Children's Fairyland

This weekend, we took Virginia on her first visit to an Oakland institution - Children's Fairyland. It is a play park for young children that has rides and play structures out of the classic fairy tales. It was built in the 1950s, and hasn't changed much since then. Nothing high tech and nothing commercial, so it is a great place to just let kids have some old-fashioned fun.

Virginia had a blast! We took her through the Alice in Wonderland maze and she climbed aboard a Peter Pan pirate ship. She especially enjoyed the petting zoo. Since Fairyland is just a 10 minute trip across the tunnel from Alameda (and admission is cheap!), I have a feeling we'll be visiting often.