Nowton Park

We decided to find a new park to celebrate the lovely warm weather.  Nowton Park in Bury St. Edmunds was a great find.  There is a playground, plenty of trails to follow, lots of trees, and supposedly lakes.  We found a few puddles (not sure who would call them lakes, other than a tiny toy crocodile), but didn't make it to the big lake (if it even exists?) as we followed the wrong trail and eventually decided we were done for the day and would rather come back and find it another time!

Look!  No hands!

Sophia trying out a spinning thing!  If you look closely, you will see a little green, plastic crocodile tied to her shorts with a bit of yarn.  Sadly, the crocodile enjoyed the park so much that he decided to make it his new home and is somewhere enjoying the trees, trails, and lakes right now.  Perhaps we will find him grown much larger when we go back!

Tessa trying out another strange spinning thing.

Tessa the conductor and Sophia the wild animal!

Now Sophia is the conductor!

Choo choo!  See the green crocodile!

Having a picnic in the shade....

.....is not when people are supposed to take your photo!  Mother!

This thing was fun.  Hello again and goodbye green crocodile!

Sophia's about to get spun back up!

The girls posed in a den with their ice lollies, although they found it already built.

Sophia the superstar! But no green crocodile :( 

Singing sisters!

Tessa has the map!  Maybe that's where we went wrong?!

We found a clearing with tree stumps and a fire pit.

Sophia climbed right up.

Tessa wanted to try, also, but needed just a bit of help.

She is saying, "come back here and get me down now" through that clenched grin!

A rest in the shade....

Tessa, Sophia, and Mommy

Back home, eating kebabs meat on sticks for dinner!

Yum!