SATURDAY: Westcrest Park celebration to include bouncy house, art dedication, obstacle course, food truck, music…

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2:37 PM: When Seattle Parks officially opened the five-years-in-the-making Westcrest Park expansion almost two weeks ago, they mentioned a July 25th celebration. That’s coming up Saturday, and today Parks shared more details: Music, balsa-wood planemaking, a bouncy house, and an obstacle course from Camp Long will all be part of the 11 am-1 pm party next Saturday. Plus the dedication of Flyers (part of which is in our photo above), the park expansion’s wind-spun public art by David Boyer. If you’re new – this all happened because the city decided to bury what had been an open-air reservoir in this area of Westcrest Park, and that made room for more park space on top, including a new permanent play area.

6:16 PM: We’ve verified a few more details with Parks spokesperson Karen O’Connor: The What Up Dog food truck will be there (maybe you’ve seen it recently at Don Armeni Boat Ramp) and music will be by Correo Aereo.

PangolinPie July 20, 2015 (3:15 pm)

Finally!! They did a wonderful job with the park remodel; it’ll be nice to celebrate it.

lina July 20, 2015 (9:56 pm)

Yay! We love the new park/additions/relocation. Awesome space, great view, great zip lines that my four year old can do all on his own. we will be there a lot!

EmmyJane July 20, 2015 (10:18 pm)

I’m not posting this as criticism, just curious. We’ve been at two daycares now and nap time is 12-2, and I think this is pretty standard. I would guess most parents keep their kids on the same schedule over the weekend. All that being said, it always surprises me when children centered activities are scheduled during this time. We generally don’t try to go to activities during this time because our kid will naturally be tired. Are we outliers? Are these events geared toward older kids?

sam-c July 24, 2015 (4:20 pm)

I’ve often wondered about that as well. There are always many activities taking place during standard 12 ish to 3 ish naptimes. (but I have heard of kids that nap later in the afternoon) (and a relative’s toddler has stopped napping which I think sounds tough). We missed parade this year due to naptime.

I used to care about all these activities during naptimes, but now I just think “ah well, we don’t have to go to EVERY community activity….”

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