A Royal Find!

On Friday we went to Central Park & Castle in Doylestown, PA. In a word: AMAZING! I got Rubes out of the car and wheeled her down the pretty path till it was in view. Finally, we got our first glimpse. "WHOA" was all she could say. We met our friends there - Dawn, her mom, Brianna, Drew, and his buddy. All had such a nice time.

Ruby and her BFF Brie running with excitement!

So many cute things here...like this amphitheater area

And this cute town. Was trying to get a pic and only got her hand. She was running through the sand with all this glee checking out one place to the next.

Finally got a shot when she served me "pretzels" at A Taste of Philly. Evidently, all the "vendors" in this town are real businesses throughout Doylestown and Philadelphia. So cool.

One cute lil heiney climbing through a mini covered bridge replica. You see many of those see here in Bucks County. (The bridges, not the heineys!)

Ruby in true form. She's back in the amphitheater singing the theme song from Jake and The Netherland Pirates. Love it.

Cute magical forest with slides and stuff to climb.

Inside the maze of the big castle. After going through on my knees the first time, I realized that A - she could do it safely herself (and faster) and B - It was not made for adults. LOL. She went in by herself and with friends the rest of the time.

Brie and Rubes running happily through the castle.

Huge spiral slide that goes from the top of the castle...

...to the bottom - outside the entrance of the castle. Ruby was crazy for this! Lost count of how many times she went down.

A separate pirate ship between the big castle and the swings.

Some sweet kids saw Ruby waiting for the tire swing and invited her to join them.

Lil miss LOVES tire swings. After all the go around and around. And lil miss likes to spin around and around. Thinking of hanging one of these in the yard somewhere.

In between playing and climbing on everything, Ruby and Brie entertained themselves (and us) by just climbing up and running or rolling down this gorgeous green hill. We had a blanket set up under a big tree and had a picnic. The kids wandered to and fro. It was such a nice afternoon spent with good friends on a gorgeous, gorgeous breezy day. Life is good!