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Tag Archives: great playgrounds in Vancouver

Trimble Park

3 / 9 / 133 / 13 / 13

IMG 6486While we have many favourite playgrounds around Vancouver (like this one, this one, this one, and this one), both Gracen and I love discovering new ones to add to our list.  Especially since come spring, we spend most mornings out at a park or playground of some sort.  

So after a quick peek around the web, the three of us (yay for weekends!) packed up some lunch and headed out to West Point Grey Park, which was spoken of very highly by fellow Vancouver parents.  

IMG 6487Upon arriving, I realized that although the park was new to us, I’d been there countless times before with the children I nannied throughout my university (and beginning teaching) days.  I guess I should have made the realization based on the area and park address, but whole ‘West Point Grey Park’ title threw me off.  I, and everyone I’ve ever heard speak of the park, have always called it Trimble Park.  Who knew its actual name was something different?!  

IMG 6486Name confusion aside, this park was a lot of fun back in the day, and is even better due to some recent (or at least semi-recent) additions.  

IMG 6503Included are three separate play structures (2 big ones and a teeny tiny one for very little ones), 6 slides, 2 sets of swings (baby, toddler, and regular included), a tire swing, hanging bars, a teeter-totter, and lots of space for playing in the sand and rocks.

IMG 6492IMG 6494A fun addition since my last visit is this rock climbing wall.  Though still needing a tiny bit of assistance, Gracen loved climbing up and liked hanging out on top with all of the big kids even more.

IMG 6499The other thing I love about this park is the natural play areas.  This little cove of trees was a favourite of the kids I nannied, and Grae loves it too.  She’s hiding here.  Can’t you tell?

IMG 6502To top it all off, the park has basketball courts, soccer fields, and baseball diamonds, plus public washrooms (warm water and soap included!)

Another great park to add to our favourites list.  ☺

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Sunshine & Stanley Park

2 / 23 / 133 / 13 / 13

Brrrrr!  This morning we bundled up and headed down to Second Beach in Stanley Park to enjoy the sunshine.  It was absolutely freezing and the wind was so strong that my ears felt like they were on fire from the cold, but Miss G didn’t mind one bit.  She had two new playgrounds to explore and discover, plus many, many warm layers, so the cold was the last of her worries.  

Here’s our morning in photographs…

IMG 5833Bundled up for the cold.

IMG 5838Super excited.

IMG 5845‘I thought we were just having a leisurely swing, Papa?’

IMG 5856‘Everyone hold on!’

IMG 5851Mama and G.

IMG 5857Slide race!

IMG 5868The perfect hiding spot.

IMG 5871Moccasin feet.

IMG 5876‘Uh, Papa?  What are you doing?’

IMG 5873Wheeeee!

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iPhoneography // The Perfect Playground

8 / 19 / 123 / 13 / 13

With the number of parks we visit around Vancouver, Gracen and I may as well be labelled playground connoisseurs.  And while Grae has fun wherever we are, there is one playground that seems to be her clear favourite.  It’s not big and it’s nothing over the top fancy, but it’s just perfect for her.

It’s the playground at the Langara YMCA on 49th at Alberta.  

It’s one of those playgrounds that is perfectly suited to littler kids (I’d say probably ages 1.5 to 5).  With the exception of getting in and out of the swings and climbing onto the airplane bouncers which are still a little too high, Gracen can do everything on her own at this playground.  What makes it even better is the big firetruck apparatus she pretends to drive, the drums built into one of the climbing structures, the plastic bubble she loves to curl up in, and the covered area, complete with mini picnic tables for snacks and lunch on the go.

YMCA PlaygroundIMG 5345If you’re a parent to a toddler and you’re not too far away, I’d say a visit to this little playground would be well worth the trip.

Vancouver parents, which park/playground do you and your little one(s) enjoy most?

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Photos edited with Instagram. Find me under jkossowan.

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A New Playground

5 / 5 / 123 / 13 / 13

Have I mentioned how much I love taking Miss G to new parks and playgrounds?  I don’t know what it is, because we have plenty of great favourites already, but I feel like I’m always driving around with my playground radar in full effect.  I’ll spot one in the distance, take a quick survey (Saucer swing – score! FOUR slides – sweet!  Check out that merry-go-round!), make note of the location, and add it to my mental list of places to visit soon.  (Oh, the things that get you excited as a mommy!)

Anyways, I scoped out this beauty of a playground a few weeks ago, and we just got to visiting it this afternoon.  It was well worth the wait, let me tell you.  The school it belongs to (Dr. Annie B. Jamieson) doesn’t look like much.  It’s not new or fancy, but its playground sure is!  It’s actually two separate playgrounds – one that is geared more towards older kids, and one towards younger ones.  There are multiple swing sets, a saucer swing, one of the safest seeming merry-go-rounds I’ve come across, FIVE slides, and some really cool climbing apparatuses. Not to mention that it’s located right in / next to a park with a giant green space, a walking path, and an outdoor fitness park much like the one in our favourite Kuwait park. (Oh, Kuwait…  How I miss you sometimes…)

Of course I took about a million photographs while there.  Here are a select “few”:
IMG 1767All about spinning.

IMG 1771Sliding.

IMG 1776Trying to balance like Papa.

IMG 1783Swinging froggy-style.

IMG 1788Wheee!

IMG 1795Mama’s turn.

IMG 1805Just chillin’.

IMG 1816Little climber.

IMG 1821‘I’d be much happier if I had some company on this cool merry-go-round’…

IMG 1825Somehow I got convinced.  Barf.

IMG 1835Our favourite – a saucer swing!IMG 1838

Fun!

IMG 1840Riding on her “bell buh” (bellybutton), as she calls it.

IMG 1858Her favourite way to ride… While someone sang Rock a Bye Baby of course.

IMG 1861I think we nearly put her to sleep!  Time for dinner, a bath, and bedtime.

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