Riding a Tiger

Today Mommy took Zoe to San Francisco's newly restored Children's Playground at Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park.
The playground was the first Children's Playground on the west coast. It has always been a cool playground, but after a $3million renovation, it is updated with the newest equipment, and more clever than ever. Wow! To be a kid again. I have been watching the renovation from the window of the Sharon Art Studio, and couldn't wait to introduce Zoe. Just in time, Zoe is at the age where she can begin to enjoy it- it opened this week.
The park was filled with kids, and I think Zoe felt a little overwhelmed. But she tromped around, watching everyone, and looking for something to get into. We went over to the new jungle gym-there are actually two HUGE ones. Zoe started up the stairs, headed to the top- No Fear! We came across the first slide, "nah" Zoe thought; she knows the first one is the wimpy one, and there must be a better one up higher. So up we went, over bridges, through tunnels, until we found the huge crooked slide. "oh yeah, that's what I was looking for". Zoe shrieked in delight all the way down, and was ready to go again and again and again. finally, I dragged her over to the Carousel. She didn't want to wait her turn and became upset that she had to wait until the ride was over. They played Beatles music and the painted animals went around. Once the ride stopped, we paid our ticket and stepped up to choose an animal. Zebra? Giraffe? Lion? Rooster? They made the purple horses seem common.
We chose a Tiger and around we went.