First stop was at Hyland Lake Park Reserve at the Chutes and Ladder's park. I tried to get pictures along the way but didn't get them all.
They were excited when they saw what they were in for. Well at least for Liam. Logan is very cautious about heights and did not want to venture very far up. In fact, I had to go up with him so that he could at least go down a slide or two. Liam was lost in the maze within 30 seconds.
The boys saw the tire swing and wanted to try it. Video below. This was great fun and they were screaming with laughter. I wound them up pretty good because all of a sudden I heard, "Stop. I'm getting dizzy." So I stopped them and said I had to spin them the other way to unwind them. Within a minute I heard the same thing. They were walking around like a couple of drunken sailors. This was great fun. "This was the best park" they said, and this was only the first.
Time for lunch some place by Southdale. It starts with an M. Oh yeah. McDonald's and the happy meal. Chicken Nuggets for Logan.
And a cheese burger and fries for Liam. Both got the Hulk action figure so there would not be any fighting between them as to who got the better toy.
Park number two was Linden Hills on the west side of Lake Harriet. What caught our eye was the wadding pool. The boys wanted to play on the playground stuff first before swimming.I tried to get the boys to stand together for a picture at the park but only one showed up. The other one had already climbed on some equipment.
This is the equipment that Liam climbed on. He actually was technically in the first picture - just could not see him. "To heck with pictures", he was thinking. "I'd rather swing!"
There was a double deck pirate ship so each one got their own steering wheel and they each got to go where they wanted to go. I'm going left.
And I'm going right.
Liam just loved this swing. I had him going so high that I just about had to jump up to push him. He stayed on this swing for about ten minutes. Logan did join him so I had two dudes to keep going. Whew!!!
Ahoy there, matie! And shiver me timbers!
Then on the the water. They donned their suits and started stealing everybody else's toys. So I grabbed some of their toys. First rule was "Do not pour water on your brother!" That lasted about 30 seconds as Liam got a bucket full of water on the head.
But they had fun anyway.
Park number three was River park up by us. We let them stay in their suits for the long ride to this park. It was crowded and I had to park about two long blocks away. They were in the water for about a minute or two and that was it for them. "The water is too cold", they said. 
So we came home and both boys got to push the button to make the magic fire with no matches. The flames were about 8-10 feet high at times until it burned down so we could roast hot dogs for supper. The grass looks mighty green here. But even though I was spraying water on the grass around the fire pit until the fire was below the surface, the next morning showed how hot the fire was, with singed grass on the south side.
They also tried out their new super soakers they got for their birthday. Again the rule was "Don't squirt your brother". But as soon as I said that, the devil came out in Logan and wammo, bammo. Liam got blasted. So Logan's super soaker had to have a time out. He was sad but knew he broke the rule. After two minutes we had a talk and the super soaker came out of time out. Liam still got wet. Well so did I for that matter. There were no more time outs.
Then it was bath time and camping out in the living room. They watched "The Fox and the Hound" inside the tent before they were ready to settle down.
Tire Swing action:
Liam
Logan
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