they did not talk it up
enough!
At this park, Aurora drives wooden cars and trucks, pretends
to be various animals in their play barn, and crawls about in their tots
maze. She plays music on their
chimes, bounces on their tires, and balances on their beams.
She plays there happily just her and her sister. Or she might make friends with any
number of children. Or we will
meet a friend there for a playdate, and I will watch them chase each other
through the elaborate wooden structure.
They place is so huge it rarely feels overcrowded, but on
occasion we will steal away to the tiny secret playground where Aurora will
pretend to ride their triceratops and convince new friends to go down the
double slide with her.
From time to time, often after snack, we will leave the
playground all together and opt to run and chase in the giant open grass fields
or perhaps treat the volleyball courts as giant and boxes.
Regardless of what we play or how long we spend there,
Aurora never wants to go home!
Adeline likes it too.
