Castles and Dragons

May 23rd - I try to find fun, new and interesting things to do for Sophie and Hannah, but sometimes I run out of ideas and stick to parks which is never a bad idea. The weekend of the 23rd of May I decided I had enough of congestion and wanted ramen. Do you know you cannot find ramen in the Hayward vicinity? Much less east bay...unless you go to Oakland maybe. I decided we should cross the bridge and go to San Mateo where I used to work and knew that there were a bunch of ramen places (there is like a mini Japan town there).

Instead of my favorite Santa Ramen, we decided to Yelp it and try Ramen Dojo (which took the location of the old Santa Ramen shop). The girls loved my spicy ramen surprisingly and decided they rather eat mommy and daddy's ramen instead of the gyoza and rice which was ordered for them. We later hit up the posh toy store called Talbot's down the street. We walked about 3 blocks and it was just a beautiful day to walk around. After the little shopping spree where I bought the girls some Kumon learning books, level 1 reading books, and let's not forget some great Tinkerbell coloring books (these come in handy while waiting for meals in restaurants).

Ahh, but it didn't stop there, we took the girls to a park called Coyote Point Park. It was a great park (although not free $5 entrance fees for all the Coyote parks, even the one in Fremont) filled with lots of fun playgrounds for all age groups. It was packed! It is also near the water, so it had a cool breeze, although the sun was out in full effect the wind made it quite chilly. The theme was castles, mid evil dragons, etc. How cool was that? The girls felt the same way I did and had a blast!

Hannah and Sophie ride the purple dragon. I don't think it was Puff the magic dragon LOL!

Uh oh the girls being swallowed up.

Hannah and Sophie in the mouth of the dragon.

Hannah and daddy enjoying the beautiful day at the park. Look at the castle in the back!

Hannah trying out the balance beam.

Sophie rides the horse.

So many structures and things to do. What did the girls like the most? Walking up and down this hill! They thought it was the coolest thing to do because the grippy floor kept them from flying down the hill.