One of Ethan's most favoritie things to do is go the Kelly Road Park in Apex. The schoolchildren of Apex helped to plan and design it and it is called Kidstowne. The place was built by community volunteers in 1999 and has one side dedicated to 2-4 year olds and the other for 5 and up. It has all the traditional playground features -- swings (which Ethan hates all of a sudden), slides, tunnels -- but also includes structures specific to Apex: trains, boats, bridges and castles. There are even some musical elements and sandboxes, walking trails, tennis courts, picnic tables and a basketball court for the older "kids" like Jeff and Christopher. Jason and I hang out at the shelter and watch as Daddy becomes a slide monster and chases Ethan down the slides (much to his delight as you can see below). There is also a picture of Daddy helping him use the backhoe in the sand pit.
